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    ISO BLOWN or DUD Goose, Duck, and/or Turkey Eggs

    I'm looking for either pre blown OR very inexpensive 'dud' eggs. I don't want to hatch em, I want to decorate them. My local source for non chicken eggs has dried up (sold the flock and moved) and I'm having a devil of a time getting my hands on them now. No need for chicken eggs...I have my own...
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    Vaseline and Frostbite?

    I kept hearing this before the weather got nasty, and despite my best efforts, my biggest roo (with the biggest comb) managed to get a frostbitten tine or two on his magnificient comb a couple of days ago. This is an 18lb bird who does NOT care to be handled, though he's generally friendly...
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    Articles about Scientific Research On Poultry

    Title says it all. I'm just posting research related articles when I find them so I (or anyone else) can go back and see what the researchers are up to (at least, what's being reported). Scientists Recieve Grant to Study How Humans Interact with Chickens Crows Are No Bird-Brains...
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    What does your rooster say?

    Lee (NN/Bantam cross): <extreme tenor> Rooster-rooster-roooo! Herald (Lee's brother): <tenor> Rooster-rooster-rooster-BWAK-bockbock! (he's a little defective) Fugly (Silky/Bantam cross): Here boys, let me show you how it's done <smooth alto> Cock-a-doodle-doooOOOooo! Goliath (Leghorn/RIR)...
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    Issue #2: Skin peeling in Barred Rock X?

    And in pen #2 (my isolation pen) I have the five ladies I rescued from a guy who was just going to feed them till their food ran out and then let them freeze to death. Mind you, these girls were in good flesh when I got them, and seemed to be suffering only from a hard molt (as in 'ready for the...
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    Issue #1: Vent Gleet and cold weather

    You know this would have to happen the minute they started forecasting snow and the temps plummeted into the 20s. I have 3 hens in one flock that seem to have woke up with gleet - I know I should give them a good bath first, but I'm really worried they won't stay warm enough if I do that. I...
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    Can you get barring on a partridge colored hen?

    I acquired some Barred Rock mixes as rescues and was having a good look at them in the sun today. They're not solid black and white; three of the five have distinct gold feathers on their breasts and bellies, and one of those has light brown barred feathers on her legs. The other two are so...
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    Greetings from beautiful, windy, dusty North Central Washington!

    (1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens? I was raised around chickens but didn't get my own flock until about a month ago. A friend's aunt needs to move and couldn't take her flock of older layers. I had an old (and now cleaned up) coop on my property, so we built a run...
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