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    Goats and ducks

    A pesky fox (I suspect) snatched one of my lovely pekins two nights ago after two years of no incidents :(. I decided to move my remaining duck (I am picking up a new mate for him today I hope that works out!) to my little goat pasture. It's a 125 ft x 50 ft enclosure with four pygmies. They...
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    Chicken with swollen foot limping

    I found my EE girl limping this afternoon. At first I Panicked. I am deathly afraid of mareks and had a scare not too long ago, but when I picked her up I found her foot is all swollen mostly between her toes. I checked the bottom Of the foot and there is no black scab that would indicate...
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    Mareks disease?

    I've kept a small flock of chickens for the past three or four years. I always buy a few feed store chicks at the beginning of the season and have never had a problem. This year I bought feed store chicks plus brought a few home from friends. This year - problem. Yesterday my 17 week old...
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    Silkie crosses

    I just brought home a little silkie/EE cross last night. I am pretty sure its a little girl. I know pure bred silkies do not lay well because they go broody so often. Any one have experience with crosses? Do you think she will take after the EE side when it comes to that?
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    First Time Hatcher

    I bought one of those $12.95 dome incubators from McMurrays. I know I should have gotten a real incubator but its not in my budget right now and I so couldn't resist. I was placing an order for some supplies anyway. I put three eggs in 6 days ago. Two turned out to be duds but the third is...
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    Gah! Mites!

    So about three weeks ago I find tiny little bugs crawling on my eggs in the coop. Ick. So I clean the coop out and keep an eye on my roo and girls. About a week later I find the bugs again. I took a flash light to my rooster and found them under his wings. I cleaned the coop out again and...
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    Sick chick purchased from feed store

    About a month ago I bought 5 healthy chicks from a local feed store. They are all doing great. A week ago I went to the same feed store and found that they had day old bantams. I bought 5, and then the next day went back and bought 3 more. The same day that I brought home the 3 new babies I...
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