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    What is this pest/bug??

    Thanks, i appreciate your feedback! I kinda figured that's what it was, doesn't seem like there are many options (either lice or mites from what i can find)...just want to make sure its not some randomly weird thing that could get on me and then trek into the house! YUCK! From what I;ve read...
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    What is this pest/bug??

    the first picture is actual size, the second one is zoomed in. I thought maybe lice, but from the pictures i have looked at, I am wondering if it is actually too small to be lice and everything says lice congregate around the vent...these little things are everywhere on my girls with a great...
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    VIDEO Inside- Please, any advice for what could be wrong

    No, her eyes look completely normal and her crop felt okay, it wasn't hard at all. The only symptoms are that she would just stop in the middle of the coop and just shrink her head into her body and take little naps. She's not sneezing, wheezing, or coughing. She has an appetite. She also...
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    VIDEO Inside- Please, any advice for what could be wrong

    The video is on YouTube but please respond here as I probably won't see any comments left on the video. Thank you so much for any advice!
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    White polish hen not doing so well

    Hi, I'm not very experienced so I hope someone else will comment soon with more insight to help. Does her crop feel full? Have you tried hand feeding her? Maybe a treat like scratch? One thing we've done for chickens that we are concerned about is to give them plain Oikos Greek Yogurt because...
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    Amazing Mama Guinea Story

    My four are being solely raised by the mom and four adult males. Before the keets, the guineas would go into their run at night and I would let them out in the morning. Now with the keets, they are only allowed to free range in the evening when the grass is dry and then when it gets close to...
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    Amazing Mama Guinea Story

    Yes, definitely! Going through it twice, I can honestly say having her raise them is the way that has worked much better for me and the Keets/Guineas. I think despite her being an amazing mother, 18 the first time around would be too many for her to raise on her own though. Personally, if she...
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    Amazing Mama Guinea Story

    I know the words "amazing" and "Mama Guinea" never are seen together in a sentence. I've had guineas for a year, and the woman I purchased them from assured me I would be back this past Fall for more due to predators, wandering, etc, taking my five. But what I witnessed today was so, wow...
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    Broody Hen Thread!

    I'm all about letting Mother Nature taking its course, but after letting the broody hen sit in peace for a month and waiting for that hen to "pop" up and not be broody anymore, I think it's only being a responsible chicken owner for wanting to intervene because there comes a point where the...
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    Broody Hen Thread!

    My first time Broody Rhode Island Red is in a wire crate for day 3 today. Before she would at least drink when I dunked her beak and encouraged her and she would eat literally ONE peck's worth before running back to her nest. Now she's been moved to her broody box and she won't drink or eat at...
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    Stubborn and broody......?

    Did you ever break the stubborn broody? What did you do? I'm going through the same thing, not yet at two months yet, but my RIR is being very stubborn even while in the wire crate.
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    A Very Stubborn Broody Hen

    Did you ever break your stubborn broody? How did you do it? I have one now who has been in the rabbit cage for three days and now she refuses to eat and drink. So I don't think this method is proving to be most effective for us.
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    North Carolina

    Peacocks are very loud. I have family in Miami, FL and their neighborhood is overrun with peacocks. The peacocks are protected so unfortunately they can't have they re-located to a spacious land far away from the communities. As for a lot of space, they are doing just fine living in a...
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    North Carolina

    Yes, it's okay to give chickens peanut butter. What I do is core out a whole apple and then with a spoon put peanut butter in the middle where the core was and they LOVE it. I don't peel the apple or anything and an hour later, peanut butter, apple, and all, will be gone! It's one of their...
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    Raising Guinea Fowl 101

    HELP/ADVICE Please!! I have a guinea flock of five. They were all raised from keets together and are a year old now. (Four males; One female). There is one male that is constantly left out of the group and this has been going on for a while (months) but it will go through phases where it's worse...
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