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    Things you wish you could say

    When you run a charity to help animals, and you decide to jerk around your supporters by posting a video of a newborn animal with a painful condition and deliberately create a cliffhanger where you won't be sharing more of the information you admit to already having until tomorrow "and the next...
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    Let’s Talk About Bird Flu

    It's so wrong. Just throwing money already spent away and dooming the poultry industry and poultry hobby to more illness and losses.
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    What kind of fencing is this?

    It does look very strong because it's woven rather than welded!
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    Granny's gone and done it again

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    What made you happy today?

    Going to pick up Pizza!!! Yes it may be raining, but worth it.
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    White Breeds for Fibro Pen?

    Fibro makes black skin. Black beaks. Black shanks, claws, tongues, etc. The feather color can be black, or they can come in other feather colors. Heterozygous Fibro (1 copy rather than 2), can result in incomplete expression of Fibro, so they may have light claws, mulberry combs, etc. Fibro...
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    Silkie Has Blue Face Stripes!!!

    I made a thread a while back that has some discussion of this in the pages. There are pictures of Silkies with blue faces. Ear Color Hypothesis I still believe in my theory of thicker skin showing the colors (white, yellow, or blue). When I had WFBS before, the skin on the ears and face feels...
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    Dead owl INSIDE coop!!

    We have barn owls nesting in our oak trees overhead... I haven't lost any chickens to them. But, they show up and get agitated every time we have new chicks. I know by now the owls will absolutely be drawn in by the sounds, and make sure to close the coops up before it's fully dark. Then half...
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    Postmaster took chicks home

    I think you would be best served by taking a step back from the situation to breathe. A lawyer isn't going to take on a case that doesn't meet the small claims court minimum, sorry. I'm curious what you mean by "nasty messages". What was the wording? I've walked into my PO to get chicks...
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    New Fibro Test - Participants Needed

    This reminded me of a recent post in the FB group for Ermine Ameraucana. In that case, slate shanks. I cannot vouch for accuracy, but the post makes sense to me. Also added other quotes on Id. ___________________________________ Dominant white is a melanin inhibitor, so a bird with one copy...
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    New Fibro Test - Participants Needed

    I don't know if I was reading it right, but I think they were only focusing on Ayam Cemani as a way to make sure they got some full fibro samples as well as the hetero and such. I wonder if a breeder of quality silkies with homo fibro reached out to them, they might include more breeds in their...
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    Training "stubborn" hens

    That's why Yards are good! You can have one outside the run and let your chickens roam the area that you can afford to fence. Plus it slows down predators (doesn't stop, but if the chickens are aware they have a little more time to get away).
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    Designer Breed open Discussion

    I think you have two goals that are in conflict. Goal 1: Uniquely colored Goal 2: Named color with predictable outcome If what you mean by unique is that it doesn't match any known color, no one will be able to name it for you or determine if you will get it, especially without knowing the...
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    Training "stubborn" hens

    Sounds like you need some fencing. Rather than a secure run, we have ours in "yards"... so they have a lot more room but are still contained. The 4ft high welded wire "no-climb" style of fencing costs less but is sturdy. Any chicken capable of flying over gets caught and one wings primary...
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    New Fibro Test - Participants Needed

    This company is finalizing their Fibro test and seeking breeders with multiple birds to test as reference points. It sounds like they're asking for 3-5 samples from three groups: - Homozygous Fibro birds - Non-Fibro birds - the offspring from crossing these I'm sharing because I want the test...
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