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    Ready to jump into meat chickens! Where did you buy your chicks?

    I did not hatch out enough chicks this year and as such I have 4 roosters that need to go but that won't feed the family for the year :D. So I am ready to jump into meat chickens! Where do you buy your chicks? I am now pricing them out and am finding such a difference in price and...
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    Happy New Year to me!

    Found two turkey eggs in the coop today! I was so surprised, I did see one of my Tom's doing a tap dance earlier in the week. I think the birds are all messed up in our crazy winter weather, 40 today and raining. When it wasn't raining I was out with no coat on (unheard of here in Mn on the...
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    The wait for eggs in the mail.

    I am figuring out I am not a patient person. I should feel this excitement for Christmas yet it is the eggs somewhere in mail land that has me super excited. They shipped right away on Monday and the tracking has not left any indication where in the world they could be after Tuesday. And the...
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    Dog sitting when the dog broke!

    So this dog is my friend's baby. Seriously gets treated better than my kids. He is older 13 or 14 and joy of joys she trusts me to take care of him... Today he broke his leg on my watch. I let him outside in the dog run and left for the store, when I came back he had a broken leg. I feel...
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    How old before you can tell girls from boys?

    I have bourbon red turkeys who were born in June, I still have no idea if I have all boys or if there are a few girls in the mix. The past two weeks I have noticed a big growth spurt with all but two getting quite big. I am guessing those two too be hens but... They all have red heads and...
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    Ifound out if you don't want broody hens don't let hubby barn sit!

    I now have 60 eggs under 4 hens and a duck hen on another nest. Really thought I was done with chicks for the year! I took the kids to Grandma's and while hubby fed and watered he forgot to take the eggs. Told me he couldn't find any... I don't think he looked very hard oh well... Off to...
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    3 classes in an hour!

    Just returned from the kids school. I went into three classes- gave a talk with visual aid (a poster my 2nd grader made for the fair last year about chickens that has pictures of our chickens on it), passed out the chicks for kids to at least touch the chicks and was very surprised by coming...
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    meat prices?

    So how many of you sell your chickens or ducks (as that is what I have) to others? How much do you sell a chicken for or a duck. My sis-in-law just asked me and I said I have $15 in a chicken and $20 in a duck... Thus the price would have to be over that amount... And she just about pooped...
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    Egg delusions

    Has anyone ever told you a very untrue thing about eggs and back yard chickens? Or has a phobia (I swear she does) about eggs? So what has been the weirdest thing someone has told you about chickens/poultry and the eggs that go with it? So we were at a family gathering this weekend in which I...
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    I got my first duck egg today!!!

    First duck egg was found this morning - I ended up Dancing like a loon berry and singing to the world that I got the first egg. Pretty sure my DH thought I was the loon berry!!! And of course with the negative temps that we have gotten the egg was frozen but I am still very eggcited!!!
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    Super eggcited!!!

    Super eggcited!!! Eggs in the incubator look good and now I am going for a drive Sat to get 18 chicks!!! I am sure everyone who already thinks I am chicken crazy will think that even more so. So for anyone driving with chicks in the cold - do you think I need to put something to keep them...
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    When do you throw out the ones that candle clear?

    It is now day 8 and I have candled 18 -threw one out because of a big crack so out of the 17 left there are 6 that are clear, 6 that are really doing something and 5 that look like they have something in there just unsure of what it really is doing. So when do I throw out the 6 that are totally...
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    Found 21 eggs today!!!

    After getting usually 3 or 1 (winter...) I found 21 eggs today!!! I guess the younger ones are laying And we are really hunting for those eggs as only 5 were in the nest box. Hopefully I can reform those who are laying elsewhere How many eggs did you find today? Where is the weirdest...
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    I have done it- put all the eggs in my new incubator...

    I have read on here how to do it. Tried to find all the information I needed. Asked for the incubator for Christmas and DH decided to wait until our anniversary :>) Which was yesterday to give me the incubator. So instead of waiting I threw the eggs from this week in it and am hoping for the...
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    duck run broken by SNOW...

    So I guess it is back to the drawing board for the run as a few days ago DH went out and saw the run was broken. All the snow from the barn fell onto it and broke beams and such. The good news is that he actually looked and saw a duck butt up and went to rescue it. One of my female mallards...
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    anyone have any tips for butchering duck?

    Ok I have tried to butcher chicken and now it is time to try my hand at the extra ducks... Mindful I have called all meat shops around to see if they would do it for me as I have 14 to process. (when I jump I jump BIG) For this adventure my Dad has said he wants no part of it - he showed me...
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    Boy lock down

    Well I have done it. I caught all my roosters and have put them in lock down until my breeding pens are up and running. I found one of my layers (note out of my girls I have three for sure laying and 20 that will start soon) with her comb with blood on it. As I was in there feeding the flock...
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    The lesson of the day!

    So my Daughter, Rachael is very excited about getting the eggs. The other day she helped me in the coop and the first thing she did was gather the eggs-4. Then she helped me feed the chickens and since we have a rooster that is proving to try and be naughty I caught him and was holding him and...
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    Find of the day!!!

    I think I have found three female mallards!!! Found a post on Craigslist and have called and am picking them up on Wed! Within our birds we only have 2 female mallards so these will be welcome in the flock. I forgot the best part 3/$10
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    tiniest egg.

    Just found the tiniest egg ever in the nest box. I think the little ones are laying now It is 1/4 to 1/5 the size of the other egg that was in there. I guess the hunt is on for the small fry to laid this I thought they would start in Dec but I didn't think it would be this soon.
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