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    Help, what is this weird little bird?

    We bought 4 Bantams and all but this one ended up dying. Can you give me a clue what the heck its breed is?
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    Help! Dark Wing needs a home in Dallas Texas

    Dark Wing is a 1 year & 5mo. old mallard drake (I also have 3 female ducks and 7 chickens) He will not leave my chickens alone. We have a large backyard that the birds free range but he chases them down and rips out their feathers. He tries to grab the chickens by the neck and shake them. He...
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    Help! Flies!

    In spring I found my coop and run were infested with fire ants. I asked for help and found it, so now I turn to you, my chicken loving family. How do I get rid of a fly infestation. We were using wood chips and then hay in our coop and run, we saw we had a small fly problem. So we switched to...
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    My Sister Told me.....

    You can't hard boil fresh chicken eggs. But she didn't say why. Does anyone know? I also wondered how long it's safe to keep eggs if you do refrigerate compared to if you don't refrigerate. Any information you have would be greatly appreciated.
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    Fire Ants in my coop

    I was using wood shavings in my coops ( I have 2, one for chicks and 1 for ducks) because I was having trouble with flys, I did research and found the sand method which helped cut the fly problem in half. I did that about a month ago, last week I was changing out the feed and water dishes and...
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    My 11 week old Cochin Bantam was attacked by my 4 full size ducks.

    My rooster, Morse, was attacked by the 4 full sized ducks. Our Chickens are housed above our ducks and apparently there was a gap in the floor we missed. This happened some time between 3 am and 11 am. As far as I can tell Morse has lost a lot feathers, has some slight bruising and was wet for...
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    Hello

    Howdy, I am TrixieBlue, Trixie for short. I am new to chicken and duck raising and I know that knowledge is power. So why not become more knowledgeable with help! I live in Texas and I have 12 birds. Four of which are ducks.
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    Is it Cochin, and what gender?

    Hi, I bought what was supposed to be 8 Wyandot pullets. My daughter hand picked the first 7 and hubby was getting impatient. He told the clerk to just grab the last one. I believe I may have a Cochin cockerrel but not having another bird to compare with and being a first time chicken Mom I just...
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