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    Fox attacks Runner duck..Broken bill

    I have a 3 year old runner hen that was just attacked by a fox. At the second shot whit the .22 Mag the fox let her go and split. The duck has a broken lower mandible. About the last 1/3 of her lower bill is hanging at a 45 degree angle to the normal position. Is this a survivable injury...
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    Thread of duck pictures

    Here's a few of my recent hatchlings. They are runner/campbells (and a mallard for good measure) from Caleb's Acre. Super cute and very hardy little buggers.
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    advice on selecting egg laying breeds

    Welcome to BYC. I also live in Northern Ohio. I have only been keeping chickens for 2 years now and found BYC an invaluable resource for me. Ask questions and read, read, read! Good luck with your flock! Here's some more reading for you......ohter great stuff on this site as well...
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    Duck killer!

    For two mornings in a row I've opened the coop to find a headless Kahki Campbell duck under the nest boxes. Yesterday I plugged some vents with hardware cloth and blanketed the outside of the coop with traps. I baited a 4-way set with the duck carcasses under a barrell. That set did the...
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    Let's see your CHICKEN TRACTORS

    Try this! https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=54432 Mcik
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    Freedom Ranger photos

    Hotwings, I haven't eaten any of the Rangers yet, but I am told they will have more flavor and muscle-tone than the CornishX. I have eaten lots of unwanted egg layer breed cockrels and if the Rangers are anything like them I will be pleased. I've had no losses of the Rangers, but there are a...
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    Freedom Ranger photos

    At Blue's request I've posted some photos of my tractors in the Coop Design and Run Construction section. You can see it here: https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?pid=562315#p562315 Mick
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    Tractors

    A BYC member on the Meat Bird section wanted to see some of my tractors, so here they are:D: Hope this helps. Here is the first tractor that I built with the intent of Day Ranging my egg layers. You can see the 3-place nest box on the back. The roof was originaly flat and it filled up with...
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    Freedom Ranger photos

    BLUE- I can take more pictures of the tractors tomorrow. Got to be at work by 3:00pm. It is a simple design that can be built in a day. The siding is from old pallets. The frame is 2x4's ripped in half length-wise. I even made a couple of smaller ones (4 X 6' and 4 X 8') to house my...
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    Freedom Ranger photos

    Here's a couple photos of my Freedom Ranger flock as they begin to close in on their last days. Not all of them are the same size and there's a mix of colors. Now I realize I have three differnt Rangers-Golden, Bronze, and Red, but where does the last photo fit in to the three breeds? Looks...
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    Novice needs help with getting hens to hatch chicks...

    Hey Newchick, Grab a cup of coffee and put on your reading glasses........... http://www.themodernhomestead.us/article/Broody-Hens-1.html It's long but there's a bunch of gret info here. Mick
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    Meat breeds for someone who doesn't want to raise Cornish X?

    Freedom Rangers http://www.freedomrangers.net/ Mick
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    Composting

    Here ya go....... http://forums2.gardenweb.com/forums/soil/ Mick **Edited to say I should have thought of this first......... http://www.theeasygarden.com/forum/ Mick
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    Introducing The "Skunkinater"

    Man, That looks like a nice set-up! It is amazing how quiet those match rounds can be.........sshhhhhh! I always thought a nite scope was damaged if you exposed it to normal daylight. Or is that just the cheap ones? Mick
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    WHAT is this?!?! (pic)

    I can't beleive how many people here have never seen this. I've had my Marans for less than a year and see it often - almost identical to the photo. I just figured it was common. Mick
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