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    Too old to caponize?

    I have a 16 month old rooster who used to be sweet as pie, but is now an aggressive jerk. I've tried several methods listed here to change his behavior, with no luck. I'm not the kind of person to cull him, and I don't need him to protect the flock or fertilize eggs. I'm thinking caponing might...
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    Lice or something on my hen...

    So, one of my hen's has some tiny bugs crawling around her vent. I use DE on her, and a day later the bugs are all gone. Unfortunately, a few days later they are back. Looking more closely, I see that the feathers in this area are now crusted with something. I'm assuming they are eggs, which is...
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    Ducks making the coop a wet mess..

    Good morning, I have 6 chickens and 2 ducks living together in my coop. At night, I put their waterer in the coop on a cinderblock to keep it off the bedding. Of course, by morning, the ducks have squirted water all over the place, making the bedding all moist. Anyone have any hints or products...
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    Zebra mussells??

    So, I know this is a bit of a strange question, but I figured I would ask anyway. I just took my boat out of the water, and the bottom is crusted with fresh, small zebra mussells. Their shells are still thin and easily break. I'm thinking they might be an good source of calcium and protein for...
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    Good eggs sink, reliable??

    I just found a cache of eggs under my coop. I've noticed in the past week that the girls were laying less, I attributed it to the shorter days. Well, now I know where all the eggs were. I seem to remember an old fact, that a good egg will sink in water, where as a rotten egg will float. All my...
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    Ducks not swimming or playing in water

    I have two month-old pekins that don't seem to want to swim or play in the kiddie pool I set up for them. The pool is in a hole I dug, and they don't seem to want to go near it. A few times I have picked them up and gently placed them in it, just to give them taste, but they promptly scooted out...
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    Nest sizing problem

    So, my friend gave me her coop. It didnt have any nesting boxes, so I cut a hole in the back and built them out of I would have easy access to the eggs. Because of the way the studs were spaced, I now have a big nesting box of about 31 inches. So, would you divide it into two nests of approx 15...
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    Chickens won't eat anything but feed...

    I picked up some RIR pullet chicks about a month and a half ago. Now that it's warmer out, I've been putting them out in their chicken tractor, along with their water. They peck and peck, but they dont seem to eat anything. When I return them to the coop a few hours later, they attack the feeder...
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