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    What are the pros and cons of having a hoop chicken coop?

    We have two approximately 25’ long cattle panel hoop coops and have had them for several years. Actually, one coop is 16 ‘ long with three 4’ x 8’ portable coops on one end. The small coops each have a door, and we use them as grow out pens or to pen our turkey hens when they are laying. We can...
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    Broody hens

    Thanks!!
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    Broody hens

    I have 4 turkey hens who are broody. I evicted the Tom today so he is not trying to breed setting hens. How long will the hens be expected to lay fertile eggs without the Tom? Is it about the same as for chickens?
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    Faverolles Thread

    Are there any children within a mile of you?
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    Topic of the Week - Feeding table scraps to your flock

    My chickens have always loved milk and dairy products. There are usually just the two of us at home, so leftover milk is a treat they get about once a week. They love liquid milk, but love clabberd milk even more. I use dairy products as a good source of supplemental calcium. We use full fat...
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    black testicles

    Each state has an ag college. That facility is usually associated with a state veterinarian and the state's extension service headquarters. You could call or email the state veterinarian or check their website and contact their poultry specialist. If you can't find the contact info you need...
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    Is it a predator or a person?

    One afternoon this summer I watched a magpie fly off with an egg in its beak, only to return within minutes for another one. I checked for a nest and found a large nest of guinea eggs near an outside corner of the coop. There were 17 eggs left and they were gone by morning. At the time I had...
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    Unopened Expired Yogurt 8/16/2017

    Call me old (I am) but I'm not sure where all the fear about feeding dairy products to chickens came from. Our chickens get all expired or opened old milk, yogurt, sour cream, etc. the exception is moldy products. My chickens remain healthy and do not get diarrhea from dairy products. They have...
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    Tom vs poults

    Our four Turkey poults are about 4 weeks old and are being co parented by two turkey hens. They were hatched outside but we moved them to an outdoor pen when they were a couple of days old. The pen is about 5' x 8'. The tom desperately wants into the pen, to breed hens, of course. At what...
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    Something ripped the head off my Ruby, in the coop, yesterday

    I caught a skunk beheading hens in my coop. Not eating them, just beheading them.
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    Tomato Cages That Don't Fall Over?

    i made very large tomato cages out of leftover wire fencing. They are 4 to 5' tall. I have found that running a long piece of rebar along the ground and through the tomato cages keeps them from blowing over.
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    Eggs mysteriously disappearing

    Magpies will steal whole eggs and fly off with them.
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    What breeds have protective roosters?

    This is our first year with Icelandics and I am in love with them. We have an abundance of roosters and this spring the entire flock was free ranging in the garden. Suddenly a hawk swooped down from the sky, Those Icie roosters literally pushed the hens back into their coop almost faster than...
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    Utah!

    I can just picture you two wielding your red pens! RedIII, I have guineas. My neighbors probably wish I didn't. I am allergic to chemicals, so I use the guineas for bug control, despite their noise. They do a good job. So, RedIII, keep in touch, if you will. If you want to hatch any...
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    Icie rooster and hen turkey

    We were processing the last of the turkeys yesterday. The last of the turkey hens went into an empty coop and as I went in to catch her, I noticed an Icie rooster in with her. That rooster must be pretty frustrated (I do have too many Icie roosters) because he was most vigorously attempting to...
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