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    Anyone joining art-fight this year? 🎨

    For those that don't know its an online art "competition" where you draw other people's characters to earn points to beat the other team. Its not very serious It starts on 1/july but you can set up your profile now I joined last year and will be trying to draw a bit this year! I need to...
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    🐆Spot's homestead, chat and everything else thread

    I wasn't sure about starting this thread. I mean why don't I just post on the many other chat threads? But then I think of @ShrekDawg..... and remember its fine :lau I wanted to start this thread to post about whatever I am up to! Homesteading, crafts and being visually impaired 😆 . My...
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    Pikelet the spaniel with dog adhd (hyperkinesis)

    this is Pikelet she is a currently 9 months old, english springer spaniel. she has not been diagnosed by a vet yet but I am 99% sure she has hyperkinesis (dog adhd) I am starting this thread to keep track of her symptoms , etc and because hyperkinesis is extremely rare in dogs. There isn’t...
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    🐶The adventures of a little land shark with a job🦈

    this little land shark (name still pending) is a East German working line/DDR german shepherd who is going to (hopefully) grow up to be an assistance dog. Poor thing doesn’t know what she has signed up for yet :lau She is currently 9 weeks old
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    Dog thread!🐾

    A thread for people obsessed with dog so we can stop derailing other threads! :lau Doggy questions to get the thread going -do you do any dog sports or want to do any? -do you show dogs? -whats your favourite breed/what breed do you want to get? -introduce your dogs @fluffycrow...
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    Thinking about breeding chickens (crested cream legbars), questions

    In a few months I am hoping to get some crested cream legbars and I was thinking of breeding them to the SOP, but I am not sure with my limited space that it would be really possible. The questions -how many coops of what size do you think I would need? brooders? I would love to hear about...
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    Can you tell if a breeders autosexing chickens aren’t bred for autosexing?

    I am looking in to getting I autosexing breed, probably crested cream legbars. But I am a bit worried about getting them then finding out I can’t actually sex them as chicks since the breeder wasn't breeding for it. I will ask they breeder if they do breed for it, but I was wondering if there is...
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    Highest protein feed I can find is 22%

    I am in the uk and it seems impossible to find good quality unmedicated feed with high protein. This is the best feed I have found so far for my coturnix quail https://www.smallholderfeed.co.uk/products/poultry/turkey-starter-crumbs/ Analytical Constituents Crude Protein: 22.0% Crude Fats...
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    Do you think its okay to breed a crossbreed dog in this situation?

    please note: in the UK dogs that help people with disabilities are called assistance dogs not service dogs I have a giant schnauzer cross Labrador, Fanta who is currently 6 months old so I still have a long time before decisions need to be made! She is in training to be my assistance dog and...
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    Stairs or ramp to get a large breed puppy out of the car?

    I have a 5 month old puppy (lab cross giant schnauzer). She is getting too big for me to pick up to get her in and out the car, also she hates it. I was looking in to getting a ramp for her but a lot of people say that their dogs hated them. All the ones that seem good for large dogs are...
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    Seramas do they really need special treatment?

    I am looking at maybe getting some Seramas, do they really need a heat lamp/be indoors in winter? At the coldest which isn’t often it gets to 0c. I don’t know what size they will be
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    Why do my chickens need a coop if my quail don’t?

    I was wondering why chickens need a coop while my quail don’t, I can understand in places that get very cold, but in more mild weathered places, Is a coop really necessary? I have a roofed run so it would be dry
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    How bad is it to only have 2 chickens?

    I got 7 chicks only 2 of them turned out to be pullets, my plan was to have 3 pullets wait a year or so then maybe add about 3 more. Should I add more sooner? also if I get more from the same place I got the chicks do I need to quarantine them?
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    How did she manage this?! (Baby guinea pigs)

    One of my guinea pigs (Kajima) had a litter last night of 4 little guinea pigs, okay thats fine, BUT she had a litter 9 weeks ago (4 of July) I am pretty sure the father was removed before she gave birth, the only males she has been near since then was her son who was removed at 4 weeks old...
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    Pekin with odd comb

    One of my pekins has an odd looking comb compared to the other pekins, is it not a single comb? Is he not pure pekin? I can get better pictures if needed
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    Old sewing machines

    I have started restoring (or at least trying to) old hand crank sewing machines. I have 4 well, technically 5 but one of them is a old childs (maybe?) one that is coated in plastic so I don’t like counting it as one. I have 1 singer forgot what it is, Jones not really sure which one, metal...
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    Red wattles on 3 week old pekins

    Most of my 3 week old pekins have small red wattles does this mean they are definitely male? I will try to get pictures later
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    It’s welcoming me, even though I am not new

    This is appearing at the bottom of the front page, just under the new threads thing
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    Pekin bantam colours

    I got these chicks from someone, they might be mixture of colours, no clue what colour the parents are, I did get shown what the breeder thought chick 2 might look like it was barred, orange and white. any idea what colour they are? Chick 1 2 3 I have three of these, I thought they where...
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    Introducing 4 day old chicks

    I have one lonely chick (because it was the only one to hatch) we will be getting six new friends for it soon, do I need to do anything special to introduce them? They are all about 4 days old
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