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    Are ducks too loud to keep in the city?

    I live in the city of West Palm Beach, the house is on maybe .25 of an acre... we currently have chickens in a 10x10 coop. I was wondering how loud a duck would be? How often do they quack? I was thinking about a cayuga...
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    Alpha Hen is NOISY

    I was wondering this same thing! I live in the city so the situation is bad! My polish hen is insanely loud, starting at about 7 am... non-stop noise... I was wondering if I rehomed her if another would take its place... so frustrating... I already had to rehome my pheasant due to the noise. My...
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    Impossible to Buy A Hen!

    it is so hard to find hens! i went to the south florida fair where poultry were being exhibited and i put "want to buy" tags with my phone number on maybe 40 hens... no response from anyone. you would think that even if they didn't want to sell that particular chicken that they might have some...
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    ***FREE*** Tame Polish and Frizzle Polish Cockerels-West Palm Beach FL

    Not sure, think they are standard...
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    ***FREE*** Tame Polish and Frizzle Polish Cockerels-West Palm Beach FL

    I have 3 tame cockerels that need to be rehomed... hatched them from eggs myself, hate to see them go but I can't have roosters here. They have not started crowing yet. 2 gold-laced polish cockerels, really pretty. 1 AWESOME black frizzle polish cockerel, he is so neat looking! Wish I could...
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    ***FREE*** Tame Patridge Silkie/Cochin Cockerel- West Palm Beach FL

    I live in the city of west palm beach and cannot keep roosters here because of how close the houses are together... I had bought a chick a few months ago from a frizzle cochin/silkie cross, the chick did not turn out to be frizzle though. He is pretty small for a roo and very cute. He is fairly...
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    Is my silkie rooster a hen?

    I thought I had a rooster, but something laid two eggs and the only other chicken I have is the silkie/cochin in the background who has a much bigger comb and is younger... Is this a hen? Is she considered pretty poor quality for a silkie? She's just a pet so it's okay.
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    Silver and Gold Polish, Polish/Sultan, Polish/Cochin Cockerels, sofla

    I recently hatched a batch of eggs from ebay, but we live in the city (West Palm Beach) and must rehome any cockerels when they start to crow... I can't tell what gender they are yet, some of them appear to be growing combs now though... We hatched gold laced and silver laced polish, a frizzle...
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    Egg-laying rooster! Can silkie hens have a walnut comb?

    I am really baffled... I have what I believe to be a silkie rooster and a sizzle cockerel, they both have huge walnut-looking combs (is that the right term?), but today there was 2 eggs in the chicken coop... I am bewildered. Can a silkie hen have a comb? Now that I think of it, he/she has never...
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    eBay "Frizzle TopHatter" chicks... color and breed ID?

    I bought these eggs from an eBay auction for "frizzle tophatters..." from what I understand the rooster could be either a frizzle polish or a frizzle cochin, and the hens could be polish, sultan, cochin, maybe silkie, not really sure. These were the only 3 that hatched, unfortunately the...
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    Who else is setting... I wanna see pics!

    Just had 3 chicken eggs hatch... no idea what the chicks are, they were from a "frizzle tophatter" ebay auction... I am really surprised, one of the egg shells was covered in huge pores and I didn't think it would hatch because I read bad things about eggs like that, but sure enough it did...
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    Minimum age for dewormers?

    I did some searches but couldn't find the answer... We just bought 3 silver laced and 2 gold laced polish chicks at the pet store, and sure enough, they are shedding worms in their waste. I was wondering if anyone knew the minimum age for wazine and fenbenzadole? I can't find it online. I...
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    Who else is setting... I wanna see pics!

    Woo... my button quail eggs started hatching yesterday! My mystery frizzle crested bantam eggs are due on friday, crossing my fingers this is my first hatch ever! so exciting! went to the pet store to get chick starter and they had silver and gold laced polish chicks so we got a few of those...
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    Days to hatching??? How to calculate?

    thanks, I was wondering this myself!
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    Homemade hatcher or homemade incubator? Advice please...

    Wow, funny. I have been thinking about the same thing, and I have the same incubator as you- hovabator with fan and turner. I am thinking about either making a cheapie hatcher or trying to find a used still-air incubator on craigslist or something. i am going to experiment with various things i...
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