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    Heritage breed egg laying vs black sexlinks

    Hi! My sexlinks have started laying daily this week, none of the heritage breeds have yet though. I'm wondering what to expect? I have 2 Amaracaunas, a Barnevelder, a Silky, and 2 buck eyes, and a Brahma. Also, yay for egglaying season!
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    Can you identify one set of chicks?

    I know the big one is a barnevelder(had 2 but on got eaten by something) and the yellowy ones are Ameracauna's, what are the one's in the middle of the picture?
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    Raising angora rabbits for wool?

    I have seen a few Pinterest pins in my search for rabbit hutch ideas, we have been looking into meat rabbits. I came across angora rabbits and now I'm intrigued. Are these rabbits you shear? Or is it raise and skin and also eat? Just curious really, we have a niche market where I live for things...
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    Duck housing issues

    Hello again! So, my ducks are the bullies of the coop...lol. Our silkie rooster is having his feathers plucked on the back of his neck by the ducks, and they commandeered the heat lamp from the pullets we just put in there. I'm thinking that gating off a section of the coop just for the ducks...
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    Received our first egg layers, black sex links!

    I'm so excited that we got our first egg layers, the chicks are adorable. We have 6, plus the two silkies. I am thinking we'll add to the flock for sure, I'm thinking 12 egg layers is a good number for a family of 6? I read now that sex links have a short life expectancy, is there anyway to help...
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    Upgrading coop materials

    Our house came with a chicken coop. It's a good size but the materials used to build it are garbage. The walls are chipboard and it's all what seems to be salvaged chip board at that. Chip board was painted but it's rotting out, probably the boards are maybe 3 years old. I was looking at that...
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    How long until able to sex my ducklings?

    I ended up buying 3 Welsh Harlequins and 1 Blue X Harlequin this weekend, they were the last 4 ducklings at the farm store so I got a deal on them. I'm a poultry novice but am hoping these ducklings are mostly females as I would love to have duck eggs. I'll post some pictures, but if they're too...
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    Keeping pekin as pets and pest control for the garden?

    I was hoping to get a couple of pekin ducks this year but will wait until next year as we're in deep with renos and such. However, for the future, are these guys good for sending into the veggie garden for controlling slugs and other bugs? If not it's no big deal, I'd love to have some ducks as...
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    First time incubating!

    I've never incubated eggs before, we put our guinea eggs in the incubator we made last Tuesday. I candled them today and there were probably half that have definitive veins and embryos, the other half I'm not sure about. Two of them maybe had that circle vein indicating they're dead, another...
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    Dog with ongoing ear issue/infection? Outside opinions please!

    We have a dog with one ear that's been infected or something for 2 years ongoing. We've done the cleaning, mineral oil, and drops. Short of having his ear canal removed I don't know what to do! I'm posting some pictures to show the bad ear vs the good ear. The ear that's bad always sounds...
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    Rats in coop, and other coop problems.

    So. The house we bought came with guinea hens, 4 of them. The coop hadn't been cleaned in some time and I cleaned half of it today. I didn't wash it, just scooped it, making sure to wear full respirator and all because the bedding is FULL of rat crap. Not a little bit, it's all rat crap...
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    Starting a country adventure!

    Hello :) Im Leslie and we just bought a place with some 40 acres, so exciting! The place is coming with guinea hens which are so strange looking to me, but its fun to do something different. Im interested in getting some kind if chicken next spring, or other fowl, I'm just not sure what at this...
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    Guinea hens coming with house we bought

    Hi! I had always planned on getting egg laying hens, but never anticipated inheriting guinea hens while buying a country property. I live in Canada and where we're located it can get intensely cold, like down to -51 two years ago cold. This place has a chicken coop thats quite large, I didnt...
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