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    The dredded fuzzy butt fever........

    so I've placed my order with McMurray for 13 LF cochins of assorted colors (it was a split order, 30 in all) this past saturday. It's been 1 full day and I'm already considering setting up my brooder and buying all of my baby supplies. They aren't due to arrive until April 25th or 26th So, I...
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    Found one of my Couturnix Quail dead, some questions..........

    Well, I HAD 4 quail(3 girls, 1 boy). Had being the key word. I got them fall of last year. We were told they were 4 weeks old and should be laying any time. Anyhoo-they didn't start laying until about 2 weeks ago. I noticed the roo had started crowing and mating the hens shortly after. His...
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    Guard Turkeys?????

    Since it was nice out yesterday, I spent a good while outside watching my birds(something I've really missed-I gotta have my chicken t.v). While I was out there I noticed we had at least 3 Coopers hawks casing our coop. Well, one of them decided to land in a small dogwood that is right beside...
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    Girls not laying.......

    Ok, so we have 6 girls that are of laying age. We were getting 4 or 5 eggs a day from them. Then 3 or 4, then 1 or 2, and now...........nothing. In fact I think it has been almost two months of nothing. One of them is definately molting, but there are no signs that the others are. They have...
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    We got chicks!!!!

    Finally!!! Our broody has been trying to hatch eggs since spring and now shes finally got babies!!!! She was so persistant I seriously thought she might die sitting on eggs. So far there are 5 and one more has piped. She started with nine (she stepped on and killed 2 and 1 shows no signs of...
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    Lovable turkey.

    Here are a few shots of our Black spanish turkeys. They are still young but I`m pretty sure we have a tom and a hen.
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    Chick a little off.....

    Ok-so when one of our older girls died we went and picked up some more chicks to replace her(33 more to be exact ) most of them are BOs, a few of them are mutts. A majority of them are around 8 weeks old, but we also bought some 4 weekers too because they were so cheap ($2 each). Everyone is...
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    Help!!!!

    I wasn't sure if this was the right place to post this or not........I have a sick hen. I found her laying on the bottom of the coop about 10 mins. ago. I have brought her in the house and right now shes sitting in my kitchen sink. Her vent area had diarreah on it (she actually pooped on me on...
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    We got Turkeys!!!!!

    I'm so excited:celebrate!!! I came home from work about 4 days ago and Joey (fiancee) surprised me with baby turkeys. They are White Faced Black Spanish Turkeys and about 8 weeks old. They are super cute and very friendly. They follow us around the yard like little dogs its so funny. We were...
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    Question from a newbie......

    Hi all, my name is Nikki. I've been lurking on your site since we got out chickens about two months ago. We started out with 6 hens and a roo and have since added 2 more roos and 5 more hens. Everyone is settled in nicely and coexisting as peacefully as 3 roosters can. Anyway, we gave one of our...
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    My first attempt at hatching.

    I currently have 6 partridge chantecler hens and a roo. I had 7 hens but a roaming bird dog killed one. But my smallest hen out of the flock has shown signs of being broody for a while now, so this morning I set her up with a brood box and eight of their eggs. She could`nt wait for me to even...
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    New in Va.

    Hello from Stanardsville, Va. I had a chance a few weeks back to get a bunch of free lumber and tin roofing, so I built a chicken coop and went out and bought a set of 7 Partridge Chantecler hens and 1 roo. they have been great fun. We already want more chickens and have been learning quite a...
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