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  1. Butterball

    Some duck info please :) ....

    At our home for the last 8+ years we have raised chickens, turkeys, and guineas. We are considering now the idea of ducks, but I have some concerns. My biggest concern is their ability (or lack of ability) to escape predators. (Our neighbors have some vicious dogs that get out about 6 days a...
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    Son's turkey...Blackhead or normal?

    My son is raising Broad Breasted Giant White turkeys for 4-H. We have had Royal Palm Turkeys, chickens, and guineas for years, but this is a first w/ the giant white. Anyway, I have no idea what blackhead looks like (though I know all of the symptoms from every book and every post I've read-so...
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    Shedding claws?

    Do chickens and/or guineas lose/shed/get new claws? I've had chickens for 8+ years and never noticed if they did. HOWEVER, four of our guineas (1 1/2 years old) have lost their back claws during the winter. I don't know what could have bothered them-they have been inside most of the winter. Just...
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    Do I move the Nest?

    I have been raising chickens/turkeys/guineas for 8+ years. Our guineas have hatched many of their own keets, but all of the other birds-we do the hatching. I have a BO that has become broody. She doesn't want to be messed with, and that's fine with me. I'd love to let her hatch her own chicks...
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