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    Swollen abdomen

    We had to put her out of her misery. She could barely breathe when I got back to the camp and her abdomen was so swollen that her skin was bright red :(
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    Swollen abdomen

    I work at a camp, but I'm not on site every day. One of my hens is walking very slow and has a swollen abdomen that feels warm (warmer than a normal chicken temp). She has poo in her feathers too. She looks puffy eyed and keeps shaking her head. What do you think this could be? We are in...
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    Raising CX for education

    I do know that cornish cross aren't sustainable. I've raised them from chick stage myself many times. Also Broad Breasted Turkeys. My family has been raising our own heritage turkeys for years (my family is too large to eat just a RIR-we need a whole heritage turkey haha). The camp I work for...
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    Raising CX for education

    I am creating lesson plans for sustainable living as part of an outdoor environmental education camp program for schools. Last spring I had eggs hatching in my incubator just in time for the students. I was surprised how many kids have never seen a chicken in real life, let alone a chick, or...
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    Preserving the Harvest

    I posted in the turkey forums and it was suggested that I post here too: We've managed to raise quite the flock of turkeys this year. In the past, we've butchered and frozen the turkey in smaller batches, but this year my freezer is full. Has anyone canned heritage turkey? I've canned chicken...
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    Preserving the Harvest

    We've managed to raise quite the flock of turkeys this year. In the past, we've butchered and frozen the turkey in smaller batches, but this year my freezer is full. Has anyone canned heritage turkey? I've canned chicken breast (following all the safety guidelines of course). Any advice? Blogs...
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    Broody Goose Questions

    This is our first year with geese. Our nine geese free range all day and then are locked in their enclosure at night. This morning my son found one of our toulouse geese on a nest in our carport. She has 3 or 4 eggs so far and is gathering nesting materials. How long can she leave the nest...
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    Guineas dying

    I have had three guineas die in the last few days. None of my other birds (chickens/turkeys) are sick. The guineas are just showing up dead with no sign of trauma. What kind of disease can they catch? Or is there something they ate that is poisonous? Or are they just old (how long does a...
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    Broody Hen advice

    I have a few broody hens sitting on nests right now. I have only 9 nest boxes for 30-40 hens, so things get crowded quickly when hens are broody. We've found that just leaving them alone, but taking the chick as soon as it is hatched, is the best thing to do-for our set up. I've had hens peck...
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    First time processing cornish cross ?s

    They are about 9 weeks old. We were looking for the characteristic green of the bile sack, but couldn't find it...it was really weird. My husband thought he had burst it on accident. We had a few where the inside of the chicken looked normal, but a few where we couldn't see the bile sack even...
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    First time processing cornish cross ?s

    We processed 10 of our 20 cornish cross this morning. Some had spotty looking livers. Some looked like they didn't have a bile sack. Is this just what cornish cross are like?
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    Would you recommend raising Guinea fowl in an urban area?

    LOL! Never! I live on 15 acres and my four guinea are SO LOUD and the sound travels forever. Anytime there is a disturbance (car coming down the driveway, strange bird in a tree, people looking through the fence), they freak out. They do make excellent warning birds; when the eagle comes by...
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    Processing Guineas~

    We processed two guinea yesterday. They are very hard to catch, so we trapped them in our chicken house and two of us worked together. Their feathers were very hard to pluck (compared to the roosters we did at the same time) and we ended up tearing skin on accident. Gutting went a lot faster...
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    Butchering roosters

    We butcher ours. I'm always surprised how skinny they are when all those feathers are gone:) We probably burn more calories chasing them down and plucking the feathers than we get from eating them, but oh well!
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    Yellow Chick with Green Legs

    Thank you! I don't mind having an odd bird here and there...I have a whole pile of "barnies" that I hatched last year, some are americauna mixes. The more the merrier!
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    Yellow Chick with Green Legs

    It came home with a batch of Gold Sex-Links. What is it? It is about three weeks old, maybe four...
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