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    Guinea with swollen legs

    I'm new to guineas this year. We have four, housed with a flock of chickens. They are about 10 months old. One of the four injured a leg several months ago. I thought she had recovered, but the past few weeks she has been limping again. Today when I went to let everyone out, she came out but...
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    Wierd Eggs...is my duck okay?

    Mine haven't been laying quite as long, but the eggs are much smaller than I expected. I assume they will get bigger, like everyone says. Today they laid a very tiny one, more like the size our guineas lay.
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    Got my chickens in the mail today! :D

    They are beautiful! I love the markings on that gray one, whatever kind it is:)
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    Is this REALLY a gold laced Wyandotte Pullet?

    No idea, but her feather coloration looks just like our GLW pullet did.
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    Rooster or Hen?

    I don't really know the RIR breed but....we have a 20 week old Brahma that we just discovered today was a rooster. First time we heard him crow. It was quite a surprise. He would occasionally mount a hen before this, but I thought he was just trying to move up in the pecking order! He was also...
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    I Wonder?

    Depends how many you have I guess. I thought you could never have enough but now that we have 19 chickens, plus 4 ducks, and 4 guineas....it definitely feels like enough!!
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    If you use shavings and have a poultry fount, how high is it?

    Ours is probably six inches off the ground and it stays pretty clean. I have it up on an old saucepan.
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    Switching from grower food to layer early?

    We always switch ours when the first of the batch lays, so the others are getting layer sometimes weeks before their own laying kicks in. I'd say you're good to go! We were down to our last bag of grower and debating whether or not to switch to layer. We decided not to, bought the grower, and...
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    Run extension DONE!

    That run is awesome. Good job!
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    4 wk old chick pecked by other chicks

    I have a chick that was being picked on (she is much smaller than the others) and while I initially had her separated, when we moved them out to the coop I decided to let her go in with the ones that were nice to her and have kept back the three "bullies" in the house. I am planning to...
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    Drinking too much water??

    I am glad to know it is normal. I knew they were going to be messier than chicks, and they sure are. They are so cute though, it's okay I was just worried that it was bad for them to drink so much, that they'd get over hydrated or something. But, since they seem to be doing very well I'm...
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    Drinking too much water??

    Thanks- I am using a heat lamp, so there is light. I didn't know about the limiting water in the beginning so they have had it all day, hopefully it will not cause a problem for them.
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    Drinking too much water??

    We got 4 Cayuga ducklings today and they have been at their water non-stop! Is this normal? They are eating as well but I haven't even really seen them sleep- they are just constantly over at the water dish. Should I be limiting them somehow??
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    What do you feed just hatched ducklings?

    Mine are getting the flock raiser, though the woman at the farm store told us that the medicated chick feed is actually fine for ducklings. She said it used to be true that it was bad for them, but they have since changed the medication and now it's okay. I chose to use the flock raiser anyway...
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    New to ducks and loving every minute!!

    Oh wow, I had heard they grew fast but I had no idea they grew that fast! We have four Cayugas coming this week and haven't even started on their house yet. We are hoping to get most of it done this weekend, looks like we better hurry! I love the look on your daughter's face....my kids are so...
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