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    Wisconsin "Cheeseheads"

    hi & welcome- I live in mequon, we got to fleet farm in g-towm- price seems to be the best. cedarburg mill has limited choices, and Boelke hardware in friestadt has many choices and are local & full of information-see Jean. When we head up north, on the way back in we stop at the princeton...
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    Wisconsin "Cheeseheads"

    A little clarification: Current Mequon ordinance requires 10 acres to keep chickens. (20birds max per acre- where agriculturally zoned) The public welfare committee is proposing very restrictive text amendment for residents to keep 4 hens. Additionally, committee only communicated with the...
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    Wisconsin "Cheeseheads"

    CALLING ALL MEQUON CHICKEN OWNERS!!! The city is considering a text amendment to the current ordinance that calls for 10 acres to keep chickens. PLEASE WRITE YOUR ALDERMAN NOW!! or E-mail Jac Zader assistant community development director: [email protected] Public welfare committee...
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    Polish self-pecking? new to byc

    4 roosters are in individual confinement units separate from the hens,girls live in their house with one capon. I think you may be right about a bully. I had a white cochin with the same infliction today. The little polish may be getting picked on and because there are 3 look a likes- they all...
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    Polish self-pecking? new to byc

    Hi to all- new member of byc, but have frequented site for a year now. 22 girls of various breeds, 4 boys. (photos at some point-stay tuned) ***Looking for help solving problem: 3 white crested black polish all suffer from self-pecking (or mistaken identity?) bloody tail feathers and completely...
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    Polish self-pecking? new to byc.

    It is up! Husband built the house and I got to paint it, the girls love it and it's a joy to see out the kitchen window!
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    Polish self-pecking? new to byc.

    hi- saw that you have runner duck (s) too, that's next on our list. do you co-mingle chickens with ducks? separate living quarters??
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    Polish self-pecking? new to byc.

    Hi to all- new member of byc, but have frequented site for a year now. 22 girls of various breeds, 4 boys. (photos at some point-stay tuned) ***Looking for help solving problem: 3 white crested black polish all suffer from self-pecking (or mistaken identity?) bloody tail feathers and...
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