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    Temp ranges for peafowl

    I live in the north and that being said our winters can have temps -40 for a week or two max, but average -20 to -30 celcius. is that too cold of a range to keep peafowl? they either could live in a 8x8 insulated building alone, or in one with chickens and guinea hens. I think I know the answer...
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    Chickens and pheasants living together

    Howdy all, I saw there were some pheasant hatching eggs for sale near me but was unsure of one thing; can i keep my pheasants with chickens and Guinea?
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    Minimum Calcium content

    Howdy all, I was wondering if anyone has documentation on the min required calcium content needed for a hen 19+ weeks old, as well as a 19+ week old rooster. all i can find is this meme and the book they are claiming to reference is nearly 200 bucks
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    Chick unable to move

    Having problems i have a chick that was clicking when it breathed. That seem to have subsided but it has no strenght in the legs to move. Given electrolytes and b12. What can ibdo???
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    Cold hardiness of quail

    I have a chance to have 12 quail eggs hatch for me for free, but have one main question. How cold hardy are they? I live in north western Ontario Canada and in the winter the temps drop to -40 often. Can they handle it like my Rhode islands and other chickens?
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    Muscovy protein percentage

    Howdy y'all, Last summer I was reading some where that they recommend that mucovies get the 22-24% protein to be healthy. Is that correct of can they stay on a16% like chickens
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    Solved Trouble finding threads

    Howdy all I'm having troubles finding any of my old threads. It's like everything I've asked has disappeared. How do i find it so I can look back at advice
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    Vitamin deficiencies

    I done some reading and there's a lot of talk about vitamin A and Deficiencies. My question is what is the standard ui for both and if you think they are not getting enough what can you do to increase the amount they get
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    Rooster with no feather around vent

    Just curious what this maybe as I always read the molt from head down
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    Birds wasting soybean meal

    First please no lectures on soybean meal. I'm having troubles getting my birds to eat the small granualsin their feed as mixed. They almost think it's leftover dust. Any ideas on a binding agent that would let the powder stick to the larger feed?
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    Nutritional values of live mealworms

    I've been trying to the nutritional content of live meal worms pups and beetles. Some sources say omly10% protein up to 56%. I am breeding worms as a supplement and can't find consistent data. Also working on super worms
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    Birds go nuts over store bought mash

    howdy all. I normally mix my own feed as it's cheaper, and I know what's in it. How ever I had to go for emergency back surgery so I told my dad to just pick up layer ration. He told me he's never seen the birds go that crazy over feed. I am wondering what is wrong with my feed I mix? It's...
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    Birds not consuming soy Bean meal

    So everyone seems to just spill the soy Bean meal on the ground and not consuming much if any. What can I do to get them to keep the protein content up
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    USDA resource materials

    Not sure if anyone can help me here, but back in 2014 I had found the USDA website to have a ton of resource materials such as egg grading cards, booklets, animal weight charts etc. I was on the website today but there doesn't seem to be a link anymore. does anyone have these charts and resource...
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    homemade grain silo

    howdy yall, Im looking at different was to store my chicken grains as i buy roughly 600lb every month or so.. Has anyone ever made a silo like item to store feed in? I was thinking of a 2 foot diameter culvert about 6 feet tall. thing is how do I make the cone top and the bottom with a sliding...
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    Can anyone determine the genders?

    Here are my three guineas I'm thinking one male and two females am I right
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    Long wait for eBook

    I just purchased earlier the goat notes eBook and still my order says pending. Anyone else have the same issue? I used PayPal and on my account it says cleared
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    Optimal fencing

    Howdy yall, I'm currently am using 6 foot 2x4 welded fence. I'm looking to be getting two goats. That being said, what is the best fencing option for both
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    What got my duck??? Picture below

    Howdy all I had an animal take my muscovy drake last night. I found the body after looking for hours. Found a trail of feathers to a area in tall grass that he laid. The guys were the olny thing removed, nothing else. Any ideas on animal? Fox, wolf or dog? Here is a pic
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    Trying to get my trophie

    Howdy all I'm ad. Been here for four years now Apparently I never introduce myself yet. My previous coop I had rir and ameracaunas. Now after my divorce my new coop is bigger and better than ever. I have barred rock rir amaraucana and a couple I can't identify. I also just been gifted 4 Muscovy...
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