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    Autoturner for emu eggs?

    Hey, I have hatched thousands of chicken, turkey, quail, pea, pheasant, ect.... eggs. A friend of mine has emus that started laying for the first time. He asked me if I would incubate them for him. I know nothing about them other than the little I have read on here and the internet. I...
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    My Free Rangers were showing out this afternoon! (pic heavy)

    The boys were really showing off this afternoon when I went out to feed. These are just a few of my free range turkeys. This is Henry my Golden Narragansett hatch from this spring. This is the back of his fan and his Sweetgrass buddy. This is my 2 year old bronze I hatched. He has a...
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    Introducing new guineas!

    Tried something new this week. I have a pen of lavender guineas in an outdoor pen. I had some of this years hatch in a pen in the barn. They had never seen eachother but I need to move them outside to the lavender pen. As many of you know, guineas can be very mean when you introduce new...
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    BSW Tom gets a pardon!

    I had picked out one of my Betlsville Small White toms for Thanksgiving this year. I had him in a pen by himself this weekend to keep off feed a few hours before slaughter. I went out to get him to butcher and my 4 year old boy met me at the pen. He asked what I was doing with the bird and I...
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    Big Storm Last Night!

    We had a big storm come through last night and I thank god for the rain we need so badly. I am out of town and my wife calls this morning to tell me one of the turkey pens is in a ball! She did say the birds all looked to be standing around the mess wanting to get back in. She had to take...
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    Some of my 2011 chicks! Pic heavy!!!!

    Here are a few pics of my chicks I kept. I have 10 most are males but not sure of a few. I have 3 BS, 1 hen and 2 cocks. 1 IB cock, 2 bronze that i'm not sure, 2 pied cocks, 1 spaulding cock?? , 1 white unsure of the sex. Here is the Sp The pied brothers I was snapping this pic and one...
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    Lost my Jack! Updated pic of new pup!

    Jack was my 7 month old Great Pyrenees and turning into a great guardian. Last Friday he seemed to not be feeling very good but it was 108 actuall temp. As soon as the sun started to set, he was on patrol all night. Sat morning, same thing but Sat night, back on patrol. Sunday was the same...
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    Eggs Came In! Thanks bandbaustin!!!!!!!!

    Well, the eggs came in and Dylan was here to meet with the mailman. He was so excited to have his first and very own peaeggs! We un packed them and they look good and felt cool. We put them in trays and into the 65deg laundry room to settle until morning. These will go in the Dickey's...
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    My poor EE's Vent!!!!!!!!

    This girl is 2 years old and in the past week or so she has laid these 2 eggs. They are huge!!!! They have a large wyandotte egg between them. She laid 1 like this last year and we thought it was a double or tripple yolk but it had 1 huge yolk. The kids said we should hatch 1 and get a hulk...
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    Free BLRW Roosters East Texas Pick-up only!

    I have some extra BLRW roosters that are about 8-9 months old. They are all really friendly and very nice looking birds. I have a few blacks and splashes left. These are free if you want one or all of them. They are pick-up only near the Carthage, TX area. Just send me a PM if interested...
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    Lufkin Zoo!

    If any of y'all are in East Texas near Lufkin and have never been to the Ellen Trout Zoo, stop by and see their peafowl. They have maybe 100 freerange peas all over the place. We went this afternoon and the hens have chicks all over the place. My wife and kids are looking at hippos, lions...
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    Picked up some chicks today! PICS

    I found some pied chicks today and they had 2 of them so I got them both. The hen is an IB and the cock is a white. He Just got this cock this year and it is the only one he has. He said he had an IB cock last year and the same IB hen threw pieds with him also. They are about 2 weeks old and...
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    Rhea Eggs!

    I am looking for some rhea eggs or babies this year. If you breed them then pleas let me know. I live in East Texas and would love to pick up vs shipping.
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    Hatching PeaFowl? UPDATED! PICS!!!!

    I have had 3 hatch today and a bunch more pipping. I don't like to open the hatcher until they are done. My question is, will peachicks be fine for a few days in the hatcher just like turkeys, guineas, chicks ect? I started with 12 eggs and 9 develloped and 6 hatched. I opened the last 3...
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    Shout Out to D&M Farms!

    When I brought home my first pair of peafowl last month, yearling black shoulders, my 3 year old son was so happy. I took him over to their new pen to show him. He looked at them and said, "that's not the kind of peacock I was talking about". I laughed and said he wouldn't have his big...
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    Just Candeled My Eggs

    Today is day 9 for my first ever batch of pea eggs. 10 of the 12 I put in the bator have chicks swimming! I hope I can get a good hatch.
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    Hatching Pea Eggs!

    I put in 12 eggs in the bator Friday. I have never hatched peas before and wanted to see what kind of hatches you guys get. These eggs were 3 days old for the oldest egg. Never shipped by the usps, I picked them up from a breeder that I know. All of her pens have 1-2 hens per cock. I put...
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    Do you see anything wrong with this feed?

    I am new to peafowl and feed my laying turkeys purina gamebird layena but it's $17.50 a sack now!!!! I checked a local(40 miles) feedmill today. They had a 20% layer mash pellets for $11.72 per 50lb sack. I will try it on some turkeys but thought it could be good for the peas as well. It is...
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    Well, I Gone and Dun It! (Updated, Pics!)

    YourLinkGoesHere I have been reading the peafowl section for a while and just couldn't stand it anymore. I went to a peafowl farm today outside of Houston and picked up a 2010 pair of black shoulders. I also got a mixed dozen of eggs. Let me tell you, next time I pick up peas, I will go in...
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    10 & 12 Week Pyreneese just saved some Turkeys!

    I lost my adult pyreneese about 6 weeks ago and got 2 new pups. They are 10 & 12 weeks old and were really after something a bit ago and the guineas were going nuts! I ran outside and the 2 pups had put themselfs between the turkeys and a stray dog who was in my yard and after my turkeys...
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