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  1. lizrndiver

    More roos than I can keep which breed should stay?

    I restarted my flock this spring and ordered 50 pullets. I know sexing chicks isn't perfect, but I ended up with 9 cockerels. I only want to keep one. I have 3 Silver Laced Wyandottes, 5 White Rocks, and 1 Barred Rock. I don;t plan to breed. I want a rooster mostly as a look out for my...
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    Entire flock found dead UPDATE post 23

    We are planning to look at hot wire/tape during my lull as a chicken owner. I guess I have a good 3 months to get it secure enough for my new chicks this spring. Liz
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    Entire flock found dead UPDATE post 23

    UPDATE a little graphic I was able to get out and take a good look at everything as I cleaned up the bodies yesterday. Two had been partial eaten. Flesh was missing off the backs. One had a broken leg. All the others had no marks that I could see. I checked their heads closely. A few...
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    Entire flock found dead UPDATE post 23

    How did you trap it?
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    Entire flock found dead UPDATE post 23

    Would owls kill and leave chickens? I did hear an owl tonight. 25 chickens seems like a lot for an owl though.
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    Entire flock found dead UPDATE post 23

    My husband and I just redid our entire fenced run area. We changed out cattle fencing for 1 X 2 welded wire that was buried in the ground and went up 6 feet, We have occasionally had problems with all varieties of predators, but usually only one or two hens was killed. At this time I had a...
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    Duck attacked, injuries to head and bill

    I have a 9 month old female Rouen duck that has been attacked. When I went out to to feed the ducks and chickens this afternoon, I could tell she was injured because her head looked odd. I brought her inside and cleaned her up. She has bite marks on her head and bill. Her left eye is gone...
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    Look what I found in my coop tonight!!!!

    I know how she got in. Through the pop door. I don't get home from work until about 6pm and this time of year it is already really dark. I have thought about one of those automatic pop door closers, but they are so expensive and typically my ducks are lollygaggers. The ducks are always the...
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    Look what I found in my coop tonight!!!!

    Dan...... I can only imagine if I had tried to stick my hand under her feeling for eggs. I probably would be getting rabies vaccines right now. Liz
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    Look what I found in my coop tonight!!!!

    DH did the deed. Picked her up by her tail and took her to the butchering stump. He knocked her out first since we don't want to be cruel. Now I just have to keep an eye out for any family looking to take her place. Liz
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    Look what I found in my coop tonight!!!!

    I thought I was having trouble lately with some egg eating chickens. I had found some shells in a few of the nest boxes the last few days, but was still getting a decent number of eggs. Tonight I went out to lock up the girls and every box I looked in was empty or had shells only. One box I...
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    Shipping duck eating eggs?????

    I live in Illinois and my parents live in Arizona. I recently figured out that my 4 Mallards are actually Rouens. Their eggs are amazing. I would love to ship some to my folks to eat. If I ship them overnight like I would hatching eggs, do you think they would be okay for them to eat? Liz
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    Are these duck eggs?

    Oh yeah........almost see through.
  14. lizrndiver

    Are these duck eggs?

    I have 4 ducks that my husband bought from TSC last spring. He was told they were Mallards and they sure look like Mallards. 3 hens and a drake. I had thought that Mallards only lay in clutches in the spring. Well, recently I have been finding some eggs on the floor of the coop. They are a...
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    Why foodnetwork????

    I just saw this and want to send them a letter. For goodness sake, let's continue to spread mis-information. Someone better tell my red sex links to start growing again because they are all smaller than my Delaware and Light/Coro Sussex. While those are not all white, while they are at it I...
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    Chicks to identify.....so cute....lots of PICS!!!!

    The Hens were all Blue Ameraucauna........pure bred Rooster possibilities: Buff Sussex, Coronation Sussex, Black Ameraucauna Okay.....Here are some pictures and what I think they are. Please don't hesitate to correct me. Black Ameraucauna Pure? (because of the legs) Blue Ameraucauna...
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    Blue Ameraucauna Hen's chicks UPDATE (PICS)

    bump...please give me some feed back.....should I move this to the what breed am I? Liz
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    Blue Ameraucauna Hen's chicks UPDATE (PICS)

    Okay.....Here are some pictures and what I think they are. Please don't hesitate to correct me. Black Ameraucauna Pure? Blue Ameraucauna Pure? Blue Ameraucauna X Buff Sussex Blue Ameraucauna X Buff Sussex Blue Ameraucauna Pure? I would say maybe splash, but that shouldn't be...
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    Blue Ameraucauna Hen's chicks UPDATE (PICS)

    Great reply!!! So once they feather in, if they are all blue or all black with slate legs I should be good to go?! edited to add: I will post some pics this afternoon. Liz
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    Blue Ameraucauna Hen's chicks UPDATE (PICS)

    I set some eggs from my 3 Blue Ameraucauna Hens. My Ameraucauna Roo is black. I had separated them out for a few weeks before collecting eggs, but now that they are hatching I am sure I should have separated them longer. The other flock roosters are Buff Sussex and Coronation Sussex. I can...
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