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    First Run of Cornish Cross Meat Birds and Super Excited!

    I just wanted to add to the Turkey part of the thread. My Bourbon Red Turkey hen Wanda really wanted to be a Mama. She laid a lot of eggs but they were infertile. I do not know if the problem is her or her mate Tom. First she sat on her eggs...they never hatched. Then she laid more and they...
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    Will Cornish Cross Climb a ramp?

    Mine were perfectly able to use the ramp to go up and down BUT the problem I had was that when the first bird went up the ramp into the house they would flop down right as they entered the house. Since now the first bird was in the doorway the rest of the birds were not able to get into the...
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    Can anyone identify this breed?

    It is hard to see in the red light of the photo but the pattern of pale on the bird looks very like some of mine. I have what I know to be Chocolate turkey and they look like that with the darker color being a brown. I also have a mistake (was supposed to be a chocolate) that looks the same but...
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    Rescue guinea help!

    We rescued a guinea in much the same circumstances last year in summer. She lost her entire flock which was guinea and chickens. She spent all her time looking at herself in the storm door on her owners' porch. She was lonely and not really being looked after. They were in a messy divorce and no...
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    help sexing goldens.

    Sorry no photos. I only kept golden girls as I did not want to mate golden rooster with golden hens. However I found that the males had more brown on the head than the girls. Other than that I always waited till they were 6 weeks or so and watched for them to crow and did the "foam" check.
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    Hunch back quail?

    We had a quail that had a hunchback from the time it came out of the egg. It was my first hatch and I figured it would just die and it did not. She grew up and laid lovely big eggs and was healthy and happy...just had a huge hunchback and head looked out sideways. My children named her...
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    Free mystery Chick from Murray McMurray

    Buff Cochin Rooster New Hampshire Red Rooster (great roo died defending the flock from dogs) Bantam English Game Roo (I think)
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    Can you trick a broody into thinking she hatched these...?

    I have a broody Black Copper Marans who is taking up the one and only favorite nesting box for all 6 hens. I have nowhere to put her out of there and this was not exactly expected. She has been sitting on some eggs for just over a week. I marked 6 and I just remove all the extra ones her friends...
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    What's your Guinea's name??

    We only have one guinea and it is called Guinea. I have eggs in the incubator and the children have already decided that one is going to be Papua because he is going to he will be "Papua our New Guinea"
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    are your dogs and chicken friends

    My dog (Australian Shepherd/Poodle Cross) has never hurt a chicken. She does love to herd them though. She has a natural built in herding thing that is astounding to watch. If a chicken moves out of the group (Curious Georgie and Mrs Pott are prone to this) then she will go off around behind...
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    When could I expect to find someone selling Guinea hatching Eggs ?

    I have a chicken flock and quail flock and I have one guinea that we rescued as a sole survivor when a friend's flock was attacked by a predator. She is just part of my chicken flock and she is the funniest bird I have. She referees the rooster fights and comes and knocks on my front door and...
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    My rookie experience to butcher a chicken - video

    Good video. I echo many of the same things from my experiences. We ended up getting scalpel handles and blades. A new blade is small and extremely sharp and you can get in between the feathers easily and quickly and do the job very humanely. For the smell when plucking, the best tip I was...
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    Day old chick with crooked spine/neck???????

    It is not wry neck that occurs much older as far as I know. We had this happen with a quail baby. I believe it was to do with the way she was stuck ing the egg. After she had hatched she still had a little shell attached to the back of her neck. I soaked it off but maybe it was too late.I was...
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