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    Solving the case of the egg eating hen

    I have 80 hens. They free range 1/2 acre and locked in 5 10x10 chicken houses at night, Because the coyotes kill any living soul left out over night. I have had an egg eating hen for 2 years now and I have tried everything! Roll away boxes, feeding more protein, feeding cooked scrambled...
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    My new chickens came with plucked feathers and red behinds

    The hens I raised keep pecking at the new ones red bottoms. I was wondering, if I put blue coat on their red skin will it help to stop the pecking? Will it sting the chickens when I put it on. Or any other ideas??? There was nothing wrong with the chickens, just over crowded. I have always had...
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    Crested ducks the whole Picture

    I had no real opinion about Crested Ducks until I bought some call duck eggs. They said there was a "rare chance that I might get a crested." In reality There is gene in crested ducks is linked to a lethal outcome during incubation. Ducklings carrying both genes (both parents having a crest)...
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    chicken with an eye infection?

    I have had regular chickens for 30 years now, with no health problems other than simple old age. Of course they get to enjoy retirement for the rest of their years. This summer I decided to get ducks. They had a red golden phesant for sale, so I got it because it was prety. The problem started...
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    just discovered the joy of ducks

    Hi everyone Back in june I decided to build an aviary and get some mandarin ducks. I dic. Then I was in love. I got teal, wood ducks, whisteling ducks, call ducks, and then the eggs. The eggs are the problem. It is day 26, one has internally piped, but no chirping. The other hasn.hasnt piped...
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