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    Older Buttons

    Last week I brought home a pair of buttons. The lady told me they are 2 years old. I'm assuming they are a pair anyways- one is a male for sure, he has the traditional feather pattern. The other is solid white. They don't fight and seem pretty bonded to one another. They were separated out from...
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    Pekin Duck with Heat Exhaustion? Help?

    My 8 year old pekin drake was acting weird this evening when I went to do my late afternoon checks on everyone. He and three other drakes (they are less than a year) are in a pen that is totally shaded with their pool, two tubs of water, and a couple of buckets of water. I change the water out...
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    All Quiet on the Western Front......

    My two little bantam (and youngest) roosters went to their new home today. It's amazing how the flock dynamic has changed. Everyone is much more relaxed and sociable......and I have hardly heard one or two crows all day. It's kind of weird. I'm so used to the calling back and forth all day, it's...
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    Weird food cravings?

    Okay, so I'm not pregnant, but sometimes I get weird food cravings. Like just now I was think how great a kosher dill pickle would be with some salty chips and ice cream. I also really want to try gummy bears on a cheese pizza with extra sauce and cheese. Anybody else have weird cravings?
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    Do I need a heat lamp for goslings? Feed ? too....

    I'm ordering 8 assorted goslings from Ideal. I'm assuming they will be chinese and africans since every other breed is sold out. Anyways....day time temps here are in the upper 80's and 90's with lows in the 70's and 60's. It's also pretty darn humid. Will the goslings need a heat lamp in...
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    Large Fowl Modern Games?

    Is there anywhere in the US where one can buy chicks or started birds? I'm looking for standard moderns, not bantams. Thanks!
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    Treating for Mites on Broody with Pipping Eggs

    I've been looking through the old posts and I know this gets asked a lot, but I just want to be sure on what I should do. I really don't want to harm the chicks that are hatching. The eggs have started pipping today and I just saw the mites today. Ida is in good feather except for a couple...
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    Emergency Incubator HELP Needed PLEASE!

    Long story short, I have 5 eggs that have been under a broody between 18-20 days. I'm trying to get them into an emergency incubator for the remainder of the hatch time. No peeping, no pips yet. One chick was smashed in the egg under the hen but had not yet begun to pip that I could tell. I...
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    What else to do with blackberries?

    This has been a super year so far for the blackberries at my house. I'm getting ready to make some jam but I dunno what else to do with them except make cobblers....any suggestions? Also, I've only ever made cooked jams and jellies, but I'm seeing recipes for freezer jams? Are they as good?
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    Rooster Fertility and Age

    Is there a prime age when roos are most fertile? I read an older post that recommended plucking or trimming the feathers around both the hen and rooster's vent area to increase successful insemination on heavily feathered birds. Does anyone find this helpful? I'm interested in raising...
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    Candling pics and question

    The eggs are day 16/17. Dark green shell. Under a broody. Converted them to b/w to show the contrast better since really it's all I can see anyway. Are these eggs ok or bad? All I can see is the air cell and the rest of the egg is dark. (I understand my photos leave much to be desired and that...
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    Day Old Chicks in NC (Iredell County)

    Looking for chicks to stick under a broody whose eggs didn't hatch. Barnyard mixes are fine. Please PM me or reply here! I'm located in the Statesville area of Iredell County, but can travel a short distance if needed. Thank you!
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    EE Feather pattern and egg color genetics...(hope this is in the right place)

    I apologize in advance if I'm not posting this in the correct area. I have several questions regarding one of my birds and was hoping maybe someone could help or point me in the right direction since I'm totally new to this genetics thing. This is Ida, my EE hen who is currently sitting on a...
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    Do hens 'talk' when the eggs start pipping?

    I have tried to find the answer to this to no avail. Please pardon my ignorance, I'm just curious. Ida has been making soft little clucking noises today and it seems the eggs have been moving a bit.
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    Egg Shell vs Chick and candling question

    Ok, I'm still waiting for chicks..... https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/672859/first-time-with-a-broody-hatch-day-is-here-not-sure-what-to-do My curiosity got the best of me this afternoon and I candled a few of the eggs. The last time I candled was around day 6 or 7 and about 10 and after...
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    Noise and Roaming Tendency- are guineas right for me?

    I am trying to determine if a small flock of guineas would work on my land....we keep chickens and ducks right now (hope to add a couple turkeys soon) but I'd sure like to see a little more variety out in the yard/fields. My neighbors have never complained about the roosters crowing in the last...
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    First time with a broody- hatch day is here-not sure what to do?!!??

    Hi folks, One of my EE girls decided to sit a clutch this past month and hatch day is here. I candled at 10 days and everything seemed okay- I did toss three eggs that were obviously not fertile. Anyway, she's been sitting on 12 eggs. Yesterday was the 1st day she didn't come off the nest to...
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