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    Bourbon Red gobbler likes the wild turkeys instead of his bourbon girlfriend

    The three wild turkeys show up today in my small barn yard. Gobbles my male bourbon decide to take up courting with these three but skips the courting and gets right to business with the three. Last night they didn't leave and as you can see by my blurry pictures that my husband is right next...
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    Lump on hatching duckling

    This little duck is just hatching and seems to be fine so far except for the lump on his little head. What is it? he hatched ok except for the last bit he is stuck in his shell and has almost totally absorbed the yoke i can see a little left so i am letting him be. The lump is soft and...
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    First Duckling hatching Now I am so excited

    I took the eggs from my swetsh black duck and put them in the indubator now her first baby is hatching should i go get mommy out of the coop and let her couch her new baby? it is her first egg she ever layed and it is hatching? It is my first duck i have ever hatched in the incubator my last...
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    These two take the CAKE in the Coop

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    Itchy Chicken

    I have 15 leghorns and 2 mixed breeds. One of the mixed breed stands and scratches constantly i haven't dusted them or anything because i don't want the chemicals on them seance they are egg layers. I looked for ticks but only found 2 of them under her wings. What can i do for her that would...
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    My Cornish coss are a little bit on the chewy side.

    This is my first attempt at raising these birds and we butchered at 9 weeks. We kept them pinned up for the first 6 weeks of life then let them free range for 3 weeks before butcher. The idea was to let them pic that natural flavors from picking grass, bugs etc. They do taste much better then a...
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    The Hillbilly plucker WOW it works great this is how you do it, Parts are only $79 dollars

    My Plucker only cost me 79 dollars. I didn't like the way they have it set up so you have to buy $500 worth of parts to put your chicken plucker together, but i loved the idea of how it worked. So i got my 150 plucking fingers for $69 on ebay and a plastic drum for $10 at a local junk store...
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    We have lost chicken too!

    For the Past Week we have lost 1 to 2 chickens a night we have locked or chicken up in the coop but what ever it is,eat though the wire and wood. We have a coop with windows in front in which we put chicken wire on. they ate the steel wire in half and went in to the coop. the hole is about 6...
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    My 2 day old chicks walk all over me!!!!

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    My newly hatched chicks are walking all over me already!!!!!

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    1 day old mistory chick pictures. 10 out of 12 hatched

    Got the eggs from a farmer 12 or $1.00 but he couldn't tell me what breed of chick they would be only that they would be laying hens. Can anyone identify them? There are 2 of the yellowish ones 4 Black ones and 4 brown with a strip. This a portrait of 3 of the chicks
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    New chick pictures 10 out of 12 hatched, This little one has an extra toe.

    Dose anyone know what breed these may be i got the eggs from a farmer he told me that they would be laying hens I got the 12 eggs for $1.00 the chicks look very diffrent i set out 12 eggs and 10 hatched 2yellowish, 4 black ones and 4 brownish ones. This is the portraits of 3 of the 10 chickes...
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    New to the hobby, chickes hatched this morning but one has a leg problem

    Need help I am new to the hobby This is my very first hatch ever. See pics. I incubated 12 chicken eggs 10 hatched not bad but the first to hatch 1:00 am this morning seem to have a leg problem i thought it would clear up but as of yet tonight it hasn't can anyone offer any advice.
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    Thank you everyone on Incubating & Hatching Eggs

    This is my first time ever hatching and raising chickens. My mother had and old incubator brand new, A little giant (no instructions) for chickens but never used it (she was going to one of these days LOL). So the incubator was setting in my basement for years. I dug it out and read all I...
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