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    Breeder ?

    I'm looking for LF Necked Necks/ Turkens in Ohio. I'm not looking for show quality but more good carcass and decent laying lines. Anyone know of a breeding in Northeast Ohio or even anywhere in the state. I don't really want hatchery stock if I can help it as they lean more toward higher egg...
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    Duck Pond Question

    I am building a new duck house and enclosure for my new ducks and would like to build it near my existing pond and want to fence part of the pond in for them. My pond is to big to fence in the whole thing so I only want to do part of it. Has anyone ever done this ? How did you do it and what...
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    Southern Ohio Poultry Assoc Swap

    Is anyone going to the Souther Ohio Poultry Assco Swapp this weekend ? I've never been but was thinking of going. Any opinions of the swap from previous ones they have held ? Also anyone taking anything to sell/swap ?
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    Sometimes Less is More

    Ok so I know there are some of you who will completely disagree so I'll say ahead of time that I'm only speaking from my own experience. Having said that here goes ...... Over the last 12 years I've had many different breeds of chickens and I've hatched using broody hens and incubators. Right...
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    Staggered Hatch with Silkies

    So what started as about 7 eggs and 1 hen around the 4th has now become 17 eggs with 3 hens all piled up on them lol. I have 4 silkie hens and one rooster in a pen together and they have been laying like little machines for the past month or so until the one went broody. I saw the 2 others...
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    Wry Neck or Ear Infection or ????

    Ok at first I thought my little silkie roo who is @ 4 1/2 wks ( I think it's a roo) had wry neck. He tilts his head to the right to the point that he looks like he's trying to scratch the top of his head on the ground. He also acts like he's trying to scratch it with his foot he also keeps the...
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    Puzzling question ???? Any thoughts ?????

    Hey Everyone, I have a question, well a few. I just hatched out some eggs for the first time in years. I had the eggs shipped and needless to say out of 15 ( 12 Lav Orps and 3 extras she threw in we're BCM) . All eggs were viable accept one LO and one BCM. Well in the end the only 2 viable BCM...
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    FIRST ONE OUT !!!!!!

    Hi Everyone, Well after several years chicken free I'm back in the game. So hubby made me an incubator and 20 days later we have out first chick hatched. I have some Lavernder Orps and 2 BCM in the incubator and both the BCM pipped and the first one is out and the other is sticking its beak out...
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    Homemade Incubator Brag

    Ok given my last post I had to say something a little more positive. Anyway, hubby built me a homemade incubator based on ones we saw posted here. I have to say that I couldn't be more thrilled with it. The temp hasn't deviated at all. It has stayed between 99-100 from day 1. We ran it for 48...
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    Poor little guy !!!!!!

    Well everyone I haven't said anything because I didn't want to jinx anything but I put 15 eggs in the incubator on 4-20. I got 12 Lavende Orps and 3 BCM from someone on the list. Well I candled them on day 6 ( I got to excited and couldn't wait) and most were easy to tell if they were...
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    Project Genetics ?????

    Hey everyone, I'm curious about many of the" project" colors, and how they are achieved. Also understand that my understand of genetics comes from the view point of being a breeder of harlequin and mantle Great Danes for the past 17 years. So I'm guessing there is no similarity lol. Anyway...
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    Another Ohio "Chick" lol

    Hey Everyone, I know corny subject line but I couldn't help myself lol. But I joined BYC a week or so ago and didn't find the intro section until today. Anyway, I'm not new to chickens but haven't had any for about 4 years. I lost my last flock in a horrible flood:(. Anyway, we moved and now...
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    Question about turning ?????

    Hello Everyone, Ok before my question I just want to start with saying hello. I'm new to the forum. I have had chickens in the past as well as turkey, pea fowl , and ducks. We moved several years ago to a bigger property and I'm ready to start a new flock. I miss my birds tremendously. We had...
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