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    How sensitive are duck feet?

    I'm wanting to try to keep my Runner Ducks out of a small area of ferns and hosta. I've already invested in two rows of landscaping pavers (approximately 14" tall) but they have no problem climbing right over. I was looking on the Gardners.com website and they are advertising a product called...
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    Beltsville Turkeys

    I have successfully raised several different breeds of chickens, runner ducks, and quail over the past few years as a hobby and wanted to try out turkeys. Since my space is limited, I decided to go with a smaller breed of turkey and after reading great things about the Beltsville hatching eggs...
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    Hanging CDs To Keep Hawks Away

    I've got my chicken run totally protected from above with avian netting. As it gets closer to school being out though, I'm thinking about letting my chickens free-range in the backyard. Since we have a pool, we will be outside most of the day and can watch for the hawks. (I figure with all...
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    Marble sized egg

    Both of my white leghorns have been laying good sized eggs for the past several months. However, once last week and again today I went to the nest box and found an egg the size of a marble. The one that was lain last week did not have a yolk inside it so I assume that the one I got today won't...
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    Incubator too hot

    I just put hatching eggs in my incubator yesterday. I had everything set perfectly at 99.5 degrees. Then, without me knowing it, the little brother of my son's friend turned up the temp on the incubator. This would have been around 8:30 last night. I didn't notice it until this morning...
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    What killed my chicken?

    Last May I became a chicken owner when I successfully hatched two silkie chicks with my third grade class. In July I increased my flock to six with the addition of four mail ordered silkie chicks. While I was raising the chicks indoors and after I moved my wonderful pets outside to their new...
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