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    Partridge Rock cockerels free to good home - VA

    My last hatch, 6 out of 8 where cockerels. I split the chicks with a freind and I have 3 cockerels and 1 pullet. All three are up for grabs if anyone wants them, they are 4 weeks old today. They are located in Chesterfield County VA.
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    Partridge Rock sexing?

    I've got some eggs hatching today, any way to sex the chicks besides vent? I know about the head spot and leg color on the barred rocks, just wondering if there are any similar methods on the partridge?
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    Guinea Keets @ 2 1/2 weeks

    I snapped a pic of my keets today now that they've started to feather and just thought I'd share 2 powder blue, 2 brown, 2 chocolate, and 1 pearl. I also have 5 pearl and 2 pied that are 14 weeks old.
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    Guinea keet died

    I hatched 8 guinea keets last fri/sat. They have been in a brooder in the garage by themselves all week and doing fine. I switched from papertowels to pine shavings on Wed with no apparent problems. They're growing fine, eating and drinking fine and I haven't noticed any health issues. A...
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    Sexing Partridge Rocks?

    I've got some partridge rock eggs in the bator, and just wondering if there is a way to sex the chicks? I've read how to sex some of the other breeds, but haven't seen anything on these.
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    Good Dog!

    I got a Pyr puppy (Otis) about a month ago hoping he would keep all the vermin away from the birds and out of my garden. I just started letting the chicks and guineas free range some last week, and Otis is very calm around the birds and doing a great job. This is where he hangs out most of the...
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    Guinea Keets, what colors do I have?

    Some of you probably saw my hatch thread this weekend, anyway I now have 8 guinea keets in the brooder. I got a batch of eggs from a local breeder and they where assorted colors. There where 3 cocks, powder blue, chocolate, and brown. There where 8 hens listed as White, Slate, Violet, Powder...
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    Partridge rock roo x barred rock hens?

    I'm just thinking ahead here as none of my birds are old enough to lay yet. I have a partidge rock roo and a mix of barred and partridge rock pullets. I assume since their all plymouth rocks I'd get purebreds? What color would I end up with?
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    Simple homemade candler

    I've got my first batch of eggs in the bator and tried my first candling with a flashlight cupping my hand around the light and eggs. It worked ok but all I could really see was a blob in the eggs, so I decided I needed something better. I have a streamlight scorpion flashlight thats small and...
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    Progress in my homemade incubator updated with **PICS**

    So I built my own bator out of a spare kitchen cabinet and a proportional thermostat I had leftover from a snake I once had. The bator is working great holding steady temps between 99.5-99.7 and humidity at 45%. Here's the build thread...
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    Gamebird starter & Chicks?

    I've got 11 week old guinea keets, 10 week old and 7 week old chicks all housed together. I've been feeding medicated turkey starter 26%, after reading here the extra protien shouldn't hurt the chicks. Today I stopped by the feed store and picked up a bag of medicated game bird starter. For...
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    First time incubating, couple questions

    I've got 13 guinea eggs and 11 barred rock eggs in my homemade bator. Today is day 10 on the guinea eggs, day 4 on the BR's. I know it's early, but I candled them today just to see what was going on. 4 of the guinea eggs are clear, should I go ahead and throw them out? 1 of the guinea eggs I...
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    New addition to the farm (pyr puppy)

    I've been looking for awhile for a good farm dog to guard the place and keep the vermin away. I raise Foxhounds but they have extreme hunting drive and will run game for miles. I had one that I left out, and never had fox or deer near the house, but he would run all night and sleep on the...
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    Pecking Problem

    I've got four 4 week old barred rock pullets, I've been keeping them in a 2' x 4' brooder. I thought the brooder was plenty big, but yesterday I went out to find a chick with most of it's feathers gone. There is no blood or raw spots, but one of the others has picked it's feathers out. The...
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    Good donor for a homemade bator?

    After reading lots of post of all the great ideas for homemade incubators, I decided I'd give it a try. I've started collecting parts I have laying around preparing to assemble. I was going to use an old cooler, then after reading about bread boxes and potato bins I remembered I had this...
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    Royal Purple?

    I believe two of the keets I got last week are Royal Purple coloration, what do the guinea experts think? The 2 with the white undersides Sorry for the bad coloring in the pic, I took it at dusk and had to use the flash.
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    New member, new coop and brooder.

    Just getting all this done this week, new to fowl. I've been reading this forum for ahile getting lots of great ideas. I picked up the playhouse on craigslist and painted and made some mods. I have a bunch of extra dog kennels, so used them for the run. I know there are foxes in the area, so...
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