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    When and How to Introduce a New Bird?

    Hello, Here in the Dom. Rep. I have a newly built aviary with two healthy Guinea fowl, a male and a female, that I've had for about two years. I want to introduce another female. I'm thinking about doing it at roosting time. Any advice? What are chances of aggression, fighting, injury? And...
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    Guinea Fowl Preferred Diet and Fowl/Chicken Management

    Hello All, I live in the Dominican Republic and keep a small flock of two hens and one rooster in my coop on the back second floor patio. My flock is nicely settled. I added one guinea hen as a probe to observe before deciding to add more guinea fowl. Ideally, I'd like two guinea hens and one...
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    Pullet Gurgling Sound in Throat

    One pullet of five months respires with a loud gurgling sound in the throat. There are no other symptoms, behavioral or otherwise. And here in the Dominican Republic there are no vets, so I'm on my own. A quick google search indicates that it is a common symptom of respiratory infections in...
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    Guinea Fowl: First Thoughts

    Hello All, I have six pullets and two cockerels in my coop with a run here in the Dominican Republic. I have two breeds, known in Spanish as jabao and joco. I have posted pictures in other threads but no one has been able to identify them. Here they are common and known by everyone. They are...
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    Beginner Questions

    Hello All: Over the years, I've been on several forums. Customarily, it's one question per post. However, I have a small bunch of beginner's questions and I thought best to deal with them at once. I think the answers will be simple for you (but not for me!) (1) After hundreds of dollars and...
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    Any amateur microscopists here?

    Ditto: Any amateur microscopists here?
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    Microscopy as Tool: "Pest" Identification

    Here in the Dominican Republic it is common that when a Dominican finds any creepy-crawly that the cry “Parasito”! is raised and then one immediately goes to seek some medication. For me, the questions are: Is it benign? Is it pathogenic? Does it create behavioral problems? So when our “expert”...
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    Expert Problem Re: Sexing and Feed

    Hello All, I have 11 pullets, 2.5 months of age in an outdoor coop with 300 lbs. of soil for waste management that I turn over every day. I am from the U.S. and retired in the Dominican Republic. In Spanish my breed is referred to as jabao. I will do a separate post with pix for help with breed...
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    Any Other Fowl Possible for the Coop?

    Hello All, Let me introduce my question by way of an analogy to fish keeping. I used to keep African Cichlids. They are aggressive and territorial. However, there was the possibility of introducing dither fish. A dither fish is a fish that will peacefully co-exist with members of a different...
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    First Flock; First Sick Birds

    Hello, Here in the Dominican Republic, when you search for pullets, you take what you can get. I started with 10 pullets, about a month old. Spending a lot of time watching my birds, I could begin to distinguish normal from abnormal behaviour. There were a few who were listless, staying in the...
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    Buying Chickens in the D.R.

    Hello All, I am writing this post "just for fun." I want to apprise you of what it's like buying chickens in the Dominican Republic. Building my coop is a work in progress and slow at that. While that's going on I decided to find out where to buy my hens so that when my coop was ready, I'd be...
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    Thinking Outside of the Coop: Waste Management and Stimulation

    Hello All, I am now involved in coop planning and building. Living in Santo Domingo, the capital, (instead of a rural, agricultural area) of the Dominican Republic presents challenges, requiring that I jerry-rig many things that would not be issues in first world countries such as the U.S. I...
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    Introduction of New Member

    Hello All, I kept ten Rhode Island Reds and a bantam rooster in Massachusetts when I was a youngster. I understood basic care, the components of a chicken coop, etc. I am now 67 and retired and living permanently in the Dominican Republic. I am starting urban hen raising (3 only) and I have a...
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