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    Is it safe? (Indian Runners)

    I have 5 Indian runners that are almost 6 weeks old. For the last 10 days or so they have been in the coop with a courtyard that they can go into during the day but no further. At least 2 of them really REALLY want to start foraging but I'm a bit nervous about letting them out. Right about...
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    Butchering/aging/timing question

    So I have several weeks yet before the first round but I have a question that I ran up against last year. Or several... I was under the impression that once you killed a bird you needed to immediately pluck and gut it. But then I've seen stuff on hunting boards and cooking shows with fully...
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    Plant identification?

    Sorry if this isn't the right spot... I have a couple of plants, well really more bushes/trees that I'd love to identify but I'm a bit unsure of my skills. Please pardon the black spots, these are stuff I found walking the property not something I'm tending (though I'd like to know if I should...
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    How does one find a livestock vet or a vet supply company?

    Seems like there's no way to narrow "veterinarian" from dog and cat to poultry (and often they seem to get nasty when you ask if they will lower themselves to look at livestock birds.) Really I need to get some sulfa drugs and would rather find something nearby and develop a relationship. I...
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    Duckling Bald Bellies?

    I'm (not intentionally but this seemed to be the best option) raising some ducklings in the bath. There's a platform for them to be dry on and some water for swimming (as well as, obviously, a feeder and waterers) I noticed today that many of the ducklings are essentially bald on their...
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    Scovie Stuffing or How Many Eggs Can a Duck Hatch

    Two of my three scovies have decided to lay and one has gone full on broody. I tucked the saved eggs (10) under her but I'm not seeing any more laying from the other one and I saw a chicken literally standing on the broody scovy so I'm wondering if the other birds are just loading her up now...
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    Weasels - Day hunters?

    I was a bit surprised today (at around 2pm) to see, well, let's tell a story. I heard noises from the fowl and I looked out the window. At first I thought that my scovy duck who was iced up had thawed out and was feeling his oats and mounting one of my brown scovies. After about 30 seconds I...
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    Scovies icing up

    So I'm in the middle of this cold front, most of my birds seem ok (the big fowl are sleeping outside as usual and seem to be dealing with it fine, the chickens are in a coop stuffed with dry hay and seem to be ok in there too) but the scovies look miserable. They're sleeping in the coop with...
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    ISA Brown doesn't lay?

    I have three ISA Browns. 2 of them lay consistently, every day. They are also preferred by the roo as told by some feather degradation on their backs. But I have three hens and only get 2 eggs a day. The third ISA is generally left alone by the roo. She sleeps on the far end of the roost...
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    Muscle Wasting Causes?

    So I have a flock of 5 American Buff geese... ok I HAD 5 now I have 4. One goose seemed to have a broken wing - this happened about the same time I lost a few chickens to arial predators so i just assumed it was an injury and taped the wing. Then the other wing started to droop so I figured...
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