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    Horses are here! :) and... lost a horse in transit :(

    so my horses arrived here in Missouri from California today! YAY! Parker, Kegger, KC (belgians), Morris (retired TB) and Devon (clyde/stndbred cross), all happy and hanging out in the pasture, munching on the hay bales as big as they are. I am delighted and relieved. and. George...
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    *PICS* update: WOOHOO! They accepted our offer! Finally getting our farm

    and I'm so excited! it's beautiful, it's in the middle of nowhere on a gravel road, you can't see the neighbors in any direction, and you can't hear traffic anywhere. 83 acres, exterior fenced for cows, about 25 acres in pasture 35 in mature woods, and the rest was pasture 4 years ago...
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    she's broody... she's broody not... she's broody... help!

    ok, so this is my first season with turkeys. my bronze cross turkeys have been laying for about 5 weeks now. usually I let several eggs collect before I gather them because if I don't, the hens look for a new nesting area to lay in and I have to go hunt for it. on Wed afternoon when I went to...
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    gassy cat X(

    so... my new kitten (the one that had rice krispy skin) is doing really well now - he's acting like a kitten, settled in with my other cats in record time, and beginning to look like a 3/4 grown cat. he's learning the house rules - stay off the keyboard, don't climb the guests like they were...
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    someone stole my chocolate hen... X(

    so I get home last night and unlock the driveway gate... and the lock springs apart and parts go on the ground. I'm thinking "what the heck?" and take a look... it's been cut with bolt cutters and then propped back together to appear locked. I get my sidearm, check around the whole place...
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    hen strutting with the big boys!

    hey there, so my big tom Crash has been strutting for the girls since he got here in July. we've got a young tom who started strutting a couple of weeks ago. this morning they were both out there showing off, and Crash was strutting double-wide, I think as a response to the young tom's...
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    UPDATE! not paranoid!... keeping RE buyers from casing my place?

    so.... the landlord has decided to sell the place I'm leasing. I've decided not to be a butt about it, and I've agreed to show it for him if he's got potential buyers. however, I'm more than slightly paranoid about the idea of someone making an appointment to view the hose for the purpose of...
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    LGD pup - gate conflict UPDATE pg 6

    hi all, I got some great advice here on my LGD pup who was showing a lot of food agression. that situation is much improved (although not perfect)... now on to the next one... looking for advice from folks wih LGD experience. context referesher: two LGD pups, Turk (male) and Seka (female)...
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    turkey gender question

    probably a silly newby question here, this year I've got my first turkeys. so I've got a BBW I've been thinking is a hen (no snood developing to speak of, a few small feathers up the back of the neck/head). occasionally the turkeys try to roost outside and when I was collecting the BBW to put...
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    any experience with kitty that has crackling rice crispy skin? UPDATE

    so a kitten showed up in the yard yesterday, looks to be about 4 months old, scrawny and underfed, fearful, but not wild. took it in to quarantine (the spare bathroom) to make sure it's healthy before letting it either join the indoor cats, or the oudoor barn cats. it's thin and scruffy...
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    crossing a BBW hen? what do you get?

    ok, so I picked up what I think is a Broad Breasted White turkey, and I'm pretty sure it's a hen. I was told she's a "production white". she was intended for the christmas table, and might still end up there, however she's working on me... she's kinda goofy and pretty sociable. so here's my...
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    question on color genetics in ducks - hey you color experts!... ?

    ok, so we've been discussing the possible lineage of this drake and we're thinking maybe khaki and crested blue swedish. the picture's not completely color correct - he's steel gray and a fairly uniform color, with a slightly darker edge on his feathers. so the question is, if I wanted more...
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    what are they crossed with?

    I've got two of these hens, and the theory is they're bronze crosses - any thoughts on what they might be crossed with? they both have this coloring. so what do you think?
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    Chocolate turkey

    just thought I'd post a photo of her: sweet!
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    crested... maybe blue swedish?

    so he's pretty, but we don't know what he is. he's a good steel gray with just a bit of darker lace edge, a few flecks of white on his chest and a really nice pouf. he's as big as my cayugas. just not sure what he is besides crested. I'm thinking blue swedish without the bib... your...
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    welsh harlequin size? or appleyards? UPDATED with pics!

    so I have a trio of what I'm pretty sure are welsh harlequins (dark bills on the girls), not silver appleyards as I was told when I bought them. ok, they're nice ducks and I'll keep them, just get the silver appleyards in the spring <sigh>. here's my question... what size should WHs be...
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    winter roost questions

    so this will be my first winter with chickens and turkeys (I've overwintered ducks and geese before.) We're in SW Missouri so I expect freezing, occasional snow, and probably an ice storm or two. local weather data shows the mean low temperatures are a few degrees below freezing during...
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    Photos of Highland Cattle?

    I'm putting together the page for Highland Cattle on our sister site BackYardHerds.com ... if you have photos of Highlands you'd like to contribute to that page, pm or email me, or post them here! only photos you have the rights to, thanks! zzGypsy
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    Appleyards vs Harlequins

    so I'm looking for information on the color pattern differences between Silver Appleyards and harlequins... anyone got photos they'd like to share illustrating the differences?
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    Silver Appleyard breed standard?

    hey there, So I've been looking for Silver Appleyards, and I've got some hatching eggs coming in the spring. in the mean time, I've found a young trio, and am interested in finding out what kind of quality they are... where can I find the breed standard? I'm not new to ducks, but I'm new to...
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