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    Is this normal with his head?

    My 5 yr old peacock is sitting on various perches just seems to be staring. Is he really upset with a mouse in his house or is it something else? He pointed the mouse out to me running around yesterday. He doesn't want to bite our fingers like usual. He calls, struts his stuff, flies. In south...
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    Hog panel floor for tractor run

    I live in predator alley- coyotes, foxes, racoons,, packs of dogs... I really miss free ranging my chickens. I'm thinking of building a tractor. I've seen them with the sweep out, which is what we have on the coop & run. But ours is buried. Sitting on top the ground is not going to work neither...
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    Black shoulders dna feathers said male & female

    I sent in feathers for dna testing and the 1st time it said this black shoulder was a male. The 2nd time I sent it in said female. It's about 3.5 months old. Both parents are black shoulders. I hope the pictures show. This is the 1st time for me to post pictures! The other one has always...
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    Muscovy female normal eyes or problem

    I don't know if this is normal in a young female. She started getting the bumpy skin around her beak. I know females get it around their eyes too. I just wondered if this is normal looking or if I should give an antibiotic. She's in a temporary pen until we get a cold front to build her a good...
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    Daytime predator

    So we got a picture of a bobcat on a camera walking about 10 feet from our coop. But over the last month or so we have lost way too many chickens. I have larger chicken breeds too. I thought it was coon population out of control, but we have taken care of all of them & a couple possums that we...
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    White lump on chicken head

    I don't know if it helps, she's about 4 years old & vaccinated. No one else has it. She's acting normal. We are in a drought, over 100 degrees. She free ranges, in a large run & coop at night with hemp mulch. Thanks in advance for your help!
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    Need help sexing Muscovys please

    I don't know how old it is, I adopted it. Is it old enough to tell if it's a male or female? Thanks for your help!
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    Frizzle roosters?

    I think I have a couple of oops. I got 6 frizzles to go 3 each in my large aviaries hmm roosters kinda threw me for a plan. I guess I should not put a rooster in each with 2 chickens because they are all frizzles? Do they really successfully nest so this really is a problem? Since they were...
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    Hurricane approaching, temporary chicken housing

    We built a lean to shed coop for our 5 girls 14x5'. 2 lavender orps hang out together, buff orp is the informer, the boss white brahma raised from chick & buff brahma easy going. We will use tiedown straps, but we never built anything before. I built a cage for our rabbit not in use from those...
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    Hurricane prep for diamond doves cage size

    I am trying to prepare for hurricane season for our pets. I was wondering in a temporary cage for diamond doves, how many can be safely placed in a cage 30 in long, 18 wide & 18 tall? My plan is to place the cage inside a bathtub and mostly cover with a cotton scrap fabric. I would hope any...
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    Is this a rooster? What type are they?

    1 is a lot bigger than the other now. Is it a rooster? I thought they were lavender orpington.
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