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    chick missing

    Just wanted to share my very bizarre and maybe a bit nasty story. I don't know what exactly happened, I'm just glad it is one of the males I wasn't planning on keeping that is missing. So I went to check on the chick this morning and one had escaped but it was a male, I was very tired and...
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    runt chick

    Currently breeding out my pair of cuckoo bantams. This one is one of my reject males. I am going to keep him to see what he turns into but he's a male, not as strong as his siblings and he has a really strange face marking. One side is grey but the other side is white. Unfortunately I lost my...
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    How old are they

    Ok so a bit of backstory, this year I got into chicken keeping again and I hatched 5 hens from eggs. While they were growing up I decided to get a group of adult hens that were already laying eggs. So I got 3 dutch bantams to join my other 5. These 3 new ones were sold as 1 year old. They...
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    How do I do it

    Hi everyone, I know this is a stupid question regarding how to dispatch my cockerels as I know how to but I am putting it off. So far I have put 2 of them to sleep but I feel like I need to move on to snapping their neck or not, I don't know. Two males need to go, they are just crowing non stop...
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    mice

    just thought I'd show you what I saw on the news happening in Australia. Never seen anything like it. Just imagine you'd bought $60,000 worth of grain or hay and then watch the video. OMG, puts people's problems and the effects of global warming into perspective...
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    walk in run vs low level run

    Hi, I am considering making a walk in run. It will require some material to make it, I might have to buy more netting, it will take time to make it and I know it would be easier to check on my chickens but is it worth it? It would involve raising my current run onto a 4 foot platform which would...
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    Meet Sir-sleep-alot

    So unfortunately sir-sleep-alot did not have a good hatch, he hatched by himself but he was a day late and he was very weak. Had curled toes and couldn't stand on his own. He was born 2 days ago and I am adding a small documentary to keep me motivated to save him. It's been 2 days of non-stop...
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    how to ensure unrelated breeding stock

    Hello, so this applies to chickens but I am also curious about quail as quails only live for 2-3 years? LEts say you want a healthy breeding pair, they should be unrelated. So you get two unrelated quail, you breed them for 2 years and hatch out some quicks but then what? The parents pass on...
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    light

    Hi, so unfortunately I am in a situation where I only have 1 baby chick that hatched. More should be on the way soon but this guy is all alone for now. So I gave him heat, then I added a light as the box seemed a bit dark. I was going to turn it off at night but the chick started making the...
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    Incubator temperature

    ok so I know this question gets asked a lot and I know it is meant to be at 37.5 C but I came across a recent article stating that maybe 36.7 C (which is 0.8 degrees lower) is best. https://avicultura.info/en/five-incubation-control-points-to-improve-chick-quality/ The only reason we know that...
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    Fox proof door design

    Hello everyone, I'm wondering if anyone here is familiar with this fox proof door design. Excuse the bad drawing, I'm hoping it is understandable, the door is basically a few slats that the chickens can push to get in or out, much like a cat flap. This is attached to a board on a rotating pole...
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