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    Peacock terminology

    What do you call a peacock strut? I tried looking it up, but the subject is apparently very common regarding men, and that's just awkward. The sticky post "Behavior" section is still in construction and incomplete since 2013. Thank you.
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  2. JFreeman

    Utilizing the Chicken Yard

    Is it possible to grow grain in the chicken yard, or will the chickens eat it? I was thinking about utilizing as much of my property as possible. I have 3 and a half acres. A third of that is the chicken yard, letting them free range during part of the day. I was hoping they would help weed and...
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    NPIP Certified in AR?

    I am in Arkansas, and I want to be NPIP certified. I have some very nice Ameraucanas from a very reputable breeder, and I was told that to enter shows it would be easier to get certified rather than having every bird tested at every show. I got on to the NPIP website, but I cannot figure out...
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    True Wheaten Ameraucanas

    I'm looking for Wheaten Ameraucana breeders for Spring. I would prefer day old chicks to shipping eggs, sexed if at all possible, but not required. If you are a breeder, or know someone who is good, I would really appreciate it. I have blue Ameraucanas and love them, and I would like to add...
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    Confused Buff hens?

    I have a small flock of five ducks I bought sexed from McMurray Hatchery in February. Two Buff hens, two Khaki Campbell hens, and a KC drake. These guys aren't my first group of ducks, so I know what to look for when sexing them. Firstly, my KCs started laying last week. Today, I went out and...
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    Chick with lame leg

    I found one of my little chicks outside the coop this evening with a lame leg. I don't know what happened. It was fine this morning, so it had to have gotten in trouble. It's leg is outstretched, but it can't seem to be able to move it's leg at all. I can bend it at the knee without it crying...
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    How often do your hens go broody?

    I have an OE that likes to go broody when other hens do. I say she is not a trend setter but a follower. Last year, she was an unreliable broody, so when she became broody this year, I let a Silkie start the clutch. After the Silkie decided to kick them all out of her nest and stop being...
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    Need to put down a duck: Is it okay to eat?

    I have a duck I rescued a few months ago. She can barely walk now, and I think it's time to put her out of her misery and put her down. She now cannot walk across the yard any more. My question is, would you think it would be sensible to consume a duck that has these issues? I have a problem...
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    Sweet Emily Duckling Having Issues?

    A few days ago, my Sweet Emily started having seizures. She has had several over a period of two days before I was finally able to subdue them. Thinking we may be in the clear, I kept a close eye on her, and she seemed to be okay. Since then, she has lost weight, stopped eating, and mostly just...
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    Domesticated Ducks left at the Park

    We have two parks here. Both parks have a decent-sized pond, and I have seen many migratory ducks and geese come and go. Sadly, living where I do, there are plenty of people who go out and get ducks and geese, decide they don't want them any more, and dump them. I've seen Muscovy and Pekin...
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    Help! Silkie Emergency! (Graphic Pictures)

    My Silkie Poof has this blood mass hanging out of her vent. What is it? How can I help her? She's not acting her normal self....
  12. JFreeman

    Cool looking roo! But what is he?

    Posting for a friend. She has a cockerel she got as a mystery chick from McMurray from our June shipment. He's about 4 months old. Any ideas what he is?
  13. JFreeman

    Silkie gender

    I bought three new silkies today, they were supposed to be hens, but I think one is a cockerel. I don't know how old they are, but the lightest buff-colored is the one in question.
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    Fertile Egg in a Half Shell

    My Polish hen Labelle has been laying on a clutch of eggs that should be on lockdown. I have an invasive broody. An invasive broody is what I call my OE hen that only wants to be broody when another hen has already been sitting on a clutch for about two weeks, and my OE pushes the other hen out...
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    Muscovy Duckling, HELP! Warning: Graphic

    I brought home a Muscovy duckling the weekend before last because I felt sorry for it having one eye. The lady I got her from was selling them and I didn't think any one would want to take her, so I opted to take her. After I brought her home, I washed around the eye and put some antibiotic...
  16. JFreeman

    2 McMurray chick breeds

    We just received an order of 17 chicks in the mail today, and we only ordered 16 (including the rare exotic), so we have two chicks we have no clue what they are. We ordered 1 Free Rare Exotic Chick 3 Phoenixes (accounted for) 1 Speckled Sussex (accounted for) 2 Barred Rocks (accounted...
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    (1st) What Breed? (2nd) What sex? Both unrelated.

    I have several chicks I'm guessing at their gender that I hatched out in my incubator. I bought the eggs off of Ebay and was pretty happy with the result. They were advertised as Ameraucanas to find out they were not pure. They are hatchery EEs. I have a chick I bought from a local feed...
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    Newly Hatched Chick Gunk Stuck (Pics included)

    I had a late hatcher this morning, and this "gunk" was still stuck. I know the "gunk" will usually stick to the shell or fall off not long after hatch. Not this one, and it even still has a piece of the shell still attached. Upon further inspection, I see it has a bulbous red (best way I can...
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    Gasping/Bobbing Chick, just hatched

    The chick just hatched a few hours ago. It couldn't hatch on its own, and needed help, and it turns out it has a broken leg (posted on the leg thread), making it unable to hatch without help. I'm pretty sure there's something else going on, and I need help to figure out what needs to be done...
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    Hen Having Trouble Laying, Please Help!

    My Mottled Houdan is having problems laying. She is about 10 months old, and this is her second egg (last egg was about three weeks ago). The last egg she layed was gray in color and large, and it's supposed to be white and smaller. Here is a picture of her last egg (top left). The dark egg...
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