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    My new watering system!

    Finally! I found it wasn't almost worth keeping chickens considering the constant attention needed to give them clean fresh water... with some research and a little of luck I came up with this system, any comments or questions are welcome! I'm considering building and selling these. One of my...
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    Foxes / Coyotes

    Anyone know how to lure and catch Foxes or coyotes? I heard of a rabbit call before. That makes the sound of a rabbit squealing. I need something to keep them from taking half of my small flock everytime I get more than 5-6 chickens!
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    Duck with ducklings vs. Strong Wind Gust video

    This video is almost as humorous as it is pitiful: (Happy ending by the way)
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    I pulled what looked like a black hair from a chicken's rear...

    Okay, weird question but maybe its common so I don't know. I'm going to ask.. The 1st day my chicks arrived in the mail they were all peeping and adapting to their brooder well. Eating and drinking. I kept noticing one of them looked like it had a really big black hair stuck to it. I initially...
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    What's the best chicken / duck / poultry magazine?

    I'm looking into subscribing to a poultry magazine... Can anyone recommend some of the best ones? (Best bang for your buck)
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    Poultry First Aid kids and medications...things everyone should have?

    Okay in light of my mini-emergency today: https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=579663 I'd like to know what every poultry owner should have for first-aid. I have wormer, blukote antiseptic spray, and seven dust for feather mites. That's all I got. What else should I, and...
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    Please help! clipped a new duck we just got and I'm covered in blood!

    We just got a new duck and before I let it out I clipped its right wing. My wife is sick in bed so I was by myself trying to hold the duck. It was flopping around while I was trying to trim its right wing feathers. I think I cut the feathers too deep because it quacked and got more frantic...
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    How do you catch a chicken or duck???

    Okay, so I never spent enough time to make my chickens tame. However, they will eat bread (reluctantly) out of your hand and my 3 yr old can walk right up to the hens, but I cant actually grab them. I need to catch them to dust them, look them over, etc. I can always grab them at night but thats...
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    Can someone help me identify my ducks?

    Hey guys, I got a total of 3 ducks. All of them are black / bluish. Two of them are bantam breeds. The larger one I had a pair of and the female flew the fence and ran away. I was curious if anyone could help me identify them. Also they are VERY skittish... they will not eat any treats if you...
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    Our sunrise on our farm!

    I love our sunrises! The rooster seems to also..... argh!
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    Feather mites... help!

    What's left of my three grown chickens, 1 rooster, 2 hens after predators look terrible! I finally got my chicken yard built and have not lost any more hens but they are getting eaten alive by mites. I dust them they look better in a week or two, then again they are nearly without feathers...
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    Did I kill my tree?

    Okay, I have a peach tree that I transplanted with a backhoe about 2 years ago. I did it in the fall, it survived the winter, had a large bounty during the spring/summer, and made it through last winter. However, after I cleaned out my small chicken coop, this spring, into the wheel barrel I...
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