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    Will a skunk eat a duck?

    I live in the mountains of North Carolina and as cold as it is and early, Feb 24th, I have been smelling a skunk and seeing tracks in the now. I have my ducks in a pen but a skunk could get in and I think has. My dog was barking furiously and went out and smelled but didn't locate it. I think...
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    My female White Campbell always lays one egg by 9am..

    Lately she is laying in the evening around 8 pm est. The shell is extremely thin. Before her shells were very tough. She has begun hiding her eggs and sitting for some hours of the day. Does anyone know what is going on? Could she be laying 2 eggs daily? It is january but I do leave...
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    How much does a turkey eat?

    I have 3 female white turkeys and they seem to be starving when I put the feed out. They free range all day and are in an outdoor aviary at night. I give them 3 lbs of feed twice daily. Is this enough? JodyB
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    introduction-Runners are my hobby

    I am brand new to Indiana Runners. I have a male and Female. They are 5 weeks old. They used to be friendly when they were in the brooder. I would put then in a tub of water and they had a blast. Now that they are in the garden they want nothing to do with me and will not go into the water...
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    Post your Duck names!

    I recently got 2 Indiana Runners. Named the female Indy and the male Hoover after the vacuum cleaner. To see them "hoover" their food and then go to the water and slurp it all up and back to the food. They are fast and funny. Those fat beaks just hoover it all in.
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    can i tame my 2 baby guinea fowl so they are become pets

    What kind go guinew are the top 2 photos? They look like my very new babies. JodyB
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    can i tame my 2 baby guinea fowl so they are become pets

    i just for 12 guineas. Had to drive 4 hours to find them. Want to know how you hatch them. I understand they don't like to go into coops and leave their eggs everywhere. At what age to they get to go outside? With 30 other hens, I have tons of bugs this year. JodyB
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    Pearl Leghorns, one month old

    I grew up in Cincinnati, Ohio! I think they are being so loving because they don't want to go to the chicken farmers. ;0) I am being so loving to all my girls and roosters in hopes in some way to make up for the treatment they receive in "another" reality. Tonight I am going to set up a...
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    Pearl Leghorns, one month old

    I just got 8 Pearl Leghorns who came from Murray McMurray. These are a month old. I thought they would be "flighty" but they are the sweetest things. They prefer to eat the food I pour on my leg instead of their recently filled dishes and will let me hold them, pet them and fall asleep in my...
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    *Buff Orpington Thread!*

    That is wonderful!!! I am 70 and just started with chickens a year ago. No history of chickens in my family. No grandmas or anyone had them. I adore them so much. Have 17 (15 hens and 2 roosters, one RIR and the other BR). I only have one Buff because her sister was killed by a skunk! We...
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    *Buff Orpington Thread!*

    Nice set up!
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    *Buff Orpington Thread!*

    Yes, to you. Your birds are beautiful and heathy. How long have you raised chickens and where are you? It looks as though you have lots of pasture for free ranging. What a blessing. We have 20 acres but it is in the Western NC mountains so we don't have pasture as you know it. I love to...
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    *Buff Orpington Thread!*

    Stunning!
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    *Buff Orpington Thread!*

    I am sorry. He was beautiful. I like to save the wings of my passed birds as a memory. He would have been so beautiful with my Buff female. Jody
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    *Buff Orpington Thread!*

    Thank you for your post. I have 2 coops. One has no water in the large metal waterer. The top is frozen so I am filling the bottom rim with water. It is on a bulb inside a concrete block but the water is starting to freeze. I am going out and breaking the ice up and replacing the water...
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