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    NC 2012 poultry show schedule??

    I have tried to find any info about upcoming shows in NC this year. Anyone have info??
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    How long should quail "rest" in fridge?

    I butchered two of my extra male coturnix today as they were harassing the hens and just causing problems. I've never processed quail, but after a quick tutorial, I did pretty well I think. The question is: how long do they need to "rest" in the fridge before I cook them? Thanks so much for...
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    How do I search for a user with the new website? I'm lost.

    Just as the title says. I am searching for a user on here and can't figure out how to do so. When I try to type the name in, I get error messages.
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    YAY! My Cora layed her first egg!!! (Pics)

    I bought Cora, a frizzled bantam cochin, as a 4-6 week old towards the end of July 2011. She went broody when I introduced her to some polish day-olds when she was around 3 months old (I know, she's crazy) and raised them although she had never even layed an egg. Well she officially became a...
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    Please post pics of your show-worthy birds!

    I can read the SOP of breeds all day long and still not have a clear idea of what a show bird should LOOK like. Please post pics of your show-worthy birds so I know how to compare some of my own...
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    Why does facebook bring out the inconsiderate side of some people?

    To start off, I raised my kids (boy and girl now 9 & 10) for roughly their first 7 years of life as a single mom. Their biological dad chose to be uninvolved after our separation and subsequent divorce. Then 3 years ago I got remarried to a wonderful man who loves my kids as though they are...
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    Very excited!!!

    I bought my little frizzled cochin pullet as a 4 week old (ish) back in July and have adored her ever since. She went broody without ever having layed an egg at around 3 or so months old and "raised" some polish chicks. Yeah, I ADORE her! Her name is Cora and she squatted for me the first...
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    Double molt?

    Don't know if this is the right section, but I will try it here... Duchess, my bantam cochin girl, had a fairly short but heavy molt back in September. Quit laying for 2 weeks and lost a LOT of feathers. She went semi-broody a couple of weeks ago but broke herself quickly but hasn't layed an...
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    What is wrong with my quail???

    Here goes: I am not a good quail hatcher. Bad luck and barely get any to hatch, don't know why. Give me chicken eggs, I get 100%. Give me quail, I'm lucky to get 30%. So, I incubated 42 coturnix eggs and ended up with 14 live chicks. Fast forward 4 weeks and I am down to 6 with two more...
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    Oh, no! What's wrong with my Cora??? : (

    1) What type of bird , age and weight (does the chicken seem or feel lighter or thinner than the others.) Bantam Frizzled Cochin, around 5 months old, somewhat skinny. 2) What is the behavior, exactly. Noticed her seeming sleepy yesterday, and today she was definitely more sleepy. Still fairly...
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    Processed a bird yesterday...golden colored liver?

    I processed a bird I simply couldn't deal with anymore yesterday and found something unusual: backstory: Black sex-link pullet hatched early May 2011 VERY flightly and neurotic Highly stressed at all times HUGE size, outgrew her mother and father Had not reached sexual maturity (possibly...
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    The longest molt??

    What is the longest molt you've endured? I'm going on 60 days since my bantam cochin, Petra, layed an egg. There was no obvious molting with her, maybe a little feather thinning, but now she's fluffed up better than before and acts quite chipper and happy...but no laying. All her coop mates...
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    Should I worry?

    I am in lockdown (day 20) with only 4 Penedesenca eggs... the rest were duds or quitters. I noticed that one has pipped... with no sound. I mean it. No peeping, no chirping, no nothing. Any other time, when eggs pipped there would be noise. It is moving in the egg so it is alive, but silent...
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    Have you ever had a chicken you just couldn't stand?

    I know it sounds bad, but hear me out: My BR hen, Pauline, lays JUMBO eggs and is a real character. But, she is getting on in age. We love her dearly and we wanted to incubate a couple of her eggs and see what came of it. So, at the time that we were planning this (late April 2011) we had...
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    How many rotten is too many?

    I am incubating several types of eggs. I have one set in the mix that is on day 12 that has literally had 6 out of 18 smelly eggs. It started by day 4 when I found the first "stinker". Now, I am still finding bad eggs. I know it is not my incubator as I have several other types of eggs in...
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    Is it because of the cold...

    that I am seeing a LOT more red mites/lice on my birds?? I've never really had a problem before, but I noticed some chicks had some mites/lice and were acting a little lethargic so I bathed them and dusted and the mites just fell off... they were red mites? I spent my afternoon dusting EVERY...
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    Calling those with bantam cochin hens...please advise me!

    I decided to start a bantam cochin breeding project. I only have a couple of hens, but one hen, Petra, was a laying machine who pumped out more eggs than anyone else for the first 2 months I had her. Then, about a month ago (when I'd had her the 2 months) she quit cold turkey. Figured she was...
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    Purebred Bantam Cochin Cockerals P/U ONLY

    I live in the zip code 28697 in NC and have two adorable bantam cochin boys to rehome. They are around a month old, mom is blue and dad is buff. Will be blue with gold leakage. PM me if you are interested in picking these fella's up!
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    Oh my am I angry.

    I think my next-door neighbors just came over here and opened my chicken coop door! They have never actually confronted us directly about their dislike of our chickens, but have voiced complaints to other neighbors about them. They live directly behind us, and a few days ago I came home to my...
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    I know you've read about these before...but a shell-less egg? Really?

    My bantam cochin hen, Duchess (aka my pride and joy) was SUPPOSED to have the day off from laying today. Yes, I am a geek who keeps a laying chart and knows when her chickens should lay... Background: Duchess is a girl that I bought as a young adult of unspecified age. From the time I bought...
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