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    Faverolle, pronounce it correctly!

    Here is a link to a site that has an audio on how to pronounce Faverolles. It is in French, however you can get the idea of how to pronounce it properly as it is not that far off from the English pronunciation. Leave off the S, it is silent. (you must click on the small blue arrow on the map...
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    Golden Laced Sexing?

    At that age you can tell by looking at the hackle feathers. They get a sort of pin look to them, where they are sharper at the ends and the pullets hackle feathers have a more rounded look to them.
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    Inbreeding and Line-Breeding Poultry

    I am a beginner at breeding LF Salmon Faverolles, a mostly very docile bird. In handling these, now 10 months old, ( I hatched them myself from a bator, they all live together and are handled the same) the pullets mostly allow me to stroke their backs and do not run from me and they allow me to...
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    Hen with impacted crop

    How do you tube water into a chicken with impacted crop? Can you explain in detail please?
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    Plymouth Rock Rooster in N Cali needs new home

    Too bad ya'll are so far away(Upper Pen of MI here) I have a beauty that is only 2 yrs old and the ladies love him! But I am moving to SC soon and don't want to haul him along. He has blues, greens and some small sable specks in his feathers and when the sunshine hits him, wow does he sparkle...
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    Dewing???

    better to place fencing over the top of the fenced in area to prevent flying out!
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    Cracked corn

    Okay here is what I know about cr corn and horses. Feeding cr corn to horses in the winter months produces more calories, hence more warmth. So why wouldn't it have the same effect in chickens. I have been feeding horses for over 40 years, and have increased the amount of feed during the cold...
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    Comment by 'PrecioustoHim' in article 'Some Thoughts On General Coop Hygiene And Ventilation'

    The one thing I do so as to totally eliminate the cleaning off the platform above nesting boxes is to place a slanted board (or in some places a piece of hardware cloth) above the platform screwed to the wall and the front top edge of the nesting box on a severe enough angle so they cannot roost...
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    Zip ties have 'grown into' the legs..help please

    Gee that is sound advice...something to keep in the archive of my mind in case i ever run across this....God forbid! Thanks so much....errrr thank your husband!
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    What do you use for a brooder?

    I came here in possible search of a new way to set up a brooder but after taking a look at all the ways folks have theirs set up....I am pleased with my current set up.....a 100 gallon poly stock tank with 3 foot high sides which I fashioned a poultry wire cover for with duct tape all the way...
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    Wing Sexing Chicks

    I realize this is an old post but I found this article on Mother Earth News...hope it helps It has info on feather sexing towards the end. http://www.motherearthnews.com/homesteading-and-livestock/sexing-day-old-chicks-zmaz74zhol.aspx?PageId=1#axzz2g6awOaak
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    Baby chicks and snacks?

    from all the hours of research i have done, fb, utube, google, byc, etc. all have said to keep out of the sun or any direct light. has to do with killing the nutrients or something and it dries them not greens them. sprouts like moisture sun dries them. too much moisture and they mold.
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    Baby chicks and snacks?

    Sprouting Barley seeds, Wheat seeds, and black oil Sunflower seeds, in Quart Mason jars....in my previous post I explain how here are the pictures of my Mason jars with the 4 day old sprouts in them....been feeding them to my hens, cockerels and pullets and my little 3 week old chicks too. Oh my...
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    Baby chicks and snacks?

    Oooo yes watermelon....great idea. I live in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan....it is not in season around here.
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    Baby chicks and snacks?

    It is soooo easy. I searched and searched for the best method before deciding on using something I had on hand....Quart Mason jars. I thought....'Why spend any more money than I need to when i already have the jars?' It is so easy too. You buy your barley seed, wheat seed and black oil...
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