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    Which Way to go?

    I'm losing birds to predators. Early on it was Opossums and Raccoons, I installed an automatic chicken door for the coop and lit the perimeter with two strands of electric fence. that seemed to solve that problem, not losing birds in the nighttime anymore. Now I have a new problem and I...
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    My Turkeys are "Doing it" Woot

    So it's been a while coming, I picked up a couple of Narragansett turkeys in the spring of 13 cuz they guy I was buying chicks from had them and wanted to sell them lol , I was hoping to have breeding pair,,, (rolled the dice) turns out they were both Tom's... so I was in Orscheln's in spring...
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    Broody in the winter?

    So I stumbled upon a hen sitting on eggs, under a deck in the back yard (I initially though a fox has gotten her) ,,,, She has about 15 eggs she is sitting on,,, which leads me to my questions: 1.Can she actually hatch the eggs in the colder temps? we are in KCMO so we aren't really...
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    Incumating mishap

    Went downstairs last nite to turn my incubating eggs for the last time (day 18!) and found that the incubator was not closed exactly right looks like they got down to about 90 degrees. Anyone have any Ideas on the impact that will have? Should I just toss the eggs now? will they run past...
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    Howdy from Kansas City, MO!

    Hello everyone!, I've been lurking around this site for a while now soaking up all the knowledge ya'll have to offer and thought I should formally introduce myself. We live in South Kansas City on ~ 3 acres with more developed neighborhoods all around Kinda funny to have our lil compound...
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