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    socializing new duck problem

    I got 4 ducks last year(Indian Runners). My luck, I got 1 female and 3 males. To even things out I tried to hatch eggs this summer through incubation. Only one hatched. "Decibil" imprinted on me as I took care of her and was charming to keep in the house when she was little. Now she is bigger...
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    What are favorite vegies to feed to chickens?

    My chicks are about 6 weeks old. I gave them some bits of apple and some mango. They did not eat it. My mother gave them cabbage and they did not eat that. However they loved the grass clipping and bird seed my son gave them and there is a weed in my yard they are crazy for. I though maybe...
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    wooo hoooo (pictures)

    How cute!!! One of mine was blind in one eye and was growing slower than most of the others. He would also throw a fit if I meassed up his routine. He has caught up now and is managing fine but it was just one eye.
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    Look what we caught today

    Last year mowing I found the King snake that looks like the coral snake. Coral snakes don't live here but it still scared me half to death. Snakes are cold blooded would freezing kill it?
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    Please help me out, I'm not really sure where to start.

    I started by reading a book called "Chickens" it is by Sue Weaver. It is a small book, just over 100 pages in length but has alot of in it for someone who needs background and basic information. It will even tell you the space you need in your coop for each chicken so you will know how big to...
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    chicken's for the first time

    Did not know that you could eat the eggs if they were fertile! Thanks for the info.
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    chicken's for the first time

    I will want to separte them before they start laying so that we may get some eggs. I am working on getting some pictures. I am not sure how to work the digital camera. Yesterday was a warm day so I took them outside and let them loose in the run. Got several good laughs at them fighting over a...
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    chicken's for the first time

    I have thought about having chickens for a couple of years. Thursday I bought 29 two week old chickens. I don't know what kind they are but there seems to be three or four different breeds. I am keeping them in a large dog pen with a heating lamp. They seem to be doing great and I am reading...
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