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    So....talk about.....CANCER SUPPORT THREAD !!

    Check to see if there are any support groups/organizations in your area. Some good organizations are Cancer Care and Gilda's Club. You can derive a lot of comfort, support and information from them. Good luck!
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    Broody, Egg Bound or Something Else?

    Thanks, Kidcody. You seem to be right about my chicken being broody. Since I've never had a hen go broody before, this is a new experience - for me & the chicken! What threw me off was her sitting in the nest box for several days with nothing there. Today I finally noticed 2 eggs under her (at...
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    Broody, Egg Bound or Something Else?

    One of my black sex link hens has been staying in her nest box for the last few days. She's not laying at all and I noticed that most of the feathers on her underside are missing. There seems to be some redness in the stomach area as well. I've tried the warm water immersion treatment with...
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    Ducklings -- How Much Protection Needed?

    Thank you for your helpful responses. Momma duck, babies and I love you guys!
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    Ducklings -- How Much Protection Needed?

    After a longer time than I expected, at last my Cayuga hatched out five babies this past Friday. She's a very protective mom of very cute (of course) babies. I kept them apart from the other five ducks and one goose until today, when I decided to let them all free range together (everyone is...
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    Duck Eggs Soon to Hatch (I Hope)

    My Cayuga has been sitting on 10 eggs for the past 4 weeks. (There were originally 12, but one disappeared and the other got broken.) I was beginning to think that all her efforts were in vain. However, after reading about candling, I tried it today and it seems that 6 out of the 10 seem viable...
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    WTB-Gray Call Duck Hatching Eggs!!!

    My Cayuga has been sitting on a nest for over four weeks now. I checked the eggs when she left to go off with her buddies for a short while. Out of the original 12 eggs, one was gone and one was broken, with a hard mass in it, leaving 10 eggs. None of them seem to smell rotten, but I'm wondering...
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    Mean Rooster!

    It has been with a truly heavy heart that I decided to do away with my really beautiful Ameraucana rooster this week. (Someone else did the deed for me.) He was quite vicious, so much so that we carried a net around with us whenever we ventured forth from the house. It had gotten to the point...
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    Hello from Hoosick Falls

    Glad your cast is coming off. What did your goat actually do to you? Will you be getting physical therapy? For me it's definitely been helpful. I owned a couple of goats years ago and they were a lot of fun. My plan insofar as my reluctant spouse is to try and add one new type of animal every...
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    Maniacal Rooster

    My Ameraucana rooster is absolutely beautiful. Unfortunately, his looks are not matched by his disposition. He is very aggressive -- stalking and attacking members of the human species (but not my cats and dog interestingly). I have tried catching and subduing him (read this advice on the...
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    Who's the culprit?

    My 6 Ameraucanas have been happily free-ranging for a year, going into their electrified pen and coop at night. Paradise was lost yesterday when one of my hens was killed during the day. Here's how I unhappily found her: She was behind some bushes, with the feathers and skin stripped off her...
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    Hello from Hoosick Falls

    Glad to join you all so that I can learn more about my year old new hobby and passion. Have five Ameraucanas, down from six yesterday. Will post on your predator index to try and figure out who the nefarious killer was. Also have two horses and one consequent broken shoulder (but am healing...
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