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    moving

    ya i think that i am going to crate them all for the drive i am going to have to do it over two days but it will be fri night that i leave when i get to toronto (half way) i will in crate them for the night so they can stretch their legs in the coop half i have set up for them. then recrate for...
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    moving

    so the time has come for me to move back to my old stompin grounds to a farm that i have owned but left vacant for the last few years. my plan is to drive on friday. i have a 12' cube van that will only be about half to two thirds full of tools then my plan is to put up a partition and make a...
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    missing toe nails

    does anyone know if they will grow back?
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    missing toe nails

    as for a rat problem. i am surrounded by dairy farms so i get the occasional traveler, but that is it. i can be sure that is it do to the fact that there is no evidence of them, i just mentioned it because i cant think of anything else it could be. for sure they are not fighting each other i...
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    missing toe nails

    oopps heres the other pic
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    missing toe nails

    so i have gone to the coop to find a bit of blood about a few times over the last months. the first time i found a hen with blood all over her head but no visible sign of injury. yesterday though i finally noticed where it had come from. 2 of my cockerels are missing toenails do any of you...
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    consequences of feeding whole corn

    so yes my birds have free range always but as we are just now losing about a foot or more oof snow they have been pretty confined by their own choice. also they are getting fresh wheat and oat straw that has some grains left in for bedding. i wouldnt ever think of having them on corn always...
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    consequences of feeding whole corn

    howdy so after the corn feilds that i rent out were combined this fall i managed to glean about 500lbs of whole corn both on the cob and kernels from over filling the trailers. and i had been feeding it to the birds as a treat but then over the holidays the person who was feeding my birds ended...
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    dog attack emergency help please!!

    howdy i just had one of my 7 week old barred rock pullets attacked by my puppy (wind blew barn door open while i was out) here are some pics i know they arent the greatest shots but i hope you can see that there are 2 areas where the skin has come off mainlyon the right side of her skull and...
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    dressed weight vs. live weight

    just wondering what the average waste is on cornish x's. meaning the difference between live weight and dressed weight. thanks
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    help with stray kitten health problems

    so in the first 2 pics that red thing is actually sticking out of its head like a pin in a cushion. as for the neck irritation i will clean and apply some cream in the morning. its a matter of baby steps with this kitty. i am just not sure if i should just cut the long thing off or try to...
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    help with stray kitten health problems

    so last yesterday i got steve a stray i picked up on the rez down the road from my farm. he was runnin with a herd of semi feral kittens on the beach actually the same beach my puppy came from in the spring. so after letting him get acclimatized a abit i gave him a good going over this...
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    on aruacanas

    first off i will post pics after work but wanted to get this posted first. i have just bought 6 "aruacana" chicks i was told they all were hatched from blue eggs and that their father was an aruacana as well my question is this only one of them seems to be rumpless is this right i know that...
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    Another case of the missing chicken . . . What happened?

    ya i had a red tail hawk (chicken hawk) take my banty roo without a trace about a month ago. i am prettty sure it was a hawk because 1. there was no sign of him or his feathers 2. my dogs patrol the farm and come home with any chickens that have met an untimely end no matter how little is left...
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    Red tail hawks..

    i have also been found by the local hawks. i watched one grab one of my roosters only to drop him a couple days ago. the rooster was fine, but i did loose my little banty roo a cpl weeks ago without a trace in the middle of the day abd i was thinking it was a hawk, now i am sure. i have seen...
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