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  1. mamamage

    Rooster Advice

    Good morning! I have an EE roo who i absolutely adore. hes great with kids and anyone that comes on our property! hes also a great guy to my hens and is always on the lookout for danger, and food for them! which is why im so torn on what to do about him tearing up my girl's backs. hes just one...
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    when my hen goes broody..

    you guys! im ready to hatch chicks FINALLY, i dont have an incubator so im going to try the old fashioned hen hatching method! i have a few questions.. 1. when my hen goes broody, should i move her straight the broody pen that i have set up? 2. should i let her sit a few days to show me that...
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    incubators!!

    please tell me about the fanciest most expensive luxury incubators out there. i want to get an incubator that is as hassle free as possible! i really want one that will control humidity for me if that's possible?
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    will they ever be a "flock"?

    I got my 9 month old heritage bronze tom some ladies finally! they're around 6 months old. they're heritage bronze too! he was very lonely, or so i thought...since i had gotten rid of his brother about a week before i got these ladies. it had only been him and his brother with my flock of...
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    local to SC/GA?

    i'm looking to buy some heritage bronze hens and was hoping that someone could point me in the right direction.
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    huge transition?

    good morning everyone!! im wanting to make a little (big?) change to my little homestead. i have two 9 month old toms, and i love them dearly. they're inseparable. but my husband and i really love turkeys and want to get more! we raised these two guys from when they were 3 days old and im not...
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    is he even a rooster!?

    so a week ago we got rid of our head rooster. (he's not the one in the picture, more on him below..) he was the poster child for the perfect rooster to our flock. he was protective, attentive and just all around a dominant protective daddy. we had to re-home him because he constantly tried to...
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    chick days

    who else is counting down the days until tractor supply chick days!? this year i'm gonna get some bantams! if i remember correctly, tractor supply just offers "assorted batams"? how would i be able to find out what kind of bantams are in that bantam bin? i think chick days start in my area next...
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    Rough Integration :/

    so i have some 3 month olds integrated in with my 9 month olds, and i did the puppy playpen method for a few days. when i let them all out together the bigs did totally fine with the littles! they did the normal pecking (nothing too serious) and seemed to not mind the babies at all really. but...
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    wheezing?

    is it normal for a rooster to wheeze when he's done crowing? like he does a huge crow and then breathes back in and it sounds like a wheeze. he's been crowing a while and i've never noticed it, but i just may have missed it..? he seems fine though. :confused:
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    advice needed

    i have 6 week old chicks still inside. they really need to go outside now but the nighttime temps get around 33 degrees. what should i do to acclimate these little guys? they've been off the heat plate for several weeks now, and the room they're in stays around 65.
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    need a chick fix?? :)

    my chicks have arrived! if you saw my post yesterday about them shipping on monday, then you know that they had already made it down south on yesterday morning!! well as soon as i made that post, i got a call that they had arrived at my post office!!!!!! :eek: this was SUCH a surprise to...
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    they're on their way!!

    my babies shipped out from OH last night on their way to SC!! im so excited! this is our second order from MyPetChicken.com. as of 7:59am they had already made it down here to columbia SC :celebrateso im expecting to pick them up tomorrow. i ordered 8 again this time. i got 3 easter eggers, 2...
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    laid while on the roost

    hey everyone! i went out to collect a couple eggs a minutes ago, and i noticed that a very teeny tiny egg had been laid while someone was on a roost! all of my hens are first timers, and everyone else (5 of my girls so far) has been laying in the nest boxes! i mean this egg was TINY so i could...
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    Muscovy owners!

    hello everyone! im looking for some info and some stories (good and bad), from some people that own muscovy ducks! i want to see your brooder set ups, and also hear about their behavior and any other info you would like to share about them! im stocking up on all my research now in hopes to raise...
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    MY FIRST EGG!!!!

    oh my goodness guys, my first egg in the next box this morning!!! my first real egg was egg bound in my chicken and had to be removed. (left) and the right one is my first real nest box egg :celebrate do you guys know who could have laid this egg? the light tan one is from one of my barred...
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    margaret and her prolapse aftermath

    so margaret is doing great after her huge eggbound/prolapse ordeal, but i noticed this morning that she's still a little prolapse. i washed her real good and gave it a spray down with vetricyn, lubed her up and pushed it back in and it looked great! then she pushed to poop and it came back out...
  18. mamamage

    PLEASE HELP!!!

    my hen has tried to have an egg and it's hanging out of her body in what looks like a sac!!! what can i do?!?
  19. mamamage

    SOMEONE HELP!!!!

    my hen has tried to have an egg and it's hanging out of her body in what looks like a sac!!! what can i do?!?
  20. mamamage

    Boy or Girl?? :)

    hey everyone! i know i may still be early to tell, but my bronze turkeys are almost 12 weeks old! i'm dying to know if they're male or female, wanna take a guess? :)
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