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    NE Missouri looking for delaware chicks

    I'm looking for a half a dozen delaware chicks to start as breed stock for a flock of meaties. I'd be open to older birds if the price isn't outrageous. I'd rather find some local than get some from Cackle. Anyone have any in the Franklin county, MO or surrounding areas?
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    What's up with this incubated egg???

    This egg is at 14 days incubation, checked them this morning and it was fine, came to turn them and just found it like this. When I candled it I saw the air sac and nothing but a full black egg. Pitch it?
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    Dog Attack!

    A dog broke into my chicken run and I found it chasing my youngish chicks into the pond, the rooster crowing is what alerted me. I pulled two 2 month old silkies out of the water both alive and floating. One ran off to the other chicks and the other laid on the ground and after disposing of the...
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    Crested duckling?

    So I let my little boy pick out a few ducklings yesterday and upon closer inspection today I think one may be crested? I surely hope not but its head is oh so subtly shaped differently than the others. Help?![/IMG]
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    How a chicken dying taught our family a life lesson

    Today the first chick I've ever had die drowned from wandering into the duck pen and falling into their pond. It was a 7 week old silkie that no one was too terribly attached to, but it was a tad sobering to grab the poor thing out of the water and have to dispose of it. After calling my husband...
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    Integrating a mixed flock

    Hi! I had this elsewhere and was advised to post here in the hopes of some more accurate advice! My husband and I, after a few years of bouncing the idea around have gotten our first flock! We jumped in all the way and got 8 chicks and 3 ducklings who range between 3 and 4 weeks old. They were...
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    Integrating a mixed flock

    Hi! My husband and I, after a few years of bouncing the idea around have gotten our first flock! We jumped in all the way and got 8 chicks and 3 ducklings who range between 3 and 4 weeks old. They were in a brooder in our garage, until my husband completed their coop which has electric and we...
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