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    Sheep fencing from water

    Do you think I should fence the brook off for sheep keeping purposes?
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    Piggotts hatchery meat chickens and their breeding

    Anyone heard of the piggotts hatchery near Luton (uk)? Here's their website: http://piggottspoultry.co.uk/meat.html I'm getting meat chickens from then next friday: 10 - Ross 308, the standard cornish cross broilers. 10 - 957, hubbard slow growing broilers (better for free ranging). 10 - S44...
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    German Pekin Duck colours

    Hi can someone tell me about all the colours of German exhibition Pekins? I know they come in white (obviously...), buff, saxony and several others. Can you post your pictures? I cant find them anywhere! Heres white ones:
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    Rare breeds of ducks best for smallholding

    I can't decide which breed of ducks to get? Rouen, Hookbill, Blue Swedish or Aylesbury? In the UK i only saw exhibition variety Rouen and I would only take exhibition Aylesbury, not the commercial crossbreeds. Which one would you choose and why???
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    Best cross (from pure breed parents!) for backyard meat chicken

    What two pure breeds would be the best to cross for meat? I have leghorn, rhode island red and some other hens, what cockerel would be the best to produce birds with some meat on them that grow fairly fast? I was thinking of Rhode Island Red, if I find a big meaty one. Shamo or Aseel? They have...
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    Hatching turkeys underbroody (chicken) hens

    I was so unlucky with hatching turkeys this year... Bought a pair of adult Bourbon Reds but now of the eggs I got from them was fertile - I put some under a Muscovy and some in the incubator. I bought some from eggs from Ebay - two lots. Lot one - none hatched. Lot two - two hatched (pure white...
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    Pheasants and Grey Partridge in the same aviary?

    Hi I have an 2.5x3 metres aviary and want to utilise it somehow. I was thinking of using it to house either turkeys or pheasants (you can read about it on the turkey forum). Now the question is: is it large enough for a trio or quartet of pheasants AND a pair for grey partridge?
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    Pros and cons of keeping Turkeys vs Pheasants

    Hello everyone. I'm planning on getting either turkeys or pheasants. I have one coop/aviary available that would suit either pheasants (as permanent housing) or turkeys (as overnight housing). What are pros and cons of keeping them for BREEDING AND MEAT? Turkey pros: beautiful, produce a lot of...
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    Grey partridge housing and breeding

    Hi I want to get a pair or couple of grey (English) partridges. What is the best housing I can give them? What size aviary would be suitable? Or is off ground cage with wire floor better? How big should it be. Commercial breeders in Italy or Poland keep them in 50x100cm cages, isn't that too...
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    Turkeys vs Geese

    Thread for owners of both Turkeys and Geese! What do you think? What is more economical to raise? Turkeys or geese? What makes better pets?
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    Hiw many eggs under broody turkey hen?

    Silly question, but I actually cant find the answer myself. How many turkey eggs can I put under broody turkey hen? She is bourbon red. Would 24 be too much? 20?
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    Free ranging geese and muscovies in an orchard with a stream in the middle

    Our new garden is about one acre. We have a brook flowing throught the middle of it. My problem is I'm not sure how to free range my gees and muscovies around here. How do you recommend I should secure the brook? I want them to use the water but don't want them to swim away...
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    Muscovies near beehives?

    I know some people who keep beehive in their chicken run or even on top of their chicken coop. but... Can you do the same with muscovies? I'm afraid they might eat the bees. What do you think?
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    Lemon Pyle Brahma sexing

    Hi I bought two lemon pyle brahmas this Tuesday (btw I read on here yeasterday that you don't have that colour of brahma in the US). I chose ones with the smallest crest, but I'm still not sure about their gender. I'm not sure about their age. I assume about two months, but its only a guess...
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    Hello from Leicester, UK

    Hi My name is Abdulmajeed, I'm originally Polish but live in Leicester, England, UK. I spent all my life in city, for my first 17 years we used to live on 11th floor, and always kept so animals (at that point fish, guinea pigs, parrots, turtles, horned frogs, mice, hamsters, etc, etc) When I...
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