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    Owners of diary goats advice please

    Long story short my son can not drink cow milk, gets along fine w/goat milk. Except for a quart is $5.00! We go threw a ton of milk in the house I was wondering if cost wise it would be better to just buy a diary goat- maybe a Nigerian Dwarf Dairy Goat? Pros/cons of owning a goat. How do you...
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    MA- Looking for Polish chicks and..

    Belgian Bearded d'Uccle Mille Fleur, and Dominique. I really need females. Anyone know of hatcheries that sell them sexed or anyone have chicks? Thanks
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    Yea!!!! I got my first eggs today!!!!

    I've been away for a few days. Its a beautiful day so I went to let the chickens out to free range and to my surprise I found 4 eggs!!!!!! My first eggs I'm sooo excited!!! She's not laying in the nestbox though, will that come in time? Since this is all new to me I do have some ?'s How...
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    Couple ?'s -rooster to hen ratio/ & Breeds

    So I can seperate the roos since I've grown quite attached to them and really don't want to rehome untill I figure out a way to get some more hens. She seems to have one that is always with her, so maybe I'll just seperate her and her roo friend, in one section and leave the others in the other...
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    in new hampshire, buff orpingtons and ...

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    Couple ?'s -rooster to hen ratio/ & Breeds

    Ugh. Could I seperate the roosters in the coop for now, or is it like with dogs in heat they can smell/sense?
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    Couple ?'s -rooster to hen ratio/ & Breeds

    Last year I bought sraight run chicks 4 silkies, 4 cochins. I only have 1 hen (cochin), rest turned out to be roosters. There all together get along fine. Since I only have 1 hen is this going to present a issue come spring time? Will the roosters fight over the hen? Ok- bear with me- new...
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    Want to add some chickens what breed???

    I'm getting a new coop this year so I can get some more chicks! I like different looking chickens. We have 4 silkies and 4 cochins right now. Only 1 hen the rest are roosters. Must be cold hardy, friendly, & docile- small kids at home. Was looking at: Dorkings, Ameraucana, Dominique...
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    Help! Chickens attacked my 12 wk old guinea...

    Ok I had to work so didn't have time to go to a farm store, the guinea is still alive, thak god. What I do have is neosporin w/pain relever-sp, peroxide, and iodine tincture at home. The iodine tincture is 2% -has iodine 2%, alcohol 47% by volume, deionized water, sodium iodine 2.4%- Can I use...
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    Help! Chickens attacked my 12 wk old guinea...

    What are the odds of him pulling through?
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    Help! Chickens attacked my 12 wk old guinea...

    Is it ok to peroxide where the meats gone? Wont that REALLY hurt?
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    Help! Chickens attacked my 12 wk old guinea...

    I moved my baby guinea that I've had in my basement this whole time yesterday- he's about 12 wks old. Checked on him today was fine, I must not have closed to door well that divided him to the rest of the chicken flock because I just went in to check on him and the chickens were out in the run...
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    Should I move my guinea keet outside?

    needmorechickens! : yeah, he might need to be seperate, and that will prevent him from getting warm by snuggling with the others. Can you put the heat lamp out there with him. I have an extension cord running out about 100 feet or more to my coops to run the lamps. ~Rebecca hmmm,, I know...
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    Should I move my guinea keet outside?

    Semiwarm -ha! Now that may be awhile....my basement is only has a fireplace for a heatsource, which I've only put on a handful of the coldest nights lately- I still have a heatlamp on him though. If I shut the heat lamp off it would be just like being out in the coop. Should I just do that...
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    Should I move my guinea keet outside?

    I got him/her second wk of Oct so he's about 12 wks If I counted right? I live in New England its been Really cold outside lately he's my only little guy in my basement, the other ones didn't make it. I have 1 guinea hen in the coop, 3 past away in Oct which was why I got more keets so she...
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