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    GOAT breeding question: Looking into CIDR/PG600 protocol for my acyclic ND doe. Jave a rented buck

    I may get more answers here than on BYH. So.. I have two ND does. One is 7.5 months, 1 is 18 months. I borrowed a buck from a breeder two weeks ago to breed my older doe. Thebdoe lived at the bbreeder's fsrm until 12 months of age but had never cycled. I have had her 6 months. She has still...
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    Which type of small predator that fits thru a 1" gap did this?

    First....no pics....apologies! My tearful daughter insisted I bury her immediately & show her respect (of no pics) Second, this happened to a pigeon, but it could have been a bantam hen...please don't distinguish, chicken people. My first predator attack ever was last night, on a broody pigeon...
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    Size & shape of a guinea hen's first couple eggs? And, what is this thing my hen hatched?

    My guinea started laying about a month ago. I never realized where her eggs were being laid (the flock is confined for the winter & she's the only guinea), till a little chick hatched under my OEGB, hiding under the nestboxes, that could possibly be half guinea. I found half the eggshell, it's...
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    What Breed or GENUS am I? I may be half keet!

    This little chick, or chickish thing, was hatched out this morning. S/he's sparkling snow-white with a trace of lavender, white belly, white throat. She hatched out pinky-carrot and somewhat wedge-shaped in the head... hmmm... I can't find the eggshell to save me, as it was in the coop, with a...
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    HELP with Brinsea Minis, please-Answer is EASY, just check your unit!

    I have 4 working Minis, 2 Eco, 2 Advance. I've hatched 50 times in these, and I'm having a big Dumb moment, now --PLEASE!! someone, which way do the fans go, with the sticker facing toward you as you look into the dome top, or away, where you see only a black square in the center? I have new...
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    Selling a few of my BEI drakes locally

    I hatched out my first--and only-- duck brood this past June. I raised 6 BEI drakes from 6 shipped eggs. These are my only ducks, and I'd hoped for a couple pairs. At this point, My duck run & house & pool has room for 4, but not 6. I want to sell two drakes locally and would like them to stay...
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    Buff Ameraucana Pair, direct fr. John Blehm, 20 weeks, Western PA

    I have a nice pair that were shipped as chicks from John Blehm. The cockerel is friendly and follows me, both birds are fairly easy to handle. Raised on organic feed. Clean, healthy, I use DE in feed & in their coop. PICKUP or MEET only. Allegheny County, Clarion County, or Fayette County, PA...
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    New birds brought in last week with respiratory problems. MG? Bluecomb? What to do & how?

    Symptoms will be highlighted in blue . These are all the symptoms I've seen so far. I brought in a flock of 6 D'Anvers last week from a breeder a couple hours away. The birds started making sounds like gurgling & throwing up about halfway home. It was too late in the day for us to turn back. I...
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    Parlor roller pair is setting third time on eggs. Still nulliparous. Why?

    Okay, I don't know if that term applies to squeakerless pigeons, but they haven't had any luck brooding. This is my only pair. They're about 9 months old now. Had them since 3 months. They set 2 eggs in April, gave up after 3 weeks, and I candled. Nothing in the eggs. Clear. No development...
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    At what age can you put them on whood shavings?

    I have my second batch of keets now, one week old. Several of my first batch died from eating wood shavings, under a broody hen. They're on paper towels. At what age do you think it's safe to put well-aired pine shavings in the brooder or growing out cage? Whoops! Whood shavings !:)
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    My light Brahma-- Boy or girl? Think about 8 weeks, not sure.

    I got her from a breeder friend at a swap meet who said she's probably a pullet. She pinked up in the comb withing three days after I got her. She's remained the same shade of pink. THe center row of her pea comb is definitely above the other two, but I only know this distinction from sex of...
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    Call drake quacks loudly & a lot?

    My call is about 18 weeks old and I got him as a "drake" from a poultry swap at 6 weeks. He moulted into green head plumage a month ago and has dun spots on white on his back, with a slightly curling tail --male, right? He has always quacked. He gets quackier every day. No hissing, just loud...
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    Duckling with Serama peeps? Broody hen has both

    I had a broody hatch out 3 tiny "A" size Serama peeps and the same day went to Chickenstock with my DD & came home with a day-old call duckling & an EE peep. The broody accepted the newcomers, and she's now covering 5 --the 3 seramas & the duckling & EE, who are 2-3 times their size. Will...
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    Guinea Keets dying--why? Danger to my chicks?

    I hatched 6 Guinea keets and 3 Polish Crested (bantam) on the same day & have them in a brooder together. They had a broody hen but I removed her, because the keets were sick. Symptoms: Not eating enough or stopping eating, sleepy, have little balance.. Can stand but sometimes run into...
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    Keets dying, help, Please!!

    I hatched 6 Guinea keets and 3 Polish Crested (bantam) on the same day & have them in a brooder together. They had a broody hen but I removed her, because the keets were sick. Symptoms: Not eating enough or stopping eating, sleepy, have little balance.. Can stand but sometimes run into...
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    Broody chicken fired for bad job mothering the keets

    I incubated 6 guinea eggs to point-of-zip & whisked them under two broody hens to let them hatch. All the keets hatched. Broody "A" is a Polish Crested, Broody "B" is a Belgian D'Anver (of the avatar). Both have a great track record with multiple mothering successes. Broody "A" hatched out...
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    My Brinsea Mini quite on Day 14--- Egg surface temps down to 80F this morning --opinions??

    I had 4 Gold Laced Bantam Polish ($$ eggs!) and 3 Guineas on Days 14 & 21 of development respectively. I had a Brinsea Mini Advance, that had had a computer board that died last year. I just replaced the computer board two weeks ago (Brinsea asks $79 for replacement boards, btw). They were...
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    Beginner's egg & setting questions... Parlor Roller pair

    I've had a pair of pigeons for about 6 months. New to this pair. I traded my pigmy pouter pair ( from a swap meet) for a parlor roller pair at a swap meet, and I've had this new pair for 3 weeks. I love them! ....SO... here's the situation. The pigeons have lived in an enclosed aviary which...
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    Beginner's egg & setting questions... Parlor Roller pair

    Can anyone recommend their one favorite book on pigeon raising? I have a pair or Parlor Rollers. Non-flying. First egg today.
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    Can I save this full-term embryo? It got cold. What will happen?

    I had a broody Ameraucana sitting on eggs for about 40 days. After she'd been broody about 2 weeks (and I not planning she should hatch--had her on ceramic dummy eggs), I ordered serama eggs & set them in the incubator, since the Ameraucana was a first-time broody. I moved the broody into the...
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