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    Murphys Law

    So I've been saving eggs from our flocks (turkey and chickens) to set today... but it just figures that when I went to collect eggs two days ago that one of the ducks lined a nest with feathers and starting yesterday was sitting on 7 eggs so I snuck 6 turkey eggs under her. I've been a bit...
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    Is my duck getting ready to go broody?

    Yesterday i found about a dozen down duck feathers where they usually lay their eggs, and today there was even more down. They're a year old now so this is their first spring as adults... but with 3 runners and 1 cayuga I didn't think I'd get a broody. I left the eggs in the nest incase this is...
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    Black Copper Marans 8+ Wade Jeane lines

    Our incubator is full so we have 8+ BCM eggs up for bid. The eggs in the pictures are the 6 collected so far for this shipment next to a Speckled Sussex egg for color comparison. We have 3 hens with our 1 Rooster and fertility couldn't be better. Color is consistantly between 5-7 on the Marans...
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    FREE chicken coop in the denver Co area

    I didn't post this but thought someone might be interested. Someone is cleaning out the property and have at least 1 chicken coop, several bee boxes, dog house... etc. http://denver.craigslist.org/zip/2297862076.html
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    Calf breathing hard

    We have a calf this year, she's three weeks old. Her Mom is a first time Mom and trying her best... but... when she was just a couple days old we thought she had scours so we gave her a sulfa bolus then and she seemed to come around. But starting again a few days ago she started becoming a...
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    runners haven't started to lay

    I have three fawn and white hatchery runners, with 1 drake, all are 27 weeks old as of Monday and NONE have started to lay yet I know it would be slow for winter but chose them since they're supose to be the "leghorn" of the duck world. Any ideas?
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    custom feed

    I've just found out that our feed elevator will make a custom feed for us so long as we give them a few days notice SO I've notices that come this winter they're eating our feed twice as fast, I'm thinking they're needing some more of something in their diet to keep warm. SO the question...
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    any hints for staggered hatch?

    I set a bunch of my own flock's eggs while I was waiting on some shipped eggs. The gal with the eggs was having uncooperative chickens that kept going broody... well the chickens finally cooperated and I got eggs on Saturday and mine are going on lockdown this friday (in 3 days). Only one...
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    canners help- canning cranberry sauce

    Have you ever canned cranberry sauce? I want to try this year... specificly an Orange Cranberry sauce like the one I added a link for. Any ideas or tips? http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Oranged-Cranberry-Sauce-2/Detail.aspx
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    homemade first christmas tree skirts (now with pics)

    (I've started to make a Christmas tree skirt last night, and it's a VERY simple rag quilt style. Does anyone have pictures of their tree skirt. Shot in the dark here since I bet they're packed way until the end of November I'll post pictures once mine is done.
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    when does the tail feather curl on a drake?

    I have 5 fawn and white runners and 3 cayuga, all 8 weeks old. I think we have 4 drakes... but not real sure. They're pretty wild critters, don't like to snuggle or anything so catching them to seperate them one at a time to hear their voice is pretty difficult.
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    What breed is this Roo?

    This guy is some what older, has spurs about 1.5 inches long that have been clipped back. With that kind of growth he has to be at least 2 I would think. He's not our rooster, by choice. He comes from across the street every morning to be with our girls, then goes home every night at dusk. He's...
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    Why did the chicken cross the road? I have the answer

    The joke that has as many answers as there are people on this fine planet, Why did the chicken cross the road? There are several funny answers and others not so funny but today I come to you with a story of truth. I had a couple roosters with my 18 hens at the time. One of the roosters was like...
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    naked necks on not NN chickens

    My 3 yr old white rocks (none of the other birds) are getting naked necks. they all roost on the roost built to be a roost, 2x4 with 4" side up, right next to each other. Production has really died off, from 12 a day to 6 from 16 birds, and I'm seeing some feathers around the coop. Could this be...
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    can you raise turkeys with ducks?

    The hatchery is shipping out our ducks and turkeys together but can they be in the same brooder? They will be in pens next to eachother once grown out due to the obvious hazard of turkey+pond=no thanksgiving dinner We figured that ducks were smarter and would teach the poults to eat and such...
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    made my order with Cackle!

    We're getting 3 cayuga and 4 fawn/white runners!!! They won't ship until 6/21 which was the earliest and coming with 4 royal palm and 4 burbon red turkeys. YAY! Wish they would get here sooner but then again that gives us time to build and tweek the new poultry castle Have any of you ordered...
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    are california valley quail legal

    I mean, do you need a permitt for them since they're a wild veriety? I think they're so much prettier than the A&M, cortrunix (sp?) etc. I was just thinking of haveing 1 rabbit hutch like set up for quail. DH loves pickled eggs and I thought the pickled quail eggs would be very cute in a relish...
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    pip 24 hours ago, no change!!!

    K it piped 24 hours ago and hasn't changed... no zip started and I can't hear peeping! What do I do, do I really have to wait it out???
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    is it worth it?

    Ok found someone with burbon reds selling eggs for $4 each... I don't have the goose/turkey egg trays for my bator though. Are turkey eggs hard to hatch, would be just be better off buying the chicks straight run from the feed store for $11 or what? DH and I are really wanting turkeys to raise...
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    First full incubator!! Bargain and Little_Gray_Bantam: PICTURES ADDED

    First time LOADING the bator!!! I even have 1 extra that I'm seeing how it will rotate stacked Set on 3/12 at noon! They're due on Good Friday... let's hope it is a Good Friday from Little_Gray_Bantam: 9 BMC 9 CM 2 BO/banty 12 banty mix From Bargain: 11 BCM All the chicks that hatched are...
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