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    Switching out eggs under broody duck- will she hatch or reject them?

    Anyone have experience pulling the ol' switcheroo on a duck hen? My almost 1 yr old Pekin has been broody for a few weeks now & is on ~20+ eggs. Only in the last couple of weeks, however, has she really been super dedicated to the nest; she left them before for hours so I think some got too...
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    Where to purchase Black Copper Marans that lay THE darkest brown eggs

    Looking for reputable hatcheries that sell the best and truest genetic black copper marans. If you have them, how often do yours lay? Do they breed well? And if they cross breed with other chickens, is the dark chocolate brown egg dominant? Thanks! Cold hardy? (worried about that big, beautiful...
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    Hatching ducks in winter in NY?

    I'm probably crazy but am planning to hatch ducklings this winter and wondering how to increase my success despite the expected cold weather. I hatched some of my current ducks & now that they're finally laying, I decided to save some & try to hatch. Unfortunately, they'll be due to hatch...
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    When to move Broody hen & 6 week old chicks to flock

    Currently I have 2 fenced-in pastures: Pasture 1: 29 Layers with ~4' high poultry netting (has big openings whereby chicks could fit through, but if the larger ones wanted to escape, they'd need to fly over if they want to get to the other side, which one does daily). Pasture 2: Includes...
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    How to get Freedom Ranger to go into meat tractor at night?

    They just lay on the ground & we have to chase them around, pick them up, & put into the tractor at night. It's fine with the ones on the outside of the chicken pile, but we have 100 & as we get down to the last 20, they go UNDER the meat tractor where they've been all day, pooping & it's a...
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    HELPL! Freedom Ranger Broilers dying

    I got 128 day-old Freedom Ranger chicks & my friend took 50, we kept 78. I've lost 8, almost 9- that's about 10% loss I've had. He's had 100% survival rate. I need to ascertain what's going on as I lost 4, almost 5 today & 3 over the weekend. It's cold here in NY - & it took almost 48*, not...
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    Should soy free feed formula be powdery based on the ingredients?

    We purchased a 1/2 ton of organic soy free layer feed & it came very powdery. I'm concerned about the chickens wasting it when picking out the whole pieces of corn & peas- Normally we grind out own feed & are used to a more consistent texture- (that included soy, oats, corn, alfalfa, nutri...
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    HELP! How to get poop smell off my hands!

    I've tried scrubbing my hands with soap, sugar, & lemon, & even olive oil...to no avail. How do I get that smell off my hands after picking up a poopy egg or when it gets on my hands during coop cleaning? I have a very strong gag reflex & this does NOT help! I do believe the smell of chicken...
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    Buying Marans at Purely Poultry?

    Looking for advice... AFTER the fact. I am very excited to have just purchased some black copper marans from purely poultry. I thought I did my research & felt this looked like a very reputable source. I was extremely pleased with the customer service & am excited to get my birdies in a month...
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    How to breed? Chickens, that is... Mixing maran rooster with various breeds of hens?

    No, seriously (I know this is a loaded question).... But, what kind of chicks will hatch if I put my cuckoo maran rooster named 'Stew' with the following hens: Aeraucana Cuckoo maran Delaware etc Will the chicks be marans or look weird? I got the marans from Murray last spring- what are the...
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    POLL & question: Welsummer- which hatcheries have the best, DARKEST laying Welsummers & Marans

    Are Welsummer's the darkest brown layers? I live in upstate/western NY & have a hard time finding hatcheries that sell both so I don't have to place several orders. Would also love some blue copper marans. We have cuckoo marans that lay nice brown eggs but would love those almost-black eggs to...
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    Bulk recipe for organic, soy free feed? does it make sense to switch my layers to organic or just st

    lots of questions: having trouble finding a 1 ton recipe to make organic, soy free feed. They all seem like small recipes. *****Need one for layers and one for meat birds With the meat birds, do I need to vaccinate for cocci or won't that negate the 'organic' of the bird? What about...
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    Meat birds: Hatchery rec? Feeding with organic despite medicated feed first 2 weeks?

    Any advice on best hatcheries for baby meat chicks? We've used Murray & Meyer but how is Hoovers? Any others that are close to NY to reduce shipping times? We plan to give the birds organic feed but the hatcheries advise to give medicated feed the first 2 wks to strengthen their legs (which...
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    Chicken ate a golf ball

    My 6 month old white leghorn somehow managed to swallow a golf ball from the nesting box- and it's in her crop- it looks like it's torn the skin so the golf ball has almost worked its way out. She won't let me catch her to look at it or try to get it out so I'll have to wait til she roosts...
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    Chicken ate a golf ball

    My 6 month old white leghorn somehow managed to swallow a golf ball from the nesting box- and it's in her crop- it looks like it's torn the skin so the golf ball has almost worked its way out. She won't let me catch her to look at it or try to get it out so I'll have to wait til she roosts...
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    Isa brown died, looking for help diagnosing symptoms

    Hello, Please let me know if you're able to help diagnose my bird who we just put down this AM. I'm new to having laying hens as of this summer so am still learning a lot. 1) Isa Brown sexlink- I got her from someone else & I think they said she was born spring 2010. So, 20? mos old. got...
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    why Pine & not hardwood shavings?

    Is it true that chickens should have pine (or other soft wood) shavings rather than hardwood shavings? if so, why? I have access to truckloads of hard wood shavings for $10 each whereas finding pine is harder than losing 20# during Christmas season. If hardwoods are toxic, can someone...
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    Republican meat chicks?

    What's up with all of my meat chicks' crops being only on their right side? And why are chickens only cute right after birth & at full grown?
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    Tractor design advice

    I let my 20 girls out for a forage 1 day & despite my being near them, something (a fox?) snatched 1, when she was foraging near the woods). Anyway, I'm always a nervous wreck when I let them out 2-3x a wk to forage & would like to build a 'run' for them simply out of either wood or PVC with...
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    smelly, wet run- sand?

    I've seen some posts that folks put a few inches of (play?) sand in their runs to help with drainage. Do you just use standard play sand or gravel or what? i hate taking people over there on a wet day as they tend not to want to wear clothes-pins on their noses so I need to come up with...
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