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    New Rooster crow dampening, noise reducing device

    I think there would really be a huge demand for something like this. People have gone to drastic and sometimes expensive measures to quiet their roosters, and not all of the are successful. The collar that is on the market looks too uncomfortable, and roosters can learn to crow through it...
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    I just found all 26 of my ducks headless!?!?

    I have mink that live in the brook that goes through the middle of my property. Once, when I used to allow my chickens to free range unattended, I caught the little stinker eating the neck out of one of my hens. He didn’t chew the entire head off. He also just yoinked one chicken. Foxes are...
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    Why do I beat myself up about butchering a few cockerels.

    I feel ya!! I completely understand why you would feel bad, and it’s really not nice to tell you to suck it up just because you have a heart. I have had to cull my favorite hen awhile ago because she went blind and was being attacked by the other hens. The blindness was a genetic thing...
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    What should a newbie start with?

    I started with pullets!! They are great because you get the satisfaction of eggs very soon after setting up, and there’s no moving them around from house to coop!
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    I have no idea what I am doing

    Steven, you can rename this thread from "I have no idea what I'm doing" to "I have a much better idea of what I'm doing now" Congratulations, and I feel privileged to have gone through your ordeal with you, even though it's a couple weeks later!!
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    Question About Introducing Water Bucket W/Nipples

    I havent seen anyone say this, but you need to introduce each and every chick to the nipple waterer!! I learned from a chicken farmer, and after they processed the day old chicks, we brought them to the battery cages and one by one tapped their beaks to the waterer and made sure they knew what...
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