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    looking for peacock eggs

    Try McMurray's in Iowa, although they have a limmited supply.
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    Poultry to swap

    Thanks, Aran. I will take your advice. Regards, Peter
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    Poultry to swap

    I have to swap: Three pea chicks of yet undetermined sex and one two-year-old peacock (India Blue) to swap for three or four breeding age peahens (India Blue) Four red phoenix roosters to swap for for Red Phoenix hens Two Royal Palm turkey jakes to swap for two RP hens. I live in NW Illinois...
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    Please Help

    Debbie, catching one racoon will not solve your problem. There are billions more where that ornery pest came from. When the youngsters start weening mama coons have a desperate time finding adequate food for the family. This is when they are most likely to start raiding coops. In my part of the...
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    o no

    Sounds like racoons to me. An 'hot' (electric) wire around the coop will avoid future disasters. Sorry about your birds.
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    What breed?Lays When? Your experience?

    Barred Rocks are my personal favorite for eggs, though Rhode Island Reds are all right, too. Both breeds start laying around August or September after spring hatching. The eggs are small at first, but become large by mid winter. Barreds and Reds will lay all winter if provided artificial...
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    Something killed.....

    Sounds like a classic coon attack. I just lost my favorite 'exotic' rooster to one of those #$%$!!! things. My three dogs usually chase racoons off or tree them (the dogs are trained to leave chickens alone). When they do the latter, I shoot the. . . well, this is a family site. Racoons are most...
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    Free Range meat chickens

    Thanks, Chris. Interesting; I never thought a cornish X could make in 'on the range'. I'll give it a try.
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    Free Range meat chickens

    I'm looking for a good free range (and I mean literally free range, not just more than a 1'x1' space) breed which makes a good meat chicken. I hate those fatty, half dead Cornish Rocks. I am leaning toward White Wyandotts. Any other suggestions?
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