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    Rooster, or well developed hen?

    Boy.
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    My Experience with Cornish X

    I had Cornish cross once, as pets. I made them free range with the other birds and fed them in the mornings and evenings. Raccoon got all but one. I had her for a few more months before someone stole my whole flock. When you let them outside to do their thing, they are not as lazy and gross as...
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    Icelandics, Easter Eggers, and especially gamefowl.

    Looking for hatching eggs, peeps, and possibly adult Icelandics, Easter Eggers, and game fowl. I want to close up my flock as soon as possible because of Avian Influenza, and I want to add all the breeds I want before I do. I like Shamos, Nankins, Sumatras, Pheonix, Old English Game Bantams, and...
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    How many chickens do you need

    No, 250 square feet. Not in the run, but the entire yard if they will free range so that they do not rip up the lawn if they do.
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    Roosters tearing feathers from hens. What can i do?

    Are their backs bare, or just a few feathers missing, and is on a few of his favorites or all of them?
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    Ducklings in Texas heat? Help

    Waterfowl are a lot hardier than land birds as babies. They will not need a heatlamp, but you might want to have a shallow pan that is easy for them to get in and out of for them to swim in when you can watch them. They still like to swim and play in water at that age, you just have to be very...
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    I think I have a turkey instead of a chicken

    Looks like a Black Spanish turkey poult.
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    Need help with this breed

    I do not know what they are, but they sure are pretty.
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    Roosters tearing feathers from hens. What can i do?

    Do they free range? What breeds are they?
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    Chickens spilling food

    You could try putting it on a block instead of hanging it. When it hangs, it is easier to whirl and tip it when they beak it out. The pan is a good idea.
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    Roosters tearing feathers from hens. What can i do?

    My hens have never kept the aprons on.
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    Brave Northern Chickens

    I have two cockerels I hatched from shipped eggs. They really are pretty!
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    Roosters tearing feathers from hens. What can i do?

    Giving them room really helps, especially if you do not have enough hens. Is he just randomly pulling feathers out, or is he mating?
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    Quarantine

    Most people do not have enough space to properly quarantine. You would have to follow strict bio-security to make it worth it.
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