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    Why do you hunt bears? (if you do)

    as I've been watching a bbc programme called 'the bear family and me' and bears seem relatively harmless and friendly on most occasions, i understand if you might shoot one because it's trespassing your property but why actively hunt for bears if they don't bother you?
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    OMG just watched ''Food Inc.''

    it's quite shocking some of the things it exposes and how much authority some companies have in controlling farmers and crops being grown
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    EVER eaten a polish or silkie chicken?

    and what was it like? i believe the silkie has a slightly fishy taste to it...don't know why haha
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    Round up all the Line Breeding PROs- top tips

    Hi, I've read up on line-breeding but on the forum there doesn't seem to be much on it and I was thinking it would be good to round up all the opinions from all the experienced people on this forum, I read you have to cull hard but what do they mean exactly? do you cull them when they're chicks...
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    Help sex my silkies pleaseeee or I'll have to cull them

    I'm not sure what they are as if they aren't pullets noone wants them and they'll be culled, maybe now so not as much feed is ''wasted''
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    Sex-linked Silkie?

    I had a black silkie cockerel crossed with a buff silkie and we ended up with some partridge, buff and black. I'd just like to ask if the colours are sex-linked? as in the blacks are male because they look quite like the father and the buffs are females like the mother? does anyone have...
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    Placing week old incubator eggs under recently broody hen?

    Hi all, Just wanted to ask if anyone has tried this? as I have 5 eggs that have been in the incubator for a week and a half and would like to place them under my hen which just became broody today and was wondering whether it'll work as she'll only have to sit on them for another week and a half...
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    Adding plaster of paris as a source of calcium into chicken feed?

    hi all, just wanted to ask would it be safe to add in say 100g to 5kg mix of feed as a source of additional calcium? as far as i know, P.O.P is heated gypsum and it's used to make tofu so should be quite harmless if added in a small amount making up about 2% of the chicken feed? thanks
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    what sex are my 3 silkies? (pics incl.)

    they're about 4 months old now, I think the black one is a roo as it acts like one and i feel the other two are girls but i have doubts thanks!
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