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    Spring 2015 CFPBA "Orange Blossom Special" Inverness,FL

    The Central Florida Poultry Breeders is holding it's annual Spring Double Points show March 7th in Inverness,FL the show has a new name the Orange Blossom Special but is the same show it's always been. The following breed clubs are holding meets at the show. American Bantam Association...
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    Contacting breeders listed in ABA Year Book

    I have a question it's actually one that my 10 yr old daughter brought up while studying the ABA year book for that just came in the mail. She has 4 breeds she'd like to get into and has spent the past few days going through the index in the book and looking at each breeders listings comparing...
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    Fall 2013 Central Florida Poultry Breeders Association Show

    Show catalog and entry forms are posted on the club website. http://www.cflpoultrybreeders.org/
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    D'Uccle Roo stopped crowing..

    Our D'Uccle roo used to be a very LOUD , and noisy guy. He would crow all day long every time we walked to the pen to feed, and for what seemed to be no reason at all. He's a beautiful boy and looks no different then normal good weight, eats, drinks, and breeds his hens. However he can't...
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    Ripped Wattle how to treat..

    The two birds that were lost in the mail arrived here over 24 hrs late today well not at my house I had to drive an hour plus to a hub to pick them up but I got them alive and in great shape except the cockerel had a fresh would to one wattle it's ripped and part is hanging. Never had an...
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    Birds lost in transit by USPS what should I have on hand..

    I am trying to be prepared for what the condition of the birds might be in once they finally arrive if they ever arrive. Hoping they will be alive when the USPS does finally find them the guy I spoke to didn't leave me very hopeful. Here's the details SQ RIR's pullet and cockerel, shipped out...
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    Wanted: RoseComb Nankin Cockerel

    I'm looking for a RoseComb Nankin cock or cockerel, bird will be shipped unless it's within two hours of zipcode 32195 I would prefer show quality but will take breeding quality , no pet quality birds please. I have a SQ Rosecomb Nankin hen that I would like to be able to pair up. Please PM...
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    Yellow Crusty / Mushy Skin UPDATED with pictures last post.

    I was given three birds that are having a skin issue, and I'm looking for advice. The birds were all healthy according to the former owner until recently like the last few days. All three birds have to some degree mild to very severe yellow crusty to mushy areas on the skin. The one bird...
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    Where to purchase a wing web needle?

    I'm having a hard time finding a Wing Web Needle any suggestions on where I can find one?
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    Broody Turkey hen?

    We are new Turkey owners and one of our two hens has gone totally broody but she has no eggs to sit on. There were a couple laid but my GP eats the free range eggs, but that hasn't stopped this hen from sitting on her now empty nest. It's now been three days that she has been sitting there in...
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    How to protect your show birds from pests when out at show...

    Today we were at the fair showing goats, during a break my youngest daughter and I went over to poultry to take a peak and test her coop card reading knowledge for showmanship next week. As we were walking around I saw where SEVERAL birds were noted to have LICE or MITES but the bird was still...
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    Hatched Polish chicks very skiddish?

    Has anyone else found that Polish hatchlings are more skiddish then other breeds? So far we have hatched bantam Cochin, Houdan, Japanese, LF Cochin and these Polish. The Polish are from our own two Silver Laced who are super laid back and sweet birds. The four hatchlings we have so far are...
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    OEG but what variety? Brown/Red or Blue/Red?

    Are these just aged Brown/Reds or Blue/Reds. They were sold to me as Brown/Reds that have won quite a bit but when I started going over the hens faults today with the ABA book with my daughter as this hen is going to be her showmanship bird since her's went broody I realized they have pink legs...
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    Question for anyone who has shown at a fair...

    My daughter is showing 12 of our chickens for the first time at the Florida State Fair in just a couple weeks. I'm sitting here looking at the schedule trying to decide if I have to be there every day or not. The fair feeds and waters the chickens while they are there, I know I have to be there...
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    GP livestock guard eating duck eggs...

    We have three free range ducks, we know the two female ducks are laying as we've caught them both laying from time to time. No predators are getting into my yard any longer as our GP won't let anything near her animals. However we have witnessed the GP taking the duck eggs after they are laid...
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    Please tell me he'll out grow this...

    Our cockeral has just started to crow in the past two weeks... at first it was a strained baby crow and now he's got his nice loud crow down pat but he does it ALL DAY! He'll stop eating to crow, he crows about 12 times an hour and is LOUD LOUD LOUD! He's a Polish and I'm praying this isn't...
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    Getting NPIP cert testing.. when is best?

    Here is my problem my chickens range drastically in age from already 5 months to just hatching (purchased eggs). My girls want to do the state fair in Feb and a APA show in Jan. So our birds would need to be tested in Dec. However there might be more or different birds the girls want to take to...
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    What a score today!

    On my husbands way home from work he saw in a driveway a pen with a for sale sign on it. Turns out it's a metal pipe pen that has 1/2 inch hardware cloth attached and it's 5ftx12ft! He got it for 50 dollars!!! The pipe is welded together and it even has a door on it! I'm so shocked hubby...
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    Day six candle and bad results

    Today was day six candle of 18 shipped bantam cochin eggs. I had already candled on day 3 and 3 eggs were taken out at that time with obvious red rings of bacteria. I was praying the other 15 would show good developement today there were 8 that were iffy on day 3. Upon recandling tonite we...
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    Chick stumbling?!

    Okay we did our first hatching in an incubator. One chick was hatched with the yolk sack unabsorbed, so we kept that chick by itself. Now the sack is gone and chick eats, drinks, poos, and sleeps great... however it stumbles ever couple steps and when it does eat/drink it falls forward into it's...
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