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    Confused about Molting diet. protein or not?

    We've been raising hens(no roosters) for 7 years now. For the first 4 years we'd slaughter the hens prior to molt since most were dual purpose or meat birds and didn't have a prayer to last throughout the summer here. (triple digits start in June and end in early Oct) and we didn't have the...
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    are geese as messy as ducks??

    I tried twice to buy Muscovy ducks and both times the ducklings were mailed to me dead. Please tell me how you received or purchased yours. Quote:
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    New to this forum, but raising hens 7 years

    That sounds great. Nice to meet you too. What kind of birds work there in Texas? Quote:
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    New to this forum, but raising hens 7 years

    It took me and my husband a few years to figure out what would best work for our hens. The first 3 years, we slaughtered our hens when the temperatures got hot. If we didn't the temperatures took them. At that time we were also raising duel birds like Buff Orphingtons and Rhode Island Reds...
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    New to this forum, but raising hens 7 years

    Thank you for responding to my new online message. I wouldn't know how it may be like to raise hens in a rainy climate or a wintery one. All I can help people with is a hot, sometimes humid desert climate, and what kind of hens cans survive that. Thank you for responding. I appreciate...
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    are geese as messy as ducks??

    About three years ago I bought McMurray's package which included 5 African geese and 5 Pekin ducks. The ducks were very clean yet very filthy guests. On my property I put a 10x10 pond for the geese/ducks. The ducks were always clean, hogged the pond, and reminded me of guests that always...
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    New to this forum, but raising hens 7 years

    Hi all. Like may subject mentions, I am new to this forum but have been raising hens for several years. Started out buying some Cornish Rock straight runs for my son's science project. My husband got over zealous on the quantity and bought too many. We slaughtered many, (put them into the...
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    How long is too long?

    I've been raising chickens for about 7 years. Prior to my recent brood which just turned 3 in July, I used to slaughter them off every fall. As you can see from my ID, I live in the Desert SW and temperatures reach into the three digits in the summer, and I lost many of my initial hens due to...
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    Coyote Advice Sought

    Hi, my reply probably will not be helpful because I am a backyard chicken raiser in Southern CA. Around our property, which is residential, we have have a 6-foot privacy fense with aluminium slats. When we installed the fense we dug around the base and laid 2 foot chicken wire and buried it...
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    Geese laying already???

    I think the best thing to note when they are laying again is the eggs. I purchased 5 African Geese 3 years ago. One was dead upon shipment. I purchased 1 gander and 4 geese. One of the geese wandered over while I was trimming my oleander trees and consumed some of the leaves, she died next...
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