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    Flying turkeys!

    Hey, we have just bought 6 turkeys and after a few days they thought they'd like to fly on top of the turkey house, so I looked up how to clip their wings...didn't really know exactly how to do it but had a go, didn't want to cut the feathers too far down as I read they can bleed, next day or so...
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    Chicken eats others poo

    Hey, one of our chickens insists on eating chicken poo?? She pecks it off the others feathers and has once eaten it off the ground, none of the others do it, just this one. She is quite nervous and seems a bit dimmer than the others, she does get bullied a bit but she never has lack of food, she...
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    Found something seriously weird in nestbox.......

    Hey, went to look for eggs today and Henrie was in the nestbox. Felt under and there was one egg (hers) and it felt sticky so I lifted her up and there was...something...underneath. There was white and yolk, like there was a broken egg, and this strange thing that felt a bit like rubber...
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    What breed are these?

    Hey... We got our chickens at our market (in France) and they don't tell you the breeds, they just have black chickens, brown chickens, guinea fowl and turkey, etc... I had a look on wikipedia and google and the like and thought they looked most like copper black marans or black copper marans...
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    Laburnum seeds and chickens...?

    Hey, We are just planting some laburnums and have free range chickens, so, wondered if A: they would eat the seeds or if they have some kind of instinct against it and B: would it harm/kill them or is it different for birds...? Any advice or opinions would be very welcome! Thanks... :]
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    Tips for deterring foxes...?

    Hiya, Just wondered for any tips... we have 4 copper black marans and they range all over the garden (3 acres) and we try to get them back from the woods as much as possible, but they are very determined! Lovely girlies anyway. We have a run, fence approx. 2.1 metres high and digs down and out...
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