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    Which breed of rooster makes the most traditional Cock-A-Doodle-Doo?

    Our Cream Legbar just yells and the Black Marans made a 2-part call. But neither one sounds traditional, so which breed of rooster really makes the most traditional Cock-A-Doodle-Doo? Thank you, Maureen
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    Heat Exhaustion in turkey

    Hi Folks, It has been in the mid-nineties here - really unusually hot! Our run has a roof and walls made of Suntuff panels. We put a tarp over half the roof and removed over 3/4 of the wall panels. But not enough! Our tom has been panting a lot (gullerfluttering). I've drawn him out of the...
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    How to pack chicks for a first time shipper?

    We would like to mail some of our chicks out to a family member in about a week. As I’ve never shipped before, I’m nervous. I have 4 chicks that will be 3 weeks old at the point of shipping and 1 that will be 10 days old. I still have a box that I received 8 chicks in. Thought of either using...
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    Bringing chicks through airport security?

    Raising some chicks for a family member out of state. Has anyone successfully brought 3-week-old chicks through airport security? Is it possible?
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    Swedish Flower Hen hatching eggs?

    Does anyone know where I can buy some Swedish Flower Hen hatching eggs? I'm looking for the variety that have a lot of red/orange in them. Thank you
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    Protruded anus on baby chick

    One of my French Black Copper Marans chicks is a week old and I just noticed that the anal area appears swollen and protruded. Does anyone know what this is or how to treat
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    Moving mama hen so the chicks won't fall out of the nesting box 3 ft in the air and get hurt

    We are hatching our first chicks au naturel - under a mama hen. Mama is in a nesting box that is 3 ft in the air. Should I move her to another house where she can feed the chicks without them falling and breaking their necks? If so, move her at night? She is still sitting on 8 other eggs that...
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    symptoms of paralysis in 6 month old French Black Copper Marans hen

    Hi folks, Last night when I went to put the chickens to bed I found one of my hens "nesting" on the ground in the dark too weak to get up. This came on suddenly. She seemed very listless when I picked her up. So I brought her into the heated garage and placed her in a cage. She can't walk. Is...
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    French Black Copper Marans rooster biting

    Hi folks, I think you've had this question before - but my young pure bred FCBM rooster has started biting me and drawing blood when I reach in to get a food container or watering dish. He's quick as a flash and bites deeply. I haven't had any other biting or nasty roosters. Wouldn't you know it...
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    Danger of Blackhead when raising turkeys with chickens?

    Hi folks We have one lovely heritage Tom who chose us as his new family. We had to put him in the large run with the chickens. Just bought him a coop. But, now I'm reading about Blackhead disease. Any experiences to share? Any advice? I just noticed that some of my chickens have milky colored...
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    Help - Can you identify this turkey breed?

    Hi Folks - We need help. We were recently adopted by this fellow, who we think was watching us from the woods for about 2 weeks before he decided to announce himself by walking around our house and looking in all the windows. I believe he saw me working with our free range rare breed chickens...
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    Advice about the best type of roof to cover the henhouse and run?

    Hi Folks, I'd like your help with advice about the best type of roof to cover the henhouse and run. We're in Maine and sometimes winters get pretty deep and cold. Last year we lined the chain link 'walls' of our 20 X 45 ft run with Suntuff panels. Then, this spring we covered half of our roof...
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    Flies in the Run - Weren't there last year - What to do?

    I have loads of little black flies (like miniature houseflies) in the roofed over part of my run that I didn't have last summer. They appear to be only in the part that has a suntuff roof, not the side that is open at the top. There are a few dried up remnants of old melon peels and potato...
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    Regretting giving away our rooster

    We were sold several chickens, all guaranteed hens and 2 ended up being roosters. That made 3 because we already had 1 rooster I had purchased and that’s all we intended to have was the one. We had some trouble with the 3 roosters being hard on the hens. Two of our best hens had bare backs...
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    Is There a Perfect Rooster?

    What makes the Perfect Rooster? What qualities do you look for? Thank you all....... Maureen
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    Our 2 roosters pecked a hole in our Ameraucanas' head

    My only green egg-laying hen, an Ameraucana, appeared one morning with a deep gash in her head. Our roosters had been fighting over her and I saw one try to mate her and the other rooster pull her out from under him by the feathers on top of her head and mate her himself. So I took her into...
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