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    Adoption-a year on

    Well, we have officially been waiting a year for this second adoption. What is funny is how fast time has been flying. We are expanding things here on the farm! Our daughter (adopted as a newborn in '09) is thriving and glorious. We have an open adoption with her first family and want the same...
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    need help with plans

    Hey y'all! I need a little help searching the forums or directly. I am writing up a grant proposal for a mobile chicken coop and am looking for two types of plans. One is for a coop to build onto a trailer. In my case it needs to be at least 16 feet long and tall enough to stand in. Or plans for...
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    Almost embarrassed to post! hen or roo?

    I am an experienced chicken farmer who usually knows who is who and what is what. But I cannot figure this chicken out!! It is a buff plymouth rock. Its the biggest BY FAR of its siblings (six months old raised by my broody mama). It acts like a roo, has a comb that is much redder than its...
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    Memorial Day is not a "Happy" holiday

    Pet Peeve: people saying "Happy" Memorial Day. I am a combat vet and have my list of names I say this weekend like lots of people. And yes I celebrate their lives, but I have to admit it bugs me when people say Happy Memorial Day. That said, there really isn't a good substitute is there? "And a...
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    Update on us and the adoption- still waiting!

    Hey guys, Just wanted to say that no news is bad news on the adoption. Our agency did warn us that our wait might be longer since we already have DD. Still keeping busy on the farm and its easier now that farmers market has started, I am kept jumping and sales are terrific this year! We are...
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    Dear Turkeys, you rock. That is all. -love, Farmer lady

    I just want to take a minute and say that I have been raising turkeys for meat for about four years now. I sell at two farmers markets and do ground turkey (big hit) as well as your classic seasonal guys. I have raised heritage birds and the industrial whites and bronzes. When I raise the BBW...
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    Freedom ranger report 7 weeks in

    This is our third time raising FR, we got fifty biddies March 15th. They are all roos somehow. They have been on range for 2.5-3 weeks at this point. We feed a 20% protein, though sometimes it has run to 24% when we had to give them the turkey feed like when we run out, oops! -I just weighed...
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    Inside Out Chick butt

    Hi, I have Freedom Ranger chicks in the brooder, about 5 days old or so. THis AM I found one that had a part of its gut hanging out of its vent. I thought it was a big bloody poo, but no, it was an actual "inside." About a half inch of bowel (I think) It obviously had a lot of blood in it as...
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    Could use some help spreading the word for our adoption

    Hi everyone. We are waiting to adopt again and trying to spread the word through our networks. I figured I would ask you guys again. We don't know how long the wait will be this time, and you just never know who will know someone who is facing an unplanned pregnancy and considering adoption. A...
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    Splotchy egg layer

    Sorry if this has been covered, I couldnt find the answer I was looking for. One of my cuckou Marans lays eggs that are splotchy/spotted. Not like a speckled egg, (I have an EE that lays olive eggs with speckles- very nice). This is more like the pigment was unevenly applied in the factory. So...
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    Sudden second thoughts!

    If this should be posted under baby chicks, please let me know. We raise meat chickens and sell at a farmers market. We are new to all this- last year was our first year selling (third year raising meaties). We are in the foothills of NC mountains. About 1200 feet, zone 6b or so... Chicken...
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    Hoping to adopt

    I know I haven't posted on here in forever. Between farm life and chasing the toddler around I have only had time to lurk and lurk and lurk. All the animals are doing great and farm business is starting to really take off. But the big news is that we finally got our paperwork together to adopt...
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    coccidiosis in pigs- transfer to chickens?

    Hi, I just got two little feeder pigs and one turned out to have coccidiosis. She is being treated, but I need to know about transference to poultry. I move my pigs around to root and fertilize parts of the orchard. Once they are parasite clear, and on fresh pasture, they should be ok since they...
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    Help!! Asap!

    have 3 adult guineas- 2 males one female. Refuse their coop- sleep/live totally free range. The Female has apparently been sitting on eggs. Today suddenly hear piping and see a male guinea pecking a baby. Snatch up the baby and find a trail of dead, pecked little guineas (6 r 7). still have...
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    blending flocks- is my plan a good one?

    Several things happened at once. -We built a new coop. -we received a new batch of 15 layers to "refresh" the gene pool here on the farm -a fox came and massacred 6/11 adult layers leaving four hens and the rooster -3 of the survivors have gone broody Goal: everyone living in the safe new...
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    Freedom Ranger questions

    If my question shave been answered before (I am sure they have!) please post the link because my searches are not coming up with what I need. I am currently raising a batch of Cornish x. I have raised a few of these batches and every time I say "this is the last time!!" This time I mean it...
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    Transitional housing

    Moved the guineas (8) from the brooder to their house. They have been in there for going on three weeks. Its total chaos in there. I really only designed the house as their sleeping quarters, but heard you have to pen them for awhile before letting them roam so they will come back at night. They...
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    black rock?

    My partridge rock rooster and barred rock hen have made an all black baby. Comb is inky black, legs are mostly black, feathers totally black... I hope its a hen. I will try and post a picture if I can. Have any of you Plymouth Rock fanciers seen an all black? Any opinions? Feathersite has a...
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    I did it!!!

    We killed and processed our first turkey. It had one eye and was a hassle to herd anyway. We skinned instead of plucking. The part we thought would be hard "the deed" and "guts" were easy and the part we thought would be easier - skinning, was a much bigger pain int he butt than I thought. But...
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    I'm bringing sexy back! Tom strut pics

    I am posting my favorite pictures from yesterday's manly-man party under the crepe myrtle... All the hens sat around and gossiped and the toms just strutted non stop for a good hour. They brought sexy back!!! As an FYI they are all about 3 months old. They are standard bronze, narragansett, and...
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