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    Rocky64's chat thread: anything is welcome

    homestly get bantams! m family farm is made up of mostly bantams. but we also have a peacock guineas and pigeons. bantams are so cute and remind me of the standard breeds but in dwarf form. to me they seem nicer and if they decide to peck you they cant do anything like draw blood or really hurt...
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    Malaysian Serama

    About 2 tears ago in january, i went to a pigeon farm with my grandpa. we were looking at some of the chickens he used to incubate eggs and i found a little serama chick that was still wet from the egg. the mom wasnt around and never came back. it was about -15 without wind chill so i decided to...
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    Need some help!!

    i actually just got a suprise visit from my instructor. she wanted to go over things with me and so i decided to ask her if she could help me. we have everything fixed now but thanks for trying to help
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    Need some help!!

    Okay so I have 2 chicks about 3 months old they are golden comets. they will be my 4-h pullets to choose from for the fair. i really need to know if there is an easy way to keep them from knocking over chick feeder amd waterer because it is making the bedding really gross and causing their...
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    A century of Turkey talk 2000-2100.

    thanks! im just trying to get everything i know on them. im currently getting ready for fair time and APA shows and i really wanna know my stuff, i havent had turkeys since i was young and i have forgotten everythig about them
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    A century of Turkey talk 2000-2100.

    i have a question. Okay so i have 2 turkey poults and they are Broad Breasted Bronze turkeys. when we got them i decided to do research and it said that these turkeys are on the critically endangered species list because they are one of the largest turkey breeds. since they are so big they have...
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    what breed

    yes i do i was looking at one thing and trying to spell and i spelled it wrong
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    guineas and cold weather

    yea like i said before nothing to worry about. these are kinda weird little birds and they do soo many weird things but dont be concerned by the sounds of it they seem just right! and its good that there are 2 outcasts. if one would be excluded without another it would probably die. these birds...
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    wanting to try guinea

    you should get some! 1- they are great alarms for barn life. all animals will hear their alarm and will know it means danger. they have a very high screech i call it when they see something bad like a predator amd it usually scares predators away 2- roosters will live happily together! i think...
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    Piles of feathers but guineas are fine???

    it also could be matig! alot of my standard breed chickens pull feathers from the neck and back like that
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    Piles of feathers but guineas are fine???

    they are probably molting! tese birds molt like all birds. especially when they are young. they are probably growing their new feathers in and getting rid of their old baby feathers. i have 10 4 month old ones amd i find these all the time. its also from where they clean themselves if they find...
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    guineas and cold weather

    they are probably doing the same thing as mine in the straw. do you see them kind of scratching the straw around and laying in the holes they dug or piling up on eachother? they would do that if they are in big flocks like that. the feathers they also have may look thin but thats what kept them...
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    Help! Chicken is Molting in November

    molting in november is a big deal. chickens use light to tell when they should start molting. the best way to stop them is not givig them soo much light for a long time. make sure they stay somewhere kinda dark with little light and they will stop soon after. the light makes them think that the...
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    Is a Peacock Ornamental Fowl?

    i keeo my peacock with all if my chickens. yes tere are diseases that can kill him but we also worm every month. if you worm every month and gobe minerals and vitamins they will be okay. peacocks do not like beig alone so its better to keep them with something. mine is just fine not sick or...
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    My guinea hen is sick! Help!

    i dont know for sure what it is but have you tried worming her? sometimes fowl birds get sick from having worms and that sometimes can mess with their sleepig schedule and many other thigs. try feeding her chick feed that you can get at the feed store am maybe some grit.
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