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    Repurposing rabbit cages?

    We used to raise rabbits for meat and have several rabbit cages left. I was wondering about repurposing them to raise a few cortunix quail for meat and eggs. The cages are mounted in a kennel-type structure. I'm wondering what type of hardware cloth I should affix to the floor and walls to keep...
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    WEIRD or ODD Eggs pics!!!! :)

    My new layers are kicking in, they hatched in June or July and didn't start up in the fall so they aren't young layers. But this is the second weird egg we've gotten in a couple of weeks. I haven't figured out yet who it is, but I hope she gets things straightened out!
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    My hen is walking strangely, any idea why? **MOULTING is the answer

    Thanks, guys! My hen (who looks pathtic, btw) is doing the crab-walk and I ran a search. Looks like it is her molt. I'll bring her in to the extra bathroom for a couple of days, and pamper her, as it is COLD for a nekkid chicken. Hope she likes tuna!
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    I gave a Turkey a Bath

    Please post a picture of her clean and dry!
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    Fooling a broody hen

    How long must a hen have been setting before you can fool her by placing chicks under her that you want her to raise? Share your experience please!
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    Salmonella, NM Hatchery

    Thanks War Chicken!
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    Salmonella, NM Hatchery

    Where does one get the test? Internet? (I live more than an hour's drive away from the nearest vet.)
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    Salmonella, NM Hatchery

    Here's the link: http://news.yahoo.com/salmonella-outbreak-linked-nm-poultry-hatchery-214241513.html I purchased 5 chicks from a feed store that purchased from Privett. These birds seem fine, but I have noticed some liquid poos and lethargy in a year old hen who free ranges with them. If...
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    Lemon cuckoo Orpington questions

    Is black in the tail considered a fault?
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    Eggs are Rocking

    Experienced hatchers: When should we hear peeping or notice movement?
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    Help day 24 no sound movement or piping

    Good luck! (I'm on day 19 now and hoping mine are alive.)
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    how to candle eggs ?

    Does it matter to the embryo how the egg or the light is positioned during candling so long as you are able to see what you need to see? Air sac up, down, sideways? Thanks.
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    Egg positioning

    Thank you. The turner works by moving a small grate (pie-slice shaped), and the eggs sit between (inside) the sections of the grate. So sometimes when the turner stops, the grate "props up" the egg so the small section is higher than the large. Most of the time the large end is slightly...
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    Egg positioning

    I have a domed Lyon tx6 incubator with automatic turning every hour. I'm on Day 4 with chicken eggs. Placement of the eggs is on their side, small end toward the center of the round incubator, but after several hours many of the eggs get turned around and some even end up with their narrow...
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    Eggs turning during lockdown?

    I'm new to this, so hopefully someone else will chime in with the logistics of how to handle two or more hatches in the same incubator. But my understanding is that the egg turning stops during lockdown.
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    First timer, sort of...

    Last Sunday my beautiful (and he was!) Lemon Cuckoo cock was killed by a bobcat. He died protecting his hens, and none of them were hurt. I pulled an incubator out of the shed, a Marsh/Lyon TX6, that I had bought for classroom use over 20 years ago. It's one of those round ones with the...
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    Euskal Oiloa ( Basque Thread)

    Quote: I hope several folks will elaborate. I've been reading about these birds for a year now, thinking they were an almost ideal homestead dual-purpose bird. (And drop-dead gorgeous.) What kind of egg production are folks getting? I'm curious about this time of year and also once spring...
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    Muscovies -- "great hunters?"

    I just read a short recommendation on another forum for the Muscovy duck. It claimed they would kill and eat mice and rats. True? While rodents have never made their way into our chicken coop (which rivals Fort Knox), our outdoor rabbit barn has attracted mice and a small variety of rat that...
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    Euskal Oiloa ( Basque Thread)

    Nice, Maggiesdad! How old was that boy?
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    Quick anatomy question

    When eviscerating a chicken, there is ribbed tissue just under (while the chicken is on its back) the intestine at the vent. It does not seem to be a part of the digestive system as it is alway clean. It is on both male and female chickens. Does this part of the anatomy have a name? (I call...
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