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    MY MEGA Coop Build Begins

    Well It all started with a few Chick a few years ago. I got some biddies and needed a coupe, So did a little research and decided on a raised wire floor 4 x8 Plenty big Right. Lots of access etc, Or so I thought. Added a run 24 x 10 on to it. Thought I had the cats meow. Well...
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    Snowy Call Ducks hatchlings 4-5 weeks PU only Virginia Beach

    Well we have 6 baby well 4-5 week old Snowey call ducks left. Local Pick up in VA Beach. 15.00 each negotiable if you take all 6, Dont hit buy it now just contact us please pic is momma and babies about 3-4 days old here is a current pic contact us if intrested. call 757 450 8954 or...
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    Not leaving there coop

    Well, my keets are now about 3 weeks old and i have kept them in the coop without outside access. Sunday i powered up there auto door and i have yet seem one come out into there temporary run i put up to keep them corralled and from getting lost. They have been just hanging out in the coop all...
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    Im over run with Call Ducklings

    Well we had 12 out of 13 eggs hatch by Momma. Its her first batch, we lost one to a frog incident but the rest are growing like mad. Hatched easter sunday and here they are. The group Shaking off the water Lets go for a swim Mom and dad IF your looking for some let me know, we...
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    Snowy Call Ducks Sold

    Baby Snowy Call Ducks are available! They are just over 1 week old and doing great! They are $15 each, located in Virginia Beach near Courthouse. Please email or Call 757 450 8954 My wife is selling these so i will forward any emails i get to her.
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    OK ive gone Nuts How do i keep this many chickens. Help me sort this

    Well i was just placing an order for chicks from one of the hatcheris and i suddenly realise i have 54 chicks ready to hit submit on. Now i figuring out where they will all go, am i going to mix some, why did i order 2 males of those, I got barred rocks again, oh those are cool looking get so...
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    Any body in the Tidewater VA Or driving distance selling in spring.

    Well Im putting an order together for some new color guineas and got looking at the peafowl but i thought id see if anybody locally raises them, so does any body raise and sell Babies(polts/chicks? never done these before) Locally? I dont have a clue as to what these guys need yet but ive got...
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    Huge chicken not jersey Giants? At glen allen swap/show may 1 2010.

    Well I was at a chicken swap on May 1 st , north of richmond, they had a show and i saw some huge black chickens. I really liked them and wrote down there name but i can find it anywhere now. They were not jersey giants they had a different name. They stood almost as tall as a turkey. Any...
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    Foxes Best way to deal with them Electric Fence??? ( mesh not wire)

    Well This am i go outside and I have 5 less turkeys then i did last night, there about 7-8 weeks old. Apparently I forgot to close them in after the thunderstorm. My falt i know cant blaim anybody but myself. I check in on them when i got home about 8 pm from work and the coop doors were...
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    Early Hatch! 2 days Early Had to EXTRACT polts, Trouble shooting Help

    Well I stop the turner this afternoon 8 pm ( looking at the calander i see i was suposed to stop it late thursday night not friday night) and me and the wife go to dinner. We get back i prep some litter pans with shavings and place them in the incubator to warn up to seperate the eggs out...
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    The Wife Just HAD to help.

    Well I get home last night late and she said she had to help on of the silkie chicks get out of the egg. I said why what happend as we have had to extract chicks before. Well She said that he pipped and started to zip the egg and well she checked back in on him and he had BOTH legs sticking...
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    Recomend some books, What is your favorite Chicken or Poultry book??

    Welll I a old Newbee at chickens as i have been keeping them for a few years now and i want to expand my library on them. I have the storeys guied to chickens and the poulty version also. I was looking at amazon and found the following ones. Looking at buying these The Chicken Health...
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    Turkey egg Candling

    Any body have a good referance for candling turkey eggs, I only fould 1 pic at 4 days im the google search. What day is best to candle to see if there developing or just weight it out and see what happens on day 28? Thansk
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    Candeling Turkey Eggs

    How close is the development of turkeys with that of the chicken in egg. I know they take another week, so when should you see development starting, same basic development just bigger birds? Anybody have pics like the one in the sticky on chicks??
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    First Set of Turkey Eggs in the Bator Today 4-4

    Well I did it. I bought some eggs from Bargain and they went into the bator today, this is my first delve into turkeys so wish me luck. I got 8 Royal palms, 8 bronze, and 3 Bourbon Reds in the mail yesterday. I have a feeling i will be in NEED of more turkeys soon, as i beleive i already...
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    Poultry Press paper

    Just learned about this. whats your take on it do you currently get it or in the past but cancled it and why.
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    Looking For Polts In Easter VA

    Im Looking to buy some polts within driving distance of Easten VA. Im in the tidewater area and would like to pick up vers shipping. I willing to drive 2-3 hrs or so for pick up so if you know anybody in the area from say little west of richmond up around 295 area down to rocky mount or a...
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    EGG Stuck Help

    Well its time to pull the eggs from the turner and 2 of them are stuck and i mean stuck good. I would just turn off the turner but i have another set of eggs in there about 4 days behind them. I have really pulled/pushed as hard as i think i can on the egg without breaking it so any thoughts...
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    Mutiple set dates for eggs Raise humidity on all, any problems.

    Well I have 3 batches of eggs in the bator. Some Silkies set on 22 feb Maran eggs set on 26 feb and BC marans on 3 March I pulled the silkie eggs ( feb22) from the turner on day 18 and raised the humidity in the incubator from around 50% to about 70 % buy adding another pan of water. Is...
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    Dressed weight of turkeys

    OK so i see all these post about turkey size but what is the average dressed weight of the differant types of turkeys. i beleive all the below weights or live weights, please correct me if im wrong. At least thats what im assuming them to be. Beltsvill small weights Toms 20 lbs Hens 12...
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