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    Who's hatching this month?!?!? **Mods please close this thread**

    Well we are trying to hatch once again last time we were not so successful, out of three eggs that made it we got one hatched with a bum leg and two that did not hatch at all. all this money on a bator & turner & circulation fan and nothing. So a year later we are trying again. Four eggs are due...
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    ANY GUNIEA EGG PICS?? looking to see what they look like

    Last spring we purchased three gunieas, not sure if they are male of female. Only one of them have a big face aka big waddles. They reside with my chickens and turkeys and recently we have come across three small eggs. Not sure who they came from, my youngest hens do not lay small eggs any...
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    A Homegrown Thanksgiving Bird

    wow this all sounds great, we have some turkeys we plan to process for Thanks Giving, do they have to be a certain age?? The tom shown in the pic looks older. here is one of my girls, I know they are girls because they lay eggs very large eggs. What is the best way and time to kill???
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    help out on breed id

    here is my beautiful brown bird, his name is Brownie, each morning I greet him with a good morning my beautiful brown bird. I want to know any guesses on his breed and how long do roos live??
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    How long do roos live?????

    here is my roo currently we are not even sure what breed he is. We live in Indiana and he does well in the winter. We have had him for almost 4 yrs and we got him at less than a year old so i wold say he is 41/2 or 5, how long do they live????
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    HELP PLEASE

    ok my little chick is still not standing, he lays on one side, I noticed his vent hole all plugged up so I cleaned it out but he is still not standing. I was able to use an eye dropper to feed it some water with some kind of vitamins, not sure but at tractor supply they said I would need it. It...
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    HELP PLEASE

    OK where do I get info on this tendon thing,,,,,,, does any one know when they should be walking around? all the pics of baby chicks look so fluffy, my baby still looks freshly hatched, when do they look fuzzy......
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    HELP PLEASE

    ok I have a very small round bator, we have made it to hatching day and my wee little one has made it out, when do they stand up, it seems like it just flops around and cant stand, one leg is always stretched out behind him, i dont want to open the bator but i am soooo worried, what is the...
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    How can I keep my hens off of my deck?

    I would go with the hose, I used it to keep them out of the garden and they dont even bother with it anymore. I will say keep the hose around, it will help clean up the poo too.
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    TURKEY EGGS IN THE COOP who would have thought?????

    Both my BB Bronze are hens and one of the white ones ( i think). I may have only one tom and he is white. I haven seen them DO IT, so I I dont have any set plans for these birds, dont have a bator to try to hatch any and my kids dont mind eating the eggs, duck, chicken, turkey, they all look...
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    Getting ink and magic marker out of leather.

    Ok you might think I am crazy but if it is a sharpie marker the try this, Its sure to work,,,,, take a rag and get ciggarett ashes, the smelly ashtray works well, dip your rag in just a bit of water and then ash it up, take your ashy rag and softly scrub your marker mark, it should go away, good...
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    TURKEY EGGS IN THE COOP who would have thought?????

    Well, this spring we purchased four turkeys, 2 bb bronze and 2 midget whites. Our intentions were to raise for thanksgiving...... now 2 of them are laying, my dh says now we should keep them. Will they continue to lay, how long til I know if one is a tom? None of the eggs are fertile, not yet...
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    First Duck Egg!!

    the duck eggs taste like a regular egg, the turkey eggs taste the same also. My turkeys have started laying I get 2-3 turkey eggs a day. I thought I had toms, I guess I was wrong. I will post some pics of the turkeys & thier eggs. I was shocked, this my first run with turkeys, we planned on...
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    Americana not laying colored eggs......

    OK SO I AM NOT MUCH OF A SPELLER here is a photo of my Amerucana ( however u spell it ) Hawk we will just call her by her name ok. here is Hawk what do you think?? I am looking for a pic of her eggs not sure if I have any.
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    Americana not laying colored eggs......

    I have a six month old ameraciana and RIR they both started laying but the color of my eggs confuse me. I get a very dark brown color and a very light brown. Often times I will get a soft shelled egg.... not sure who is dropping this. Why does my americana not lay colored eggs, will she grow...
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