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    Cold, Stiff baby rabbits.

    Does anyone know anything about rabbits? I have two Californian and New Zealand White Cross. They have just had their first litter of kits. Five were born. One died within a few days. Yesterday I went out to check on them (They live in an outdoor enclosure - the doe dug a burrow - didn't want...
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    NO ELECTRICITY how can i incubate

    Hi Everyone, Is there any way to incubate chicken eggs without electricity? We currently have load shedding in our country (basically our power is regularly turned off for 2 - 4 hours). Our climate is rather warm..can i wrap the eggs up in something to keep them warm enough? Would appreciate...
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    Sick wild Egyptian Goose

    Two mornings ago we found a female Egyptian Goose flapping around on the dirt road leading out of our farm. She doesn't seem to have any noticeable injuries but she can't walk and won't fly away. I've put her on a straw bed in my outside room away from my chickens in case she's sick and put...
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    Just lost my favourite girl

    I lost my favourite girl this morning. I've never been much of a bird person but when we moved onto the farm we had such a problem with ticks. I'd read that chickens were the solution. So I thought, 'Cool...pest control and free eggs...sounds simple enough.' Lol...boy was I wrong. I only...
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    Chicks are eating finisher feed...is that ok

    So most of my flock of Boschvelder chickens are over six months old and i found this new feed store close by my home...they sell broiler finisher pellets in bulk so it works out sooooo much cheaper. Only now I have 10 new hatchlings running around with their mamma and when I throw food out for...
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    Mycoplasma?

    Hi Does anyone have experience in dealing with Mycoplasma. I have about 40 Boschvelder chickens. Almost half the flock are my original birds and the rest are their chicks which are now about 3 or 4 months old. All of them free range during the day and then share a coop at night. I've noticed...
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    Snakes and scorpions??

    Hi everyone. I was just wondering how chickens fair against snakes and scorpions? I have Boschvelder Chickens and Silkies. Would they stand a chance against a Puff Adder? I've seen them killing and eating a few non venemous snakes here on the farm but a Puff Adder is something else. Thanks, T.
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    Hen was trampled by baboon!

    So about 4 days ago i found my hen, Gwen, hiding on the side of the nesting boxes with a swollen and bruised head...one eye slightly swollen and unfocused. I suspect a baboon might have squashed her head while trying to get to her eggs (it didn't get the eggs which have now hatched...i'm the...
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    Abandoned chicks?

    Hi everyone So over the last three weeks i've had chicks popping up all over the place. I kinda just let nature take its course and left the mothers to hatch and raise their own chicks. Unfortunately, only one of the hens chose to lay in the nesting boxes (i have now made the boxes more...
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    Hi...I'm new here

    Hi everyone. I've had chickens now for about 7 months and they've all grown well and are healthy and happy. I have 19 boschvelders and a few hatchlings on the way and two Silkies. The Silkies are younger than the boschvelders but they're all getting along. It's been an interesting and...
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