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  1. LoneStarHen

    Eye infection?

    I picked up a dozen white coturnix about a month ago from a very reputable farm. They are all doing fine, laying, eating, getting fat... But some of them have what looks like an eye infection. I can't decide if I have a dominant bird pecking, or if they have something going on. They are in...
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    Electric Fence

    I moved my coop to a different part of the yard. It isn't very far from where it was originally - maybe 25 feet. However, the raccoons are giving me a hard time for some reason since the move. They got in the coop last week and killed a rooster. Then the other night they got in and mortally...
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    Eggs on a Plane (?)

    Not entirely sure where to post this. Anyone have any recent experiences with eggs on a plane? I've found some older posts on the forum, but I'm trying to figure out more recent experiences. The TSA web site has lots of information on food, but not fresh eggs. Would fresh eggs be considered...
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    I hate coccidia

    ::insert 4-letter words here:: I have never had a problem with coccidia - for YEARS. I've never had to use medicated feed. This year I got a small group of hatchery chicks that were the same age as some I'd hatched at home. I put them all in the same brooder. When the symptoms hit, I lost...
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    Trimming Wings

    We bought our first 5 peachicks on Mother's Day. That was my present! :) So I am very new to the world of peafowl. They are much different than any chicks I have ever raised. They are VERY flighty and still very scared of people - even after living in the house since mothers day. They are...
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    First Geese

    I picked up two african goslings early this year on a whim at the feed store. I thought my turkeys were my favorite... But oh the geese! I LOVE these birds! They are fully feathered and started actually honking (instead of squeaking) this weekend. They follow us around the yard like big...
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    Flock community rearing poults?

    So I had a BR hen hatch three poults in January. I had pulled them off of her after a few weeks and put them into my brooder house with my chicks as they got larger. Last weekend I went ahead and turned them out with the flock. The two RP hens and the BR hen seem to be taking turns watching...
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    WTB Peafowl Hatching Eggs

    I'm looking to buy some peafowl hatching eggs. I'm not set on a breed, but I do not want white or bronze.
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    Break up a Broody

    I have a royal palm hen who is about 11 months old that has gone broody.... and I CANNOT break her up. I've tried everything. She's been broody for about three weeks, and she stopped laying completely a week ago. I don't think she is eating enough because she is too worried about sitting...
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    New Turkey Mother

    My turkeys started laying around the end of November. They will be a year old in April. I have a bourbon red who IMMEDIATELY went broody as soon as there was the very first clutch of eggs. I don't think they have a high rate of fertility (the boys are still trying to figure out exactly what...
  11. LoneStarHen

    Blue Cuckoo Marans

    My pet and most prized rooster was killed yesterday by a neighbors dog. I'm very distressed about the whole thing. He was a cross between an EE rooster and a cuckoo maran hen. He was gorgeous and looked like a blue cuckoo maran with a beard. He followed me around, sat in my lap, and was more...
  12. LoneStarHen

    Keeping dogs out

    I am very frustrated and sad this morning. I have WONDERFUL neighbors who are very good friends of mine. However, their dog has killed at least a dozen of my birds at various times over the past year. I spent money and time reinforcing my fence. That kept him out for several months. Now this...
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    Make a Broody

    Any tips on encouraging a broody? My cuckoo marans seem to be my best broody hens and mothers. The hatchery owes me some chicks, and before they come, I want to "make a broody" to graft them too. I've had success with this in the past, but I was always lucky enough to have a hen get broody...
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    Blue Barred Genetics

    This may have been addressed before, so excuse me if I am repeating history. :) I know there are people here who know blue very well. Let me start with some background info. I have a mixed flock of hens: Easter Egger, Cuckoo Marans, one Jersey giant and some Black copper maran/EE crosses...
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