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    20 chickens - must take all

    we are having to get rid of our chickens... we can no longer afford to feed us and them. two female leghorns one banny rooster the rest of the them we don't really know what they are - they laid well until it got so cold. we have two that have gone rouge right now - (flew out of the chicken...
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    ducks and eggs

    now to get them to lay them in the nest under the shelter and not in the mud
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    ducks and eggs

    we got two eggs today!! one is oviously a first attempt - and both are smaller than our chicken eggs but still i'm sooo excited!!
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    ducks and eggs

    we have oyster shells too - i need to remember to put that in with their food again. i'm soooo wanting to bake with duck eggs and they are making me wait!
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    ducks and eggs

    we STILL don't have duck eggs i've been giving them laying mash in addition to their regular food just in case but still no eggs. we've had them 25 weeks and i know they were several weeks old when we got them..
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    snake in the feed barn

    what can i do to keep them away?
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    snake in the feed barn

    i'm feeding up for my husband (he had surgery last week) until his weight restrictions are lifted - yesterday i found a snake in our feed barn. i don't know what kind it was, it moved and i went out of the barn. we keep all the feed in bins (think rubbermaid bins) so that aniamls can't get in...
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    looking for someone to feed up while we're out of town

    thanks for the replies ya'll - we really appreicate it. we found someone! she's going to start coming by a week ahead to get used to our routine in feeding and our dogs (who are on an auto feeder but bark like mad). i'm so glad we don't have to worry about it anymore- one less thing for me...
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    looking for someone to feed up while we're out of town

    i'm wasn't sure where to put this - so i'm trying here. please move if needed.. my husband is having back surgery in august and i'll be staying with him in the hospital until he's discharged. we don't have anyone near by who can feed up for us while we're out of town. we have 1 pheasent...
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    Catching a chicken.... HOW???????

    we tag team if we need to catch them
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    Flies not going in the fly trap

    i use that trap too and get wasps, bees, flys and spiders in it. i have several on my deck and have been using them for about two months. got my dad to 'donate' the bottles and we've made a bunch of the traps.
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    a spray with DE?

    is there a way to make a bug spray with DE? i want to put it on plants, but the ppl in my plant board have never heard of it. tia
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    DE question

    i would only use the FOOD GRADE in the coop - the bag will say food grade on it.
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    ducks and goldfish

    we treated our ducks to goldfish last night and it was the funniest thing i've seen in a while. we put them in the pool after we changed the water. one of the pekins sounded like a typewriter trying to get him one. has anyone else done this?
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    what am i?

    the pekins are the same age as the others - we got them all the week before easter. one does have white on the neck, and another looks like its starting to....i couldn't get good pics of them, they run from the camera lol
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