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    Lost upper beak !!!

    I cam home last night to a hen who's upper beak was removed by a predator trap that I had set by the chicken yard (we've been having other issues). She might have a quarter inch left of her upper beak, maybe less. I'm wondering if she'll be able to eat like that or if it would just be more...
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    Best weight to butcher a Welsummer roo?

    Recently I received a pair of Welsummer roosters for free and I can only keep on of them. So naturally I want to get a little return from the feed I gave them. I realize they are not really meat birds so I don't have high expectations but they are considered dual purpose birds in some of the...
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    Rabbit Pellets??

    So my parents had a rabbit that bit the dust and I am wondering if there is any reason that I can't feed the leftover rabbit pellets to my hens. Anybody see this as a problem? Any insight is greatly appreciated.
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    Home Brewers, What's Fermentin'

    I just had a ground breaking thought. If you and I are similar enought to raise chickens and like other DIY stuff, there has to be other home brewers creeping around here. So if you are a home brewer or would like to be one, I would like to know what you are brewing. I will start. Saturday...
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    MN Marans folks

    I don't really know where to post this so I am putting it here. I would like to rent/borrow/lease/whatever a cuckoo marans roo that came from a nice dark egg. The reason I am going about it this way is because I am not supposed to have a rooster around (upsets the neighbors) but if I can just...
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    Quick info on Cackle Hatcher RI's

    I ended up with two freebies from a guy that I know late this fall and I was just wondering what people's experiences are with RI's from Cackle? They lay fine but they don't look like anything a guy would want to keep around after their out of eggs. Any and all information is useful to me.
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    Marans???

    Anyone here eaten one of their marans? Now I'm not asking this because I plan on doing it soon. However I am going to buckle down and focus on one breed and I will probably start in late winter here so the little buggers will be big enough to go outside when it gets nice out up here. I really...
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    Why won't my chickens go outside????????

    I have a confession to make. I have 6 hens in a coop made for 4. Ok now that we have established my guilt, the little buggers have been outside once since the snow first started in November. There are two BO's, one Marans, two RIR's, and one that I have no idea what her genetic make up is...
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    A little help if you please

    I noticed that my Marans has been sneezing non-stop for at least 2 days. The other birds in the coop are not sneezing that I have observed, just my little marans. I am headed home in a little bit and I would like to try something to make her life a little better. What should I do for her when...
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    Does anyone use Breeding software?

    I am thinking about starting up my own breeding situation and I am wondering if anyone is using breeding software. And if so, which ones? Or maybe I am over complicating it and I don't need it. What are your thoughts/experiences?
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    Free Range Cuckoo Marans

    So thank you to the folks who responded to my earlier post reagarding whether to get a Welsummer or a Marans, sorry I had to act in such haste. But now I have a question on this little Marans girl I picked up. She has been living totally free range for the first 5 months of her life and now at...
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    Real quick Question about Welsummers

    possibly picking one up in a few hours but I need to know if they bear confinement better than Marans, the breed that gets the most votes for best in confinement is the one I bring home tonight. Ready.......... Set........... Go...........
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    Still new at this, my Buff went broody how do I stop her??

    So here is the rundown, my buff went all weird on me. I replaced her other three friends with 3 5 month old buff pullets. She layed a few eggs and then layed one and just sat on it for a day. So I pulled the eggs out, and she had a total fit so I put a golf ball in her nest just to ghet her...
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    HELP !!!!! Lost Chicken ***UPDATE***

    Please help, I brought home my first batch of chickens on Saturday and I was keeping them in the coop so they could get used to their new home. Then this morning one hopped out while I was filling water dishes and my german wire hair chased her around the house and out of sight. I can't find...
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    New Ladies NEED HELP!!!!

    So on saturday I will be bringing home my first little laying flock. I could really use some help with my preparations. How do I orient them to their new surroundings? Do I keep them in the coop for a couple of days so they know where they live? When can I let them range? I'm getting a...
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    Help with my new coop

    So I'm finishing up on my coop and I think I got the proportions wrong. It is 36 inches long and 40 inches wide by 24 inches high. the nest box is on the outside so that isn't figured into the floor plan. How many Orpingtons can I get in this baby?
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    Wheezing Toulouse

    I have two Toulouse geese and one gander, one of the females seems to be wheezing and her chest is moving noticably faster than the others. I just picked them up on saturday and have no disease history on them. But there is no doubt that she is having difficulty breathing. Please Help!!!
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    1ST try with laying hens.....Please help

    I am in northern minnesota and I am going to try and get some eggs out of these girls. I have pretty much decided on Buff Orpingtons, but I am open to suggestions. I have a pretty decent amount of space available so I would like to free range them alot. I also am designing my own coop and...
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