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    Got an adult flock of guninea fowl. What will they do next?

    I have newly acquired a flock of 6 guineas. 1 male and 5 hens. I had them in the barn for a few weeks when it was cold outside. Now I have them in a chicken tractor. I'd like to let them loose because I got them to eat the tics on my lawn. Will they go back into the chicken tractor if I let...
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    What kind of bird laid this?

    This is from a friend of mine who has guineas, geese (they dont' seem to be laying and its small for a goose egg I think)....and turkeys (only one male)....and hens all ove the place. Its very hard ... the egg on the left is the egg in question and the egg on the right is a typical hens large egg.
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    Chicken behavior during a total solar eclipse, Faroe Islands

    I saw this on Reddit this morning and thought I would share it here. The rooster is hilarious. http://kvf.fo/netvarp/sv/2015/03/20/20150320orkymladarhonur?fb_action_ids=10205380822553976&fb_action_types=og.likes&fb_ref=.VQyXM0RVZYE.like
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    Pitfalls and selling points of selling fertile eggs in Spring

    Every year I go thru this with the hens. I have a bunch of first year layers that are laying now. they have beautiful eggs but sometimes they have a little string of blood or blood spot. I'm pretty sure it has to do with getting ready to have baby chicks behavior. I don't really think its a...
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    Emergency..clipped chicken's lower beak...now she won't stop bleeding

    My ameracuana hen has scissorbeak and I tried to clip the bottom beak b/c it kept growing out so she couldn't eat properly. She has been bleeding for a few hours. Its a slow drip from her lower beak. Ihave her in a chicken cage downstairs and I keep wiping her off. I have soft food and water...
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    Adding an electric fence around old poultry net fencing?

    I have 2 long lengths of poultry netting which I've used for about 4 years with no issues. This year I have a fox family in the area that I am trying to trap and a neighbor's new dog that has been coming over. Plus some of the hens have figured out how to push their heads under the fence and...
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    zero hatch in my bator??

    I started my first hatch of my own barnyard mixes last month when the weather was fairly cold. I collected the eggs as quick as I could, going down to the nests every few hours. jI live in Western NY and the winter here has been brutal. The polor vortex was really a factor here. I have two...
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    Adirondack Cabin life

    Found this interesting blog about living in the Adirondacks over the winter with cats, dogs and chickens. http://middleofthetrail.com/
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    hen on a nest in cold weather?

    I have a broody buff Orp who is determined to have chicks. She's been setting on other eggs in the coop and generally being a pest. She has wanted to have chicks for 2 years... I keep putting her in the chicken tractor when she gets broody during the warm seasons. But yesterday I was a...
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    What to do with two Roosters where one is dominate

    I recently bought two ameraucana roosters. I think the dark one is not pure ameraucana but close enough. I want to breed them with my hens some of which lay colored eggs to see if I get more colored layers next year. I have about 28 to 30 hens. The pure ameraucana roo (white roo) is very...
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    Interested in a colored egg project next spring

    A year ago my neighbor gave me his chickens b/c he was moving. He got them from McMurrary hatchery. His rooster was some kind of barred, long legged mutt with a pea comb that the hatchery passed off as an exotic. He had a pearl leghorn and several jersey giants and a buff orpington. I got...
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    Cockerels Unhappy about being seperated

    I have 5 five month old cockerels that I seperated this weekend from the pullets they were raised with. The pullets are orienting to the coop and the older hens. I kept one of the cockerels to be the lord of the coop. The other 5 I put in a temporary pen in the barn. I have an entryway that...
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    Hen left the nest for 4 hours...are the eggs still good?

    I mistakenly shut up a brood hen in the barn for 4 hours before I found her. It was a cool evening...between 4 and 8 pm. Are the eggs still good? (She's been on them for about 3 days.)
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    Backyard Chickens for Beginners (Free Kindle edition)

    If you have a Kindle, this might be an interesting download http://www.amazon.com/Backyard-Chickens-Beginners-Choosing-ebook/dp/B0084HOC50/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1367613788&sr=1-1&keywords=backyard+chickens+for+beginners
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    What month do mature guinea hens begin to lay?

    I live in Western NY and I have two guinea hens that are over a year old. They get into the nest boxes and chatter away but don't lay eggs. They've been doing this since mid February. They laid eggs regularly last Fall. Will they lay anytime soon?
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    bloody egg

    My mom cracked one of my hens' eggs today before I woke up and told me it was very bloody. It had alot of red in it. I didn't get a chance to look at it b/c she gave it to Spencer, my dog. (he loved it). I check my hens several times a day. I can't figure out how this happened. I've...
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    New Product that makes this strange looking omelette on a stick

    I'm almost tempted to get one. But I like eggs the old fashioned way:
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    I made an egg Puff

    A friend of mine sent me a link to this recipe. the only difference was I didn't use fruit as a filling. We have asparagus coming in now in Western NY and so I made a simple microwave cheese sauce w/ chedder cheese and filled the egg puff with the asparagus cheese sauce...
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    Japanese rolled omelettes

    I've been trying to use my pullet eggs but the girls keep cranking out more and more of them. I have been eating omelettes almost every morning. I saw this video yesterday and thought this makes the simple art of making an omelette even more fantastic.
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    Poaching eggs with Cling Wrap

    I saw this today and will have to try it. I have cling wrap but not sure if its microwavable or not: http://www.b3ta.com/features/howtopoachanegg/ (Scroll down to the last method).
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