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    How do I train my puppy to guard my chickens?

    Thanks, these are both helpful. Right now he's on a run with access to our porch to stay out of the rain, but as soon as we build him a dog house we'll put him on the run in the chicken yard, but in a corner where the chickens can still get to the coop to lay eggs without having to go through...
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    How do I train my puppy to guard my chickens?

    I am so sick of loosing chickens to raccoons! My husband and I agreed that even though we are "cat people", we needed an outside farm dog to guard our chickens and hopefully in the future, other livestock. So when I saw free puppies, half Border Collie, half Great Pyrenees, I grabbed the...
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    Are sex-link roosters fertile?

    That's good to know, 'cause he's beautiful, and I would hate to get rid of him. I wonder why none of the eggs hatched.
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    Are sex-link roosters fertile?

    I have a rooster I bought as a chick a year ago. At first I thought he was a Barred Rock, so I got for him 2 Barred Rock hens. One hen went broody a few weeks ago, and sat on 11 eggs for 3 weeks. As hatching time approached, the eggs slowly disappeared. (I think she realized they weren't...
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    5 Gallon Bucket mouse trap

    I think some mice killed my chicks last night, so I'm going to make one, too! Some mice built nests in the insulation in my brooder. I put 3 new chicks out there last night, and this morning 2 had disappeared and the 3rd was half eaten. Gutted, like a raccoon would do to a full-size hen, so...
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    My hens went on strike! Can anyone tell me why they stopped laying?

    It's been about 2 weeks that they haven't laid (I don't remember exactly when they stopped, because I thought they'd start up again after a few days). They are free range, and I thought maybe they were hiding their eggs, but last week I was away overnight and kept them in the coop for 2 days...
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    My hens went on strike! Can anyone tell me why they stopped laying?

    10 laying hens, 6-8 eggs a day, then all of a sudden--nothing! Just one egg a day, from just one hen! What is going on?! They're not molting--we've had chickens for 4 years, and here in GA they don't molt until October/November. The summer heat can reduce egg production, but usually it...
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    "Quail Thread-Hatching, Mutations, and everything quail related!!!"

    We only have a few quail, not enough to buy special feed for, so we've been giving them our chicken layer crumble. If we switch to chick feed, what do we need to supplement their feed with to make sure they keep laying every day?
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    Can one incubate chicken eggs with quail eggs?

    Lockdown is the most nerve-wracking part of the whole incubation process! It's the last few days when you stop turning the eggs, increase the humidity, keep the incubator closed (I just can't help peeking every once in a while!), and listen closely for any peeping! I just set 15 A & M quail...
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    How do I make 2 quail become "friends"?

    Thanks. It is so easy to integrate chickens; I had no idea quail would be so different.
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    How do I make 2 quail become "friends"?

    About 2 months ago, a friend gave us 3 pairs of quail that he could no longer care for. They each had their own compartment in his "quail motel", and had been together for at least 3 years, maybe much longer. Not long after that, one of the females died, leaving one lonely male. (We think...
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    How is quail care different from chickens?

    Thank you, SeptemberQuail! What a wonderfully thorough answer! What I meant by dressing them was cleaning them once they are butchered. Although I wouldn't put it past my 10 yr. old daughter to try to stick some doll clothes on one! And I loved your video, too! How would you feed males...
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    How is quail care different from chickens?

    We were just given 3 pairs of quail (we were told they are Texas A & M; they are white with a touch of brown on the backs of their heads) and I have so many questions on their care. We've had chickens for many years, so we have some experience. But instead of browsing this amazing website for...
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    Texas A & M size ?

    We were just given some quail and were told they were Texas A & M. They were a lot smaller than I imagined quail to be! One can easily sit in the palm of my hand, and I could cup my other hand around it and encase it completely. I'm still doing more research, since we have chickens, but quail...
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    What's wrong with my rooster's foot?!

    Well, after a week, the foot looks a little better, but still no where near healed. We've given up fighting the infection, but we're not giving up on the rooster. After the scabs heal over we're going to return him to the rest of the flock until we can get the money to bring him to a vet...
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    How to eat (your own) chicken (without losing your lunch!)

    A friend of mine told me how she was riding in the car with her two young children, and they were following a chicken truck. Her son thought it was facinating until he was told where those chickens were going. Horrified, he exclaimed, "I'm never eating chicken again!" His sister said, "But...
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    How to eat (your own) chicken (without losing your lunch!)

    I've actually never been to fond of chicken; I've always enjoyed whatever flavor soaked into it while cooking. Our homegrown chickens are a little tough, a little rubbery, so I still use recipes that have flavors mixed with the chicken. I know that free-range meat is supposed to taste better...
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    How to eat (your own) chicken (without losing your lunch!)

    Yes, me too. We ate a chicken tonight that I had just processed a few days ago. We only had one ready to go at the time, and even though the breasts were whole, it was smothered in speghetti sauce and cheese. Still, at times it was a little tough to get down. Just focus on the...
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    What's wrong with my rooster's foot?!

    I wish we could take him to a vet, but my DH is in college, and right now we can't even pay our bills. We did the surgery on Monday and checked the area on Tuesday. There was obviously still a lot of infection, so we squeezed some more out () and wrapped it back up. We skipped a day and then...
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    How to eat (your own) chicken (without losing your lunch!)

    Fairly new to the chicken adventure, I've had people ask me how we can stand eating the chickens we watch grow from fluffy balls to magestic plumed creatures with full personalities. After a few years I've come up with some keys to being able to eat my dinner without thinking too hard about...
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