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    Setting on infertile eggs?

    Last year ago my peahen hatched 5 chicks. A couple of weeks after the hatch the males took off (I guess they were "deadbeat dads"). These are free-ranging peafowl who flew in and stayed, I didn't buy them. I haven't seen either male for almost a year. Now the hen is setting on a nest of 6...
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    Murder! How and why do they kill each other?

    We have a small flock of turkeys, 3 standard bronze hens and a Black Spanish tom. Yesterday I went out to my turkey pen and found one of my hens dead. Her head had been pecked in a couple of places, but there wasn't any blood around so I don't *think* she died from being pecked to death. I think...
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    Not sure what to do. Can you help?

    Yesterday I discovered that one of my Blue Andalusian roos had been attacked by the other roos. It must have happened sometime the evening previous or early yesterday morning as he was fine the day before yesterday. I found him sitting by himself on the roost with his head down below roost...
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    Turkey Temperaments - Are Naragansetts just nasty?

    Last year I bought 4 Naragansett poults. I wanted Naragansetts because I knew they were a heritage breed and I had read that they had nice temperaments. It turned out that I got 2 hens and 2 toms. The hens are very sweet, but the toms have become well, how can I put this nicely... just nasty...
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    BBB - do they get too heavy to walk?

    I have a BBB hen and the last few days I have noticed she is reluctant to walk. Two days ago she seemed fine and was getting around (when she walks she kind of waddles, swaying from side to side). Yesterday she did a lot of laying on the ground. This morning she couldn't get up. She is a...
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    Is this Unusual?

    I have 6 hen ducks, 5 of them were hatched in early May, the 6th is one of the "Moms" of these young hens. They are crossbred from a Rouen drake. The young hens started laying eggs about a month ago. Some of the eggs are HUGE. Not only are they huge, but these big eggs nearly always have a...
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    A question about ducklings wings

    I have a nice flock of young (5-6 week old) chickens and a flock of young ducklings (2 weeks old) that I hatched out in my 'bator. The chicks feathered out on their wings really quickly and compared to the size of their bodies, the chicks wings looked h-u-g-e! But the ducklings are the exact...
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    Sudden death - what happened?

    One of my pullets died this evening. I found her dead in the corner of the brooder box. I have no idea what happened to her. She was part of my very first hatch born April 4th so she was 3-1/2 weeks old. I put the group of them outside in a chicken tractor every day for a few hours. They all...
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    Questions about newly hatched chicks

    This is my first time incubating eggs. The chicks started hatching last night. I am really excited and they are SOOOO cute! They are Austrolorp x Gold Spangled Hamburg, Barred Rock x Gold Spangled Hamburg and Gold Pencilled Hamburg x Gold Spangled Hamburg chicks. My lovely Gold Spangled Hamburg...
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