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    Lionhead rabbits

    Lionhead 6 week old bunnies. Daughter's pet rabbit babies, have been handled by kids, very tame and super cute. 4 white with red eyes. 2 brown with blue gray fur. Pickup location flexible for most of Macomb county and surrounding counties. $20 each
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    Silky Chicks

    My daughter hatched out some silkies that she wants to sell them. 7 Silkies and one Bantam that needs a home too. 2 Black/charcoal 3 Grey 2 Gray/White
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    Silky Chicks

    My daughter hatched out some silkies that she wants to sell. 7 Silkies and one Bantam that needs a home too. 2 Black/charcoal 3 Grey 2 Gray/White
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    Call Ducks

    2 call ducks from my Daughter's hatching project. $15 for the pair. SE / Thumb Michigan.
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    Call ducks

    My daughter is hatching about 2 dozen Call Ducks, they are due to hatch this weekend but with all the egg rocking and chirping doing on it might be sooner . She plans to sell them and was wondering how much she should ask. My neighbor who gave us the eggs said about $10 each. They will be...
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    How many silky roosters?

    I know we have at least one rooster but my daughter thinks there is 2. They are about 19-20 weeks old. The silkies known roo Suspect 1... Suspect 2...
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    Silkies are dumb as rocks

    These silkies are so dumb. I just moved 3 silkies out of the brooder and into the grow out catawba tractor. I have done this every year for 6 years and every year the chickens figure out the whole walk up the ramp and sleep upstairs after 1 day/night sometime without any help. But not...
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    new hoop chicken tractor

    We just finished our new tractor. 6x8 foot print and 5 feet tall. Easier to move, no poop board to clean, better predator protection with hardware cloth, food and water move with coop and it can be used for meat birds, turkeys and chickens. It will be mostly my summer pullet grow out coop.
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    Silkie integration and coop setup questions?

    Long story short it looks like I will be keeping some silkies due to mounting peer pressure from my daughter and nephews who hatched some neighbor’s bantie and silkie eggs. I'm a sucker for those sad little faces. My main concern is integration with current flock and will my coop set up...
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    Hoop house questions

    I'm looking to build a new tractor that will serve as a grow out pen for young pullets and then meaties in the late summer. I have been looking at hoop house designs. And I have a few questions. Can the hoop house be made with without cattle panels? While looking at cattle panels the holes...
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    Chances of survival?

    Neighbors are raising some peckin ducks. Their current predator security is a 6 foot tall dog kennel fence. Fence not buried. No top to the dog kennel. Red heat lamp in 3X3 coop. Coop is not locked at night. They have a dog but the dog stays inside at night. I catch around 6-10 raccoons...
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    First time hatcher. Looking for fertile eggs in Michigan.

    Hello everyone! My daughter and I are going to give incubating a try this year. She is super excited. Looking for some fertile eggs in Macomb, St Clair or Lappeer county. Send me a PM. Thanks for any help!
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    Do hens need a Roo to be happy?...apparently not.

    A few days ago I had a 6 old layers and 1 mean Roo sent to freezer camp. I almost keep the young Bo Roo but after he tried to flog my daughter a couple times his fate was sealed. This left me with 10 hens with one hen in a full molt. 2 days after the Roo was gone I got 9 eggs our of 9 laying...
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    Dukes Dog proof raccoon trap

    I just picked up 6 dukes dog proof raccoon trap for chicken protection and for raccoon population control in the winter to help the baby turkeys/eggs where I hunt. Raccoon don't stand a chance this year. Here is what they are...
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    Water heater base failing

    I'm on my 2nd heater base and about to go buy a third in 3 years. They work great for the first year out the box, it is maybe plugged in for 3 months. When I plug it in the next year it just doen't work very well. The water was froozen soild this morning! Any one have any expierence or...
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    Found a new bait for raccoons

    I had put one of my wife's scented bathroom candles in one of our holloween jack-o-lantern. I jack-o-lantern was placed near our wooded trails during neighbors halloween party to mark the start of the "spooky wooded trail". Over a week went by and I hadn't picked the the jack-o-lanterns. As...
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    Herding chickens

    A second-hand story but still funny. My mother’s co-worker has 6 chickens. He also has a dog that he has trained to herd the chickens back to the coop at night. The dog also knows how to open the sliding door. He walks into the family room and finds the dog and 6 chickens hanging out in...
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    Pullet went suddenly blind. Mereks? Advice please

    1) What type of bird , age and weight. BO hatchery, 26 weeks, weight unknown 2) What is the behavior, exactly. Found in chicken pasture standing, not moving with eyes closed mouth open. After a few days in quarintine she is moving around fine but is blind. 3) How long has the bird been...
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    What am I missing if I become a breeder?

    I'm trying to figure what I need if I went the whole breeder route. Please tell me what I am missing. This is what I have. You can click on my BYC page to see my current coops and pasture set up. -8X8 coop with 11X20 run with access to 6000 sq ft of pasture. -4X8 A-frame tractor fits about 6...
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    Found out why egg production dropped off. (with pics)

    Over the last 10 days I noticed my egg production dip a little. I have a broody hen and another molting but it seemed like I should have more eggs. So I inspect some of the other hens that I'm not getting eggs from, they are due for a molt. I noticed some new feather coming in but I also...
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