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    Introducing the baby chickens to the big flock

    We introduced the new chicks (Aussie loops) at 20 weeks to the flock like we always do, put them in there in the middle of the night in the henhouse. This always worked in the past for us… but this time it did not work! They ran out at dusk, and have not been backin! They’re sleeping by the...
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    Guinea fowl be raise with chickens?

    We have 9 18 week old guineas that live next door to our 30 chickens and 2 Rosters. A guinea keeps flying over to the chicken side. It is getting crazy to keep having to catch her and put her back. We are thinking of just taking the fence between all of them? Any advise?
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    Guinea Fowl do best free ranging?

    We have 20 chickens 4 ducks all in an 1/4 acre enclosed area with an electic fence. We do have trouble with foxes around at night. From what I have read Guineas like to be able to fly around a lot. So I would like to hear, if other folks free range their guineas during the day and put them in a...
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    Too many Drakes?

    We have 4 female and 3 male Khaki Campbell’s. 2 males have started fighting, we have moved them to a smaller pond on our farm. Will they be ok there or should we try and relocate them to a near by lake with wild ducks?
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    What do your ducks eat? Do you add niacin to their diet?

    We have added 7 baby Khaki Campbell girl ducklings to our farm. They are a happy bunch swimming in the pond all times of the day and night! They have a separated fenced in area from the chickens with a pond and grassy area to themselves. They are 10 weeks old now we have been feeding them non...
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    Some thing is eating our eggs?

    Everyother day or so there is one egg in the bunch with a pecked in hole and the egg sucked out? Any ideas on what predictor this could be? Snake, mouse or what ?
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    Chickens egg production way down

    We have 36 chickens and too many Rosters 6,the flock was getting stressed out. So we thinned the heard to 2 rosters then 1 died . So we are down to 1 roster he seems happy now . Also the chickens are molting. I am down from getting 10 eggs a day to 1 to 2.it has been 8 weeks now. The weather is...
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    Raising chicks over the winter months any advise?

    One of our hens showed up with 14 chicks to our surprise! We fixed up a pen for her and her babies.we are adding a heat lamp. Any other advise would be appreciated!
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