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  • :D HELLO! I was told by @Ruralhideaway that you show chickens. Can you give me any tips? Rules, requirements? I have a Japanese Bantam hen that i'm gonna show, but she has feathered feet...Will that be OK?
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    Hi! First thing you're gonna want to do is join the APA and buy the APA Standard of Perfection. Then you need to study it, learn the breed you want to show. If you're going to be showing bantams, then you might also want to join the ABA and buy the ABA Standard too.

    I hit the character limit so I'm going to have to break this into multiple replies.
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    Feathered legs on a breed that isn't supposed to have them, like your Japanese, is a DQ - a Disqualification. She will be disqualified and not judged.

    Best thing you can do is actually go to a show, find a breeder that has the breed you want to have, and buy a pair or trio of birds from them to get started. A lot of people bring birds right to the shows to sell.
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    Once you have the birds, you want to train them to be used to being in the show cage and to be used to the handling the judge is going to be doing with them with judging. This can take several weeks.

    You also will need to wash the chickens in advance of the show, and then do some touching up on the day of the show, too, to make sure they're looking their best.
    I posted pics of eggs side by side and I think one is a duck egg! One is a sapostopol and the other a pilgrim but someone in this group said that sabastopol and pilgrims are the same size so why are my eggs so different?
    Hello I'm looking for some good quality ayam cemani ? Do you have any for sale..
    Pyxis
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    Hi! Unfortunately due to the loss of my breeders, I'm not selling this year - I have to hatch all the eggs I've gotten and grow out the next generation. There is a chance I may have chicks or eggs in the Fall.
    Hello,
    I'm looking at your hoop coop. It says you made this in 2013. How has it lasted? Are there any things you would change?

    Also, how difficult is it to move? Could it be used like a tractor by dragging the coop to new places every week?
    Thank you so much,
    Heather
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    It's still holding up well! No trouble with it so far. I have had to replace the tarps once.

    You could probably move it that way. I had to relocate a couple of mine this past fall and it was easy to get them up on a trailer and move them with a truck. With some wheels on them I don't see why you couldn't pull one with a truck or tractor, or probably on your own though it might be a little tough.
    Hi! Thanks for replying to my forum. If I were to consider another duckling to keep mine company, how should I go about it? I could try my best to talk my landlord into allowing 2 (although 1 took a lot of begging haha), but should I just get another from tractor supply and purchase one? And would that 2nd one be okay if I looked for a farm to rehome it to after I’m done duck-sitting, will it be okay?
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    Definitely, it's not your fault, you got roped into the whole thing. Maybe you can show her the thread you started so she can see that everyone agrees the best thing is to find the duckling a new home?
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    that’s great idea. Do you have any tips for finding someone to take her?? I’m worried about something like a Craigslist ad because I want to insure she isn’t raised for meat.... that would be horrible
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    You could post on your local thread here! What state are you in? Also, you might have a local poultry Facebook group and someone there would probably be willing to take her in.
    Pyxis - I know Canadian geese poop is dangerous to humans (diseases), do you know if domestic geese poop is just as dangerous?
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    Pyxis
    I don't think so - they shouldn't be carrying any diseases that could make you sick like wild geese might have been exposed to. I've never had any trouble, lol.
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