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    Thank you

    I would like to thank everyone who was a part of me being on here. Thank you for all advice, suggestions, letting me also add to other peoples' posts, and so much for those who sold such sweet chickens to me. I am no longer able to have chickens or any sort of poultry. My heart condition is...
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    Thank you and goodbye

    Thank you for letting me be a part of this group. I know I haven't written a lot of things, but I have done a lot of reading and learning and enjoying. Now comes the time for me to say 'goodbye' to everyone. I do not have chickens anymore and am not able to ever have them again. My health has...
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    Two free bantam hens in central Illinois

    I don't know for sure if they are Japanese bantams or not. I originally had a male and female white w black tail and their entire hatch produced 5 males. I offered to trade some of them for another couple hens. All I have left are the two hens I was given in trade. They are both brownish. I...
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    Two bantam hens to give away (central Illinois, close to Peoria)

    I don't know for sure if they are Japanese bantams or not. I originally had a male and female white w black tail and their entire hatch produced 5 males. I offered to trade some of them for another couple hens. All I have left are the two hens I was given in trade. They are both brownish...
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    What is good to feed?

    I just got a dozen keets a few days ago, they are 12 weeks old. I have no idea what they were being fed. The man had emergency happen and had to get rid of everything he was raising, right away. I would like to know what is good to feed. Regular chick starter or game bird starter? I can't...
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    I have a question about watering garden

    We grew some tomatoes last year and they were awful tasting. We had three different kinds, so it wasn't the kind of tomato. We used our well water to water the plants, when we didn't get rain. Our well water is not drinkable. It has large amounts of iron and sulphur, but it also has methane gas...
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    How to help adult Guinea get used to new home

    I have only three guineas left from my original flock (16 from summer of 2020, until just a couple months ago). I have found some adult guineas for sale. I know guineas stay where they were raised and you have to 'adjust' them to new homes. I always keep 10-12 week old ones in small fenced...
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    Are Japanese Bantams hard to breed and get chicks?

    Every website that has info on Japanese Bantams all say it is very rare to have chicks out of them. However I have two Black Tail Japanese, and they had six chicks hatch this spring and we found another five chicks (newly hatched) this morning. My main question is: are they really hard to breed...
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    No corn for warm weather

    Does anyone have a recipe or directions of how to make up scratch (scratchings) without any corn in it? I want to keep giving my chickens some scratchings as treats, but with warm weather arriving, I don't want corn in it. I've always been told corn creates body heat (even with horses and...
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    Opossum

    Are possums a danger to chickens and other poultry? I know how bad raccoons, fox, weasel, etc are, but have read differing opinions about possums. We saw a big possum in the barn and close to chicken house a couple days ago. Before we have it ''removed'', I want to know if it really is a danger...
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    Safe run and coop

    We live central Illinois. So we have plenty of predators. Racoon, fox, mink and weasels, dogs let run loose, coyote, etc. I need a good strong safe run/coop. I have a chance to get a pair or trio of call ducks. I do not plan on letting them free range (learned my lesson the very hard way)...
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    Would this kind of ramp work ok

    Some one helped us by setting up and building our chicken run and coop and put a couple branches for the bantam chickens to use to get into the chicken house-coop. The chickens do not get up onto the branches and then on up into the coop. We were hoping to put up a ramp. We planed on having...
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    Heat in cold winter, Please help

    I have a coop/chicken house that is 4 feet wide, by 2 1/2 - 3 feet deep, and 2 feet tall. It is housing 4 small bantam chickens (two black tail japanese, and two seramas). I live where our winter gets cold. How to heat the coop for some warmth in freezing temperatures? I have a brooder...
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    Heater for small coop

    I have a chicken coop that is about 4' x 4' x 4'. I will have 5 bantam chickens in it. Two will be seramas. Since we live in cold winter weather, I need to put heat in it (especially for the seramas). What is safe to use as heat? I have the reflector and light for brooder heat for when I...
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    Chickens and peacocks/peahens question

    We have 5-6 acres that our chickens, muscovys, and guineas free range on (plus they also spill over to adjacent acreages). We have a 30 X 40 barn with an attached chicken house of 18 X 9, and the birds roost in both, which ever one they want. Would it be ok to put a pair of peacocks and...
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    How to protect spring plants from chickens eating them?

    I finally got some flower bulbs planted in my yard last fall. 60 daffodil and 50 tulips. They are all in one area of the yard. Now, the main question...............how do I protect them from my chickens, ducks and guineas from eating them as they come up or eating the flowers if they get to...
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    Question about Mixing young guineas

    Tomorrow I am going to pick up two different groups of young guineas. I do not know the ages of them, but I think they are maybe 3-4 months old. I am getting 5 keets from one person (she said they are "outside" on grass). The other group I am getting are 10 French guinea keets from another...
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    Top dress

    I imagine I am going to sound dumb as a box of rocks, but what does "top dress" mean? When it says to top dress their feed with medication. I figure it means to sprinkle the medication over their food. But want to make sure I have it exactly correct before giving worming med.
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    I love this idea

    Someone sent this picture to me and I love the idea. Wish I could find a school bus.
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    I love this idea

    Someone sent this picture to me and I love the idea. Wish I could find a school bus.
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