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    Cornish Rocks growing too slowly. Too little protein?

    Ok, so I've raised several rounds of meat birds for my family, and I know how fast they grow. I ordered 100 chicks to sell at the local farmers market and I'm having a bit of a problem. I went to a feed store where they mix their own feed. It's non-GMO and non-soy, with no corn ingredients...
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    Chickens keep drowning in duck pool!!! Help!!!

    Ok, so I have a decent size run for my chickens and a few ducks. I have a kiddie pool in this run for the ducks. (it's just a standard $10 plastic pool from walmart). The problem is, my chickens keep drowning! I had 2 adult chickens drown in a period of 3 weeks. It was frustrating, but I...
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    PVC for chicken tractor. Good or bad?

    I hadn't considered that, thanks. Maybe I'll just have use wheels to make it more mobile. I tractor my egg layers right now and let turkeys free range. I need to tractor the turkeys and I intend on getting meat chickens in the spring. 3 tractors built like what I have now will be a big pain...
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    PVC for chicken tractor. Good or bad?

    I have a hoop house tractor/coop that I have been using for a few months. It has a wooden base and cattle panels covered in chicken wire. The problem is it is EXTREMELY heavy and difficult to move. I am considering using about a 2 inch PVC as the frame instead of the wood. I thought this...
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    Turkey eye swollen shut. (with picture)

    Thanks, I'll have to go out and get some of that this morning.
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    Turkey eye swollen shut. (with picture)

    So I just got back from vacation and I immediately checked on y birds. They were taken care of while I was gone, but I noticed one of my 3 week old Bourbon Red turkeys had a swollen eye. This one also appears a bit smaller than the other 3, although they look slightly different so maybe she is...
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    Newbie question about turkey and chicken tractors

    Just got my first day old poults today. 2 BB and 2 WB. Obviously I have time to figure this out, but is there a blackhead issue with tractoring turkeys and chickens in the same pasture? I need both species to work some ground behind my house. Is there a dormancy period that I should allow...
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    Free to GOOD home2 Bottle fed African Pygmy goats needing a home soon!

    i just built a house on a farm in Seymour and I have been keeping my eyes open for a pair of pygmy goats. I am not ready for them yet, but i should be soon. (I still have to put up a fence and wait for a little grass to grow (in progress!)) I would be more than happy to take them for you!
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