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  1. maizey

    Will this work like I hope it will?

    I've had chickens for a few years now and I've recently been contemplating either adding to or replacing the chickens with ducks. I have a smallish backyard and keep the chickens in a chicken tractor. We live in a neighborhood with a nice sized lake that we live right next to.. My question...
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    Two broody clutches @ same time??

    I put some hatching eggs under a broody hen, just 5. 3 hatched yesterday morning, the very night before, I had a predator attack and lost my two favorites, of course. It just so happens that I had a second hen go broody a week or so ago, and she's not sitting on anything that will ever hatch...
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    "Antique" incubator gqf 800

    I was given a gqf model 800 cabinet incubator. It needs cleaning, but seems to be in working order. I haven't been able to find any info about it online, anyone have any experience with this dinosaur? It was free, so I'm determined to give it a go! Additionally, is there a substitute for...
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    Livestock guardian dogs in the deep south?

    Just out of curiosity, does anyone in Dixieland own lgd's and if so, what breed? I have NEVER laid eyes on a great pyrenees type dog in Alabama, nor seen them for sale in local adds that I peruse fairly regularly. I know follks must use dogs here as livestock guardians, but no idea what...
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    What's up with my yolks?

    I boiled a dozen for deviled eggs and as I was slicing them open, I realized that not one single egg had the yolk anywhere near the center of the egg. They were all up in the pointed end of the egg, even though i stored them pointy end up. My deviled eggs all have the cavity where the yolk...
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    Chigger bites! Help?!

    Hubby and I have been looking at property to build our dream farm on and I went out to look at one the other day myself. in addition to having a very large cell tower in close proximity , it also had chiggers! I came home and bathed when I saw them on me but didn't get home in time to prevent...
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    Take a look at this egg shell

    My 3 girls (barred rocks) are going on 9 months old. Have been laying steady since early march, pretty consistent egg a day. Have had a couple of glitches from one bird.. had a double yolker, and a shelless egg but other than those two occasions, all is good. I found this today. I cant...
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    Blue egg=blue egg LAYER?

    Simply must have a blue egg layer. if I buy a clutch of blue eggs to incubate, how sure am I to get hens from those eggs that will in turn lay eggs the same shade of blue as the ones I buy? Is there another way to ensure that eggs or chicks will turn out to be blue layers? Is it EEs or...
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    I've just been dog cussed by a chicken

    We are supposed to be getting major storms this evening. They even let school out early so everyone could get home and get battened down. I had supper ON THE TABLE by 4:30 and everyone is fed and washed and ready. I decided I had better go lock the girls up too, even though we have two good...
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    Old timer chicken lore

    My parent used to own a family grocery store in rural area. My dads grandfather established it and handed it down through the years so my father literally grew up in that store. He told me recently that bananas used to come in on a stalk and were cut off it to sell and the old folks used to...
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    first wierdy egg pics

    well, i got my first wierdy egg the other day. found it under the roost too, so it might qualify as a farty wierdy egg. We had some massive thunder in the middle if the night so I have to wonder if they were peacfully sleeping, with the rain drumming on the coop roof then all of a sudden...
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    Words with friends?

    Anyone want to play? Its my other addiction..besides byc and chickens.
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    Gardeners: chicken poop tea?

    I know you can make worm casting tea for a great fertilizer but could you do something similar with chicken poop? I was thinking of putting a couple of scoops of fresh poo into a large watering can, filling it with water and letting it sit for a few days and then pouring it on. I know composted...
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    Too sweet for words

    This will tug at your heart strings
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    ? How do you change the title of one of your posts oh duh, so thats it

    Ive see the subject/title of a post changed by the op to reflect changes in circumstances...for example " update, pics added" will appear on the posted titles...how do you edit a post title? I've looked and looked.
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    Odd duck showed up, UPDATE pics of a buddy!

    Well the duck isnt odd...only it's circumstances. This white duck just showed up in our neighborhood lake. Don't know if he arrived by choice or chance but he's ( or she?) is all alone, swimming around one particular area of a 22 acre lake, and quacking a lot. I don't know ducks, but chickens...
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    Catchy little Irish tune

    Heard this song for the first time last night and thought it was too sweet not to share with fellow animal peeps. If it doesn't make you tap your foot, then somethings wrong with your tapper <>
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    Interesting protein source?

    Crawfish....the boy went down to the lake and came back with a bucket of crawfish. Asked if the chooks would like them....turns out they did...a lot. Sound ok to y'all? The lake is in the center of our neighborhood..it's clean enough, probably some run off from traffic and yards, but it's...
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    An Irish blessing for st pats

    "may those that love you always love you. For those that don't love you, may God turn their hearts. If He doesn't turn their hearts, may He turn their ankles, So you know them by their limping" A bit of blarney on this saint patricks day to all. Have a happy, and lucky day!
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    nest making clue

    All 3 of my gals have started laying within the last 3 weeks and Im getting an egg a day from all now. One thing that I noticed, that I don't remember reading about is nest making. A day or two before laying their first egg, they made a nest. i had nesting material and litter in the coop...
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