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  1. TheNewMrsEvans

    Cockerels - Marans, Ameraucans, Easter Eggers, Orpington & Bantam

    Roosters hatched this spring Black/Splash Ameraucanas (some with show potential) Easter Eggers (mixed color Ameraucanas) Cuckoo Marans (out of very dark XXLARGE eggs) Black Orpington (huge!! show potential) Bantams (pyncheon, modern game, yokohama) I regularly travel to Monterey, CA so could...
  2. TheNewMrsEvans

    Good for brooding?

    Has anybody used this for a broody coop or to raise chicks in? It looks like it may be sort of tiny...http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B005MXUSFM/ref=mp_s_a_1_40?qid=1426348811&sr=8-40&pi=AC_SX110_SY165_QL70&keywords=rabbit+playpen#immersive-view_1426349006908
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    More flies in the house than in the coop! Help!

    I am going crazy I have fly strips in the house but there are way more flies in my house than out by the animals. I am raising baby chicks in the laundry room, but they aren't even hanging around them. How do you get rid of flies in the house? I can't put up a stink trap and the fly strips...
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    Cougar proofing livestock housing...help!

    How should you mt lion proof goats & poultry? Would a covered chainlink dog run do it? Or you'd need electric on top of that? We are moving into a new place that is wooded and where they have mt lion...we have a 2 dog limit (rental) so no option of LGD... Currently my plan is normal welded wire...
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    Sex this white leghorn chick please :)

    So I know they have enormous combs, but this seems roo-ish... They were hatched the 3rd week of February and are from welp hatchery.
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    Converting a dog house to coop...ideas?

    I just picked up an enormous dog house off of Craigslist. 4'wx8'lx5'h Any suggestions or vision for making it a coop?
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    Off colored egg...very weird!

    I found this egg laid by one of my ducks. Usually their eggs are ivory to super pale green...what would cause this??? I hope there isn't something wrong with one of my girls... http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b112/hgthurkow/1335133453.jpg
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    Separation anxiety dog...what do I do now?!?

    So my one dog who I believe has separation anxiety has escalated again...the dogs currently stay in our large laundry room with a dog door out to a chain link run with hot fence running along the bottom. (She broke several teeth on the kennel and successfully ate through chain link when we first...
  9. TheNewMrsEvans

    I'm so sad :(

    I saw one reddish poo in the brooder this afternoon, but everyone looked happy. So I met my hubby for dinner, then came home to find our month old, only modern game girlie passed away. They are on medicated feed, but I've now read that isn't always enough. I'm getting sulmet, but I'm just so...
  10. TheNewMrsEvans

    Silver Laced Wyandottes...supposed to be sexed...hmm

    1 2 3 4 5 OK so these better be girls!
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    Separation anxiety begins after loss of older dog...what now?!?!

    I have Mia, a 9yr old Pit x who I rescued at 1yr of age. She was used as a bait dog, starved/fed scraps, and left tied up until her collar grew into her skin. Amazingly with time and love she has turned out to be a great dog. In June my eldest dog, Ellie, passed away due to old age, but knowing...
  12. TheNewMrsEvans

    Blue or Splash Ameraucana???

    I bought some baby blue ameraucanas, and wound up with this one pullet...is she considered a splash?
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    How to cover the kennel run?

    So I have a 6' tall set of kennel panels which make up my run. They are attached to the chicken shed on one end. I need to build a roof over part of it so they will go outside even when it's precipitating...otherwise they spend all day in the coop while it's snowy or even if it's too sunny. Too...
  14. TheNewMrsEvans

    Make your own Red Sexlinks :)

    This year we decided to get a RIR rooster to breed with our Delaware hens and make Red Sexlinks (just like Ideal Hatchery)... And it worked! The one with the blue dot on his head is a "silver" roo chick, and the 4 "red" ones in the center are the girls. (Pay no attention to the ones with...
  15. TheNewMrsEvans

    Please help...need some input! Humidity???

    So I've been setting each Friday for about 1 month in my sportsman. I had my humidity raised to about 65% since Tuesday when I stopped turning the ready eggs and put them in the bottom to hatch. I think everyone is now done hatching. So I have to move the next batch to the hatch tray on Tuesday...
  16. TheNewMrsEvans

    It's Hatch Time! (Warning Cute Pics!:P)

    Just wanted to post some pics of my first hatch of the year! There are Buff Orps, Blue/Black/Splash Silkies, Black Frizzle Cochin Banties, RIRs and Black Sexlinks... Day 21- Friday There are 4 BOs completely out, started this AM around 10, and pips in a few eggs from each other kind! I put...
  17. TheNewMrsEvans

    Where can you get Silver Penciled Wyandottes?

    I'd really like to order hatching eggs, but just for kicks...where can you get them at all, chicks or eggs? (I know McMurray, but I would like some genetic variation...)
  18. TheNewMrsEvans

    Pullet got trapped...feels cold...exhaustion? Help!

    I found one of my banty girls trapped in between a board and the wall tonight. She is alive somehow. She feels cool to the touch so I brought her in next to the fire, and now on a heating pad. She is barely moving eyes shut and slumping over. I made sugar water, but she hasn't had the swallowing...
  19. TheNewMrsEvans

    When do Calls usually lay?

    So last year was my first to have Calls lay...they started to lay in February then stopped in July or August. This year they are already laying! I already gathered for enough to send out! They are still laying! Should I expect them to keep laying through spring, or will this be my only chance to...
  20. TheNewMrsEvans

    6+ Snowy Call Duck Eggs

    6 or more eggs, whatever I get by next Monday. They are laying nice sized eggs, since these are coming from my adult girls. Strange season, but lets take advantage of it! I haven't checked fertility on these, but with this group last year it was awesome! Can't get the pic to work, so go here...
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