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    Training/Teaching a dog about chickens

    I'm not sure this is the best place to put this but I have some questions regarding training/teaching dogs. I have two dogs. One is a 4.5-5 year old female (mama) and the other is a 3 year old female (daughter of the first). They are a mix breed. Lots of blue heeler, corgi, australian cattle...
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    Looking For Heritage Leghorns, Dorkings, or Brahmas

    Im looking for heritage leghorn, dorkings, or light brahma chicks or hatching eggs for a purchase in spring, possibly earlier. All must be from heritage lines; non-industrial type is a must. Im very interested in the rose comb white leghorns but am not dead set on them. Also possibly...
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    What would you do?

    OK, so my leghorn girls have been laying for about 5 weeks. Yesterday I went to gather eggs and found one under the roost, which happens on occasion. So as I picked it up and I noticed another in the corner of the coop. At the corner of the coop I have a tarp placed on the floor with the...
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    Adding 25 18 month old hens to my young flock...

    In March, my wife and I decided that we wanted to raise a few chickens. We packed the kids in the van and went to TSC and bought 12 straight run White Leghorn chicks that were already almost two weeks old. We live in city limits so I knew immediately that I would be butchering the cockerels...
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    Older hen really agressive towards younger pullet.

    Ok, so a month ago I was given 25 laying hens from a friend that are 18 months old (I rehomed 8 hens to another friend). I already had a small flock of (23 total) 18 week and 10 week pullets at the time. I had no way to quarantine the birds so I bathed all the new birds and put them all...
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    Suggestions for sowing/planting in my chicken run?

    When I built my run attached to my coop, I built it around my compost pile. Since then I have relocated my compost to accommodate the growth of my flock. My question is: What can I sow/plant in my run area that will withstand chickens foraging? I cannot free range my birds and I was looking...
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    Where to buy Jumbo Coturnix Quail?

    I'm wanting to get some Jumbo's but am having a hard time finding hatcheries that have them. I would prefer to by one-day-olds but am willing to give eggs a shot. I'm considering buying fertile eggs from James Marie Farms as I hear good thing about them. Anyone bought from them want to share...
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    Introduction: Missouri Country boy

    Hey all, my name is Lucas and I am 32 yrs old from East Central Missouri about 50 miles from St. Louis. I am currently in the process of raising my first flock of chicks which include 12 11-week old white leghorns (6 hens and 6 roos...roos have very little time left before butcher), 5 rhode...
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