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    Male or female silkie?

    Looks like male to me with the long thick feathers on neck, top of head and tail.
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    baby mallards

    I've always left them all together. The mother keeps them warm when nesting, both parents watch over them when there learning to eat and drink. they follow there mum and dad rounds up the stranglers or who wonders off. Sometimes it seems like they are being to rough, especially the male but...
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    question about type of bulb for incubator

    do the cfl light bulb put out the same heat the old light bulbs do? when I change a cfl bulb it doesn't seem that warm/hot. would small heat lamp bulbs for reptiles work? I know the thermostat will regulate the time on and temp, just wondered about different types of bulbs.
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    Emu Farmers Handbook Download link

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    North Carolina

    Orange Co. Efland NC
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    pumpkins

    they will eat seeds pulp skin/rind down to the stem. they seem to love it all.
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    Raw unpasturized cider vinegar the water?

    I used it for the first time this summer here in NC were we had a lot of days in the high 90's. I noticed the sides of the water containers didnt get a green film. i do daily water changes and its suppose to prevent disease-causing microbes and helps remove mucus, which can reduce respiratory...
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    Old English Game Fowl ?

    it looks to big to be a OEG. mine are a lot smaller and have darker feathering
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    Worming chicks??

    the vinegar sold in grocery stores is distilled and has all the good natural stuff taken out. Organic Raw Apple Cider Vinegar Unflitered is what your looking for. health food stores or Vitamin stores also sell it. shake it up before using 1tablespoon to gallon of water. also helps keep down...
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    Going in the coop at night

    i had some young silkes that would not go in the coop. They huddled in the corner i would pick them up and place them in the coop it took about a week of this and they started going in on there own. My Guineas stay out till its dark and work there way in much later then the chickens.. My young...
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    roosts in front of windows

    I added a sunroom to my coop made from old windows. my broody hen moves her babies out of the nest into this area. 2nd time shes done this, once its dark i dont think it really matters and i can watch the little chicks
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    How Many Eggs Did You Get Today?

    3 chicken eggs and 2 guinea eggs (Guineas laying in a nest hopefully they go broody soon)
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    cracked egg under broody

    sorry about the cracked egg. I've had a broody roll eggs out of the nest. I think she can tell there bad and wont hatch. did you find out what happened to the other two disappearing eggs?
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    Is my Banty Egg totally doomed?

    i have 1st yr guineas that were laying eggs and scattering eggs everywhere! i started placing them in a nest where a good broody hen was laying! she took all the eggs in her nest! the heat here in NC has been in at he 90's so when she left her nest for a few min. i wasn't worried! (heat and...
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    Dutch Bantam Rooster or OEGB?

    He looks just like my little BBOEGB down to the little white feathers sticking out where his tail feathers start
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