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    So, one of our young Americaunas has injured herself

    Well, she wasn't making progress, so we put her down today. She was a pretty bird, but there was no good life for her like she was...
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    So, one of our young Americaunas has injured herself

    My guess is that she got herself tangled up in something, panicked, and in her struggle to get out of whatever it was (which she did), she hurt her neck. I found her lying on the floor of the youngster coop, not moving. When I moved her, she struggled against me, and she can move her wings and...
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    Getting closer to introducing my new girls into the flock!

    Wednesday will be their 9th week (10th for the surviving Americaunas) and I'm looking forward to the day I can bring the newcomers into the flock. I'm sure the Little Red Rooster is ready, too. The big Americauna doesn't let him have any hen time, by the looks of things. We lost one Rhode...
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    Dang it! Bobcat, maybe?

    We had one trapped before in a box type trap. Wasn't quite strong enough and he got out. We have a bigger one to try.
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    Dang it! Bobcat, maybe?

    So last night, after work, I go to pen up the birds. The chickens are good about going into the coop and sitting on the high perch, but the turkeys, not so much.There is a rail in front of the coop that they like to sit on overnight, if I can't chase them into the coop. So, last night I see a...
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    Raising Guinea Fowl 101

    We'll see how we do. We just got 10 keets a week ago, socializing them with the new chicks.
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    Trying to ID my flock...

    Thanks, y'all!
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    Trying to ID my flock...

    The numbers have dwindled, but we still have three original birds and have added three Americauna chicks who were hatched on the 11th. I plan to get some more next week, depending on what Buck Moore gets in. This big fellow is the dominant one. This smaller guy is definitely the...
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    Snake!!!

    I recently had to do away with a 5' rat snake that had moved into the coop. Now, I can't prove that he ate the eggs my hen had been sitting on, but the eggs were gone and he (I learned afterwards) had eaten one of the hollow plastic practice golf balls that we used to make the hens think there...
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    Rain and chickens??

    Good to know that chickens can manage in the rain. My wife is a bit... protective.
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    Questions about moving chicks to hen house

    The conservative estimate I got was that at 12 weeks, they'd be ready. 9 - 12 weeks is the most common answer. One thing that was pretty much a constant was introducing the newcomers after the older birds were down for the night. I guess if they wake up together, it eases the transition. I hope...
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    Does anyone else Free Range?

    We let ours out in the morning and they do what they do until the evening. The turkeys don't like to go to the coop, but the chickens are always in the coop when we come to lock it down.
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    Guineas and Chickens

    Good to know. I'm hoping to add guineas to my flock.
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    Adding new chickens

    I asked at the store I'll probably get my next batch of chicks from, and was told that anywhere from 9-12 weeks, they'll be able to take the lumps of establishing their position in the flock. I won't claim to be an expert and it's been a while since I stayed in a Holiday Inn Express, but it...
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    Where do you get you chickens from?

    That's how I'd like to do it. No luck yet...
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