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  1. 123RedBeard

    Yellow Legged Buff Orpington?

    Rocks have yellowish skin too ... Orpingtons will have white skin ...
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    Does this really work for predator proofing?

    Maybe ... The first night or two ... Maybe .. Electric will get there attention! Raccoons liked to steal my barn cats food, then they killed one of my cats ... And injured another! No more free food! That's 11,500 volts!
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    Rare bantam breeds that are decent layers?

    If they are truly rare, they are not likely gonna be good layers ...
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    chicken breed suggestions + discussion

    Generally the Mediterranean type class of birds do very well with heat, they are smaller framed than the typical American or English class birds, tend to be a bit more flighty ... https://blog.meyerhatchery.com/2019/07/the-6-different-classes-of-chickens/ Generally a hybrid will be healthier...
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    Raising Mallards for Meat

    From my reading, as I hope to get ducks when I retire ... Timing is more critical on young tasty ducks ... this is at about 7, 12.5 or 18 weeks of age. (from) https://www.metzerfarms.com/processing-waterfowl.html
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    Taking care of rats ... with a blacksnake?

    If you're feeding them out of a pan, I'd suggest getting some kind of bigger tray or jelly roll pan to put under it to catch any spillage ... As the rats are obviously eating something ... That's why they are there. Treat the wood "plugs" with hot pepper sauce" or they will just chew through...
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    Taking care of rats ... with a blacksnake?

    I live down in the Springfield, MO area ... When I bought this house a little over 3 years ago, I acquired a mouse in the house problem! First night I set 4 traps, before I laid down to bed ... Snap, snap, snap, snap! I went and emptied, and reset, in the morning I had four more ... I'm a long...
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    Bad Experience with Bresse Farms in Pontotoc, MS

    You're right, my mistake ... From - https://greenfirefarms.com/american_bresse.html it says However they have only imported the white variety ... So where, or how did the other color varieties get here? As far as I know only Green fire has imported them ... As it's very time consuming and...
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    Bad Experience with Bresse Farms in Pontotoc, MS

    They are only supposed to be white ... "Colors" sounds more like "mixed breed mutts" ... But they will probably taste like chicken!
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    Racoon killing chickens

    I prefer to use a "dog-proof" trap ... It's primarily for raccoons ... Although on very rare occasions a opossum might get its paw inside, but if you only get a "pull type" not the "push/pull" you're most likely to only get raccoons ... And not waste time on the neighbors (or yours!) cats and...
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    Relocating trapped critters. How far away???

    My relocater is a backhoe! 3' seems to do the trick, none have ever come back ... In the spring I'll plant a tree there! I have a "few" trees to plant! ;)
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    Looking for a good hatchery.

    I moved a bit East of Springfield , MO ... As far as I know all of there chicks are shipped (or picked up) from Lebanon , MO ... And forum wants all kinds of extra info for me l to "edit" that wasn't "required" back when I signed up ... And I don't feel like answering those questions now ...
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    Looking for a good hatchery.

    Depending on where about you live ... I'd choose a hatchery close to you ... Cackle is 35 miles from me, and an easy drive, save the chicks from the postal experience! Cackle has a 3 female of each breed minimum, but can order 4 or more too, doesn't need to be in increments of three ... They do...
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    are tiny pumpkins ok?

    Sure, but it won't last long.
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    Can you fry dual purpose chickens?

    That's only as hot as I got my oven ... Baking bread, not vaporizing it! Then I let the rest of the mass absorb the heat till it was evened out to about 600°, then slid in the dough ... I had heat probs at different places ...
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    Can you fry dual purpose chickens?

    I used stuff like this https://southbaymaterials.com/h-c-muddox-mortar-clay-50-lbs to make the mortar to stick the fire bricks together to make my wood fired brick oven ... Good past 1300°F!
  17. 123RedBeard

    Butchering Supplies for Harvesting Chickens

    Fill it with hot tap water, won't take as long to heat up ...
  18. 123RedBeard

    Bra hatches anyone whose done this online now?

    So ... What happened?
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    Can leaves work as bedding?

    Dry - Ducks? :lau Ducks don't scratch and turn over leaves like the rototiller eggers! ;)
  20. 123RedBeard

    In need of show quality chickens in central Florida!

    Go to a show, and buy some.
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