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    Feeding during Mareks infection

    Hello folks. Looks like one of my growing babies has Mareks - she has her adult feathers at least. I found her collapsed on one side, spraddle-legged, with cold legs. She appears to be suffering from progressive paralysis. I've been trying to keep her temperature up with heating pads, and...
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    HELP!!!!! Mean Rooster

    We had a very mean rooster who decided that everyone but me had to die. He didn't fly at me - but he got a hankering for the liver of small kids...so he had to go! He was delicious - but as a barnyard rooster we definitely cooked him up as cock au vin or he would have been inedible. The...
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    Owls eating my budgies?

    Hmm, you're in Thailand, so no raccoons. Barn owls can and will hunt during the day, but I wouldn't imagine they'd take budgies through a metal mesh! But this could also be a cat being cunning. And a feral cat will climb rather more than you might think it will. Other possibilities are...
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    Australia - Six states..and that funny little island.

    Hello folks. I haven't been around for ages, because life got busy. And then chickens got busy. My gorgeous Rooster, Wellington, became a violent bully. At home, with me? He was fine. My husband? He attacked. My daughter, he attacked. THEN he attacked the toddler next door! Then he...
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    Comment by 'Steampunked' in article 'Fuss Free Fermented Feed Feeder'

    You genius!
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    Australia - Six states..and that funny little island.

    Hello folks! The drought has broken, Ivan the Terrible (Rooster), who turned out to be a silkie hen who just was the male partridge colour (? I have no idea, but she is that bright, rich orange with HACKLES) laid an egg. So did the other silkie hen! My big egg machines refuse to, so I'm...
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    Australia - Six states..and that funny little island.

    I'm a complete beginner by comparison, but I thought one of the big problems with grass was that in some chickens consumption could lead to impacted crop issues? Perhaps if it's chopped up into tiny ( >1 cm) amounts to keep her eating, if it's the only thing she can tolerate?
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    Australia - Six states..and that funny little island.

    Someone stop me: http://nocrowroostercollars.com/products/bow-tie-accessory
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    Australia - Six states..and that funny little island.

    Well, it's a little complex. Neighbour-dude is the one who isn't really dealing with rural life very well - he's partnered with a lady who is renting the house very cheaply from her mum, and I really get the feeling from him that he'd prefer to not have to have any animals at all around him but...
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    A Support Thread For Those Of Us Living In An Egg-Free Zone

    I always feel that adopting an animal that a lot of people see as disposable is a very kind thing to do, that at least some misery is alleviated. That said, I actually do need the manure my animals produce, so although I STILL haven't seen any eggs, I don't mind so much :D
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    Australia - Six states..and that funny little island.

    Have some photos showing rooster dignity: He sat in there while she pushed him for a while. I'm reasonably sure most children use puppies for the whole 'pretending I have a baby' thing! In other news, I have to look into a no-crow collar - we live in a rural area, but the neighbour...
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    Australia - Six states..and that funny little island.

    Oh, there's a few! Google for 'Tornado in a Bottle', which can look pretty cool if you add some glitter in. Or, if you have the right supplies, try a Fire Tornado, certain to get you the most cool points ever. You could show a water cycle as well - either doing it through taping a plastic...
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    A Support Thread For Those Of Us Living In An Egg-Free Zone

    Still nothing, not that I expected anything, BUT... Come on wyandotte, you're supposed to be a layer! You too, light sussex girls...
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    Australia - Six states..and that funny little island.

    Weather nerd, on! The tropical Pacific is in the early stages of El Niño. El Niño is often associated with below-average winter and spring rainfall over eastern Australia, and above-average daytime temperatures over the southern half of the country. However, the current May to July outlook...
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    A Support Thread For Those Of Us Living In An Egg-Free Zone

    Thirteen chickens. Not a single egg, ever! Not a one - not a smidgen of a widgen of a tiny malformed mis-shaped egg! They were all hatched last halloween, heh.
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