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    Question about NPIP?UPDATE____bad news!!!!!!!!!!!

    Nice lady came out Monday and did the NPIP test. about half of our birds were positive. We have the clean ones in a new penaway from the others. She is coming back in two weeks to re-check. My question is.......we will be dispatching all positive birds and starting over with that half of...
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    New run and how many can one roo service?

    OK I am building a 30x30 chicken yard and new coop. I have 1 americauna rooster and there are gonna be 28 hens in there with him. (14 americauna, and the rest a few of 4 other breeds. Was wondering If he can keep that many fertile? I did not want rooster fights going on. but want to make...
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    Chicken run and coop in the woods?

    My blushing bride and I were out looking at the property a little while ago. (OK "the property sounds grand, we have 1 acre) The back corner is backed up by a horse pasture. It is about 20 ft of bout 15 year scrub pines around a couple old hardwoods. We were thinking of fencing in this to...
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    First time in the bator. we have babies!!!!!!!!

    We set Yesterday afternoon for the first time. We have ten of our own eggs in a Hovabator and the temp is holding about 97-98 (as high as I can get it) and the humidity is in the low 60s. We are mainly trying to figure out this process and see what happens. Learning is cool!!!!!!
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    Best way to seperate breeds?

    OK I am at max capacity in the coop and run as it is. 9 birds for 100 sq foot. (ok maybe I could get one more) But the problem is I have 3 ducklings, 4 sexlink, 2 cochin, 3 old english bantums, and 2 mystery white bitties in the brooder. I know I know, we got happy with the bitties...
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    Coturnix incubating questions

    Hi! We have had a trio of Coturnix quail for a couple weeks now and one is laying a egg a day now. Either that or they are taking turns! LOL We are wanting to incubate some eggs and this will be our first time to do any eggs. We have a Hovabator (no fan) with the turner for chicken eggs...
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    new laying box setup

    We ran out of room in the roosting area and needed to get the laying box out. I took some old stuff in the shed and put this together. I used some tubs for laying boxes so we can pull them and wash them out if needed. My teenage girls helped me out like they did when we built it. I love...
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    Will a broody RIR set on quail eggs?

    I was wondering has anybody had any luck with letting a broody hen set quail eggs mixed in the chicken eggs? We have RIR barred rocks and sexlinks. The quail are courtinx.
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    Pecking order question.....

    We pretty much doubled our flock in the last 3 days. We are up to 10 total. We expanded the coop/run and got newbies. Alot for the original group to handle I guess. Anyway.....the pecking order finding ritual is running its course I guess. The question is, we have two groups now that do...
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    We now have guineas!

    Thought I would brag a little. We got them from the feed store at about 3 inches tall. Kept them in the brooder with two of our chicks and a free mystery chick I was given. They hang out with the brooder mates and are really cool critters! One question, one has white feathers on it's wings...
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    please identify my hen

    I am smaller than a barred rock of the same age (3 mo).
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    Baby Flying Squirrel......help please.

    I went to my sons house yesterday and they had a baby flying squirrel in a hamster/crab cage????? I got to feeding it and volunteered to take it. We have the powdered kitten milk and a tiny bottle for it. We have a heat lamp close to the cage for warmth. It has its hair and it crawls up your...
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    Egg stealing snake

    OK My darling wife has noticed that there has been a severe drop in the number of eggs from our 3 hens. Then the other day there was a snake in the back yard and the min pin was going bolistic on it. Then today she saw out the window a snake dropped out of the coop from about 3 feet and the...
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    How to introduce 12 week olds to the flock

    I have an established flock of 3 hens and a roo of Barred rocks. I have a couple of 12 week old hens (1br and a mystery) and a few guinnees. I am assuming it is time to introduce them to the flock and am not sure how to go about doing this. we have been letting the two hens out to feed and...
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    Pigeons for food.

    My buddy found a OLD book the other day about raising pigeons for food. Does anyone still do that? Is the meat good? What breed is good for eating and how do you find them? We were discussing this as an alternative food source for tough times and possibly helping others that are going thru...
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    please help identify my chick......

    Went and got some guinees the other day from the feed store and they threw in their last chicken. They were not sure what it is and i sure don't know.
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    Baby chick questions

    We need some advise please. Mama and 6 chicks are in the brooder. The youngest chick is a week old. Mama has started laying again.When can we let them out of the brooder? How do we do this best for the chicks? How do yall handle this?
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    Help needed Bobwhite chicks

    I found a guy selling bobwhite quail from day old up to 3 weeks old. .45 cents to .70 cents a piece. I am going that way tomorrow evening and need a crash course in quail. I have a brooder with a hen and 6 chicks in right now but can keep quailk indoors till brooder is empty. I have...
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    6 chicks and counting!

    we are confused but really excited! She was sitting 10 eggs all layed within 4 days. 11 days ago mama hatched her first chick. 4 days ago she had #2 and one a day since. Today we counted 6 total................ and 6 eggs!!!!!!!!!!!!!! We don't know which ones are new. Did not think she...
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    Quail coop questions

    OK I am fixing to redo my chicken coop and am thinking of getting some quail to raise also. I have no idea what kind of quail pen to build. Clueless! Any links or pics would be great. I will probably be looking at a dozen at most to start off. Maybe more later.
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