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    Clan Mating System? Anyone use it?

    Hello I use the Clan Mating System to maintain a closed flock. I was wondering if anyone else has used this management for breeding a closed flock? http://themodernhomestead.us/article/Clan+Mating.html
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    Thoughts?? on my Blue Laced Red Wyandotte project chickens

    Hello I've only been breeding these beautiful Blue Laced Red Wyandotte Chickens for two years now. Slowly I'm seeing some improvement in type at least. Still much more work ahead of me, but they really are a joy to work with... Wondering if anyone has any tips or thoughts on my birds so far...
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    How long can I leave a chick in the incubator??

    We have babies! Three have hatched so fare and lots of eggs have lil peep holes and I even saw some rocking... My question is How long can I leave these guys in there? I don't want to take them out and risk shrink wraping the eggs still in the process of hatching?! Thanks
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    Candling eggs *please help*

    What does it mean when an eggs has an air cell at both ends of the egg? ️I candled at 14 days and some eggs had tiny air cells or a tiny space at the rounded end, as well as a large air cell at the pointed end? Should there only be an air cell at the pointed end, and the rounded end be filled...
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    eggs getting enough oxygen?? Advice please!!

    My incubator is a Pro Series Circulated Air Incubator with an automatic egg turner... I'm new to this and my incubator has two red plugs that pop out to allow more air flow. The instructions say only take then out at time of hatching... but if I leave them in all this time, before hatching...
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    Humidity too high?! Help please

    Ok So I set my eggs today and all was well but I look again tonight and all my humidity gauges say it's around 60... Is this too high this early in the game!? Should I take the eggs all out and try to dry up all the water I put in the bottom?? I popped out the lil red plugs to give it more air...
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    Fullblood Kune Kune Piglets *pics*

    Gala my Kune Kune sow had her piglets Nov 7th! She had three gilts and two boars. Both babies and mama are doing great!
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    At what age do you introduce your young birds

    I have over a dozen month old chicks (born and raised on my place) I was wondering at what age does everyone else introduce their new young birds to the adult flock?
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    two chicks dead already help please

    20 Wyandotte chicks about a month old They seem to be eating and drinking fine but then they start getting weak and sleeping most of the time and then it just gets worse until they die I noticed Monday that some seemed sleepy and then the first chick died yesterday and I found another dead this...
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    Chicks gasping for breath, clicking sound when breathing

    Wyandotte chicks less than a week idk how much they weigh but not much Lethargic, gasping for breath, clicking sound when breathing Noticed this morning Two chicks the rest seem fine No trauma I can see but they were just brought home yesterday so stressful day Maybe they were too cold...
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    CiCi my new Anatolian Shepherd (LGD) pup *cute pics*

    Here is Clementine or Cici for short. My newest Anatolian Shepherd pup… She is so soft and fluffy like a big cotton ball or maybe a marshmallow lol She lives with my Kune Kune piglets and Wyandotte chickens when she's not my lil shadow as I do my rounds on the farm This is Bree my adult...
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    guinea pig water bottles that don't leak???

    Hello all I have had Guinea pigs for as long as I can remember... but just recently I have ran into the problem of the water bottles leaking... like nonstop no matter what brand I try they all leak out around the ball... I'm at my wits end they just leak all the time I ended up having to put a...
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    Duckling tipping on its back, cant right itself ?advice?

    Hello all So I have six new Call ducklings, hatched 6/14/14 the smallest had a rough time hatching and is having real troubles staying on his feet. He tips over on his back and can't get back over. The lil guy seems fine once I set him right but I'll go and come back to find him the same...
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    Duckling tipping on its back, cant right itself ?advice?

    Hello all So I have six new Call ducklings, just hatched 6/14/14. Five are doing great, growing like weeds and all that... the smallest of the six had a rough time hatching but made it out without my help (I try to mess with them as lil as possible) however it is having real troubles staying on...
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    My Kune Kune piglets are here! pics of cute lil piggies!

    Gala one of my Kune Kune girls had her piglets! She had two boys and two girls! Just the cutest lil things and she's being such a good mama... I'm not naming them though as we are selling some and eating some
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    Bumble foot treatmeant supplies?

    Hello all I have a SLW roo who has Bumble foot and I was wondering if anyone with experience in the treatment of bumble foot could tell me what all is needed? like what do I soak it in? just warm water or is something added? Can I cut the mass our with a scalpel? things like that... thanks for...
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    Duckling alive and well… now dead ?! help

    What type of bird, age and weight Call duckling, like 22 days old, small lil guy What is the behavior Was fine and bathing, then I moved it to a new pen and it started drinking a lot and water seemed to be coming out of its nose How long has the bird been exhibiting symptoms? I moved it and...
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    Duckling dead ?! water in its nose??

    Call duckling, like 22 days old, small lil guy Was fine and bathing, then I moved it to a new pen and it started drinking a lot and water seemed to be coming out of its nose I moved it and then less than 10 min later it was dead the other ducklings from either pen this one was in are doing just...
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    Bree my new puppy (Anatolian Shepherd) PICS

    I’ve been worried about my animals after Evie my current farm protector passes away. I wanted to get a puppy that she could help teach the ways of the farm and such. Dad was reluctant to get any new breed (he has always had hounds) but I felt that now having my pigs around to protect maybe we...
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    Blue Fawn Call x White Call

    Hello all I have my white call female with my blue fawn call male and I was wondering if anyone had any idea of what I will get from this crossing? I have crossed this white hen with a gray male and gotten black bibbed ducklings. Will these ducklings from this blue fawn x white be bibbed also...
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