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    Vanishing Peacocks.........Opinions?

    I have had peacocks for about 2 years. I started with 2 males and one female with 3 chicks and I bought another chick. I free range them all. Last year one of the males vanished without a trace. The other male has been the king of the flock. The chick I bought turned out to be male. He is now...
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    Existing Emu owners, any transport advice?

    Can anyone give me any advice on transpoting Emus? Should they have their legs bound, blindfolded???? I had a really bad experience yesterday and don't want to go through that again. I'm sure it's the original owners attitude that made things difficult, ( 3 jumped the fence and he got mad...
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    3rd Sick chicken with same illness in 60 days. Ideas please?

    Would the board please give me some input on this illness? I am thinking Marek’s. But will bow to the board’s input. My birds were not vaccinated as chicks. 3rd bird to come down with this illness. First was 60 days ago. A hen that is a year old. Then a Cockerel last month. They died after a...
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    14 day old chick suddenly can't walk. Any Ideas?

    This is my 6th hatch in two years. I 've seen spraddle legs before, but I have a 2week old chick that was fine yesterday morning then lost the use of the left leg last night and tonight the other one is not working. I thought maybe it hurt it until I got in tonight and seen the other one not...
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    Attn: Ladies.. Wedding gift help request

    Calling all Ladies out in Chicken Land. I am coming up on my 15th wedding anniversary Nov 4th. Crystal is the traditional gift. Wifey collects nothing and has simple taste. City girl I turned country. She can't cook, but she gave me three great kids and I love her dearly. Any ideas would be...
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    Sick Turkey help request.

    I have a hen tha is about 11 months old. I bought her on August 16th, with 6 others. About the 23rd of August she started acting listless. Standing around, ruffled feathers and acting strange. I started her on Sulmet for about 5 days or so, thinking matbe she had Coccidiosis. She did not repond...
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    Fried Chicken help needed.

    Can any of you tell me why I can cook a gourmet meal anytime I want, but cannot figure out the secret to making the flour stick to my chicken? It always seems to fall off at the start . What do you all do to make great fried chicken?
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    Can I put turkey eggs under a broody hen?

    I got several hens hanging out wanting to set. Can I put some turkey and guinea eggs under them? Can they hatch them?
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    2 days with no turning, are they dead?

    I have been gone for a few days and while I was out, my turner quit working. Looks like I had about 40-48 hours with no turning. Shoud I run the hatch out or do you think the may have died? Thanks
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    Turkey Help needed

    I bought some turkeys over the weekend and moved them to their new home. I have a large fenced lot, plenty of room, food and water. The birds are all at least a year old. One hen has been listless and with drawn. I showed her food and dipped her beak in the water but she still just sits and...
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    Five Free Roosters

    2 Amercuna 1 Partridge Cochin 1 Partridge Cochin/Silver Laced Cochin Cross 1 Black Marans---He has turned toes. Can deliver reasonable distance. Fincastle, VA 25 Miles North of Roanoke Take one or all. FREE!!!!
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    *** FREE **** Several Breeds of Roos *** FREE ****

    I have the following Roosters for free. 1ea Americuna Roo 18 months old 2ea Partridge Cochin Roos 15 weeks 3ea Barred Rock Roos Hatched May 11th 7ea Deleware Roos Hatched May 11th Take 1 or all. Located in Fincastle VA, 30 minutes north of Roanoke.
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    Can I put my two yr old Roo with 16 week old roos?

    I'm in between coops and pens at the moment and my flock roo has been exceptionally hard on the girls lately. I am separating my pullets and cockerals today and was thinking of putting the flock roo in with the 6 cockerals. They are 14-18 weeks old. The girls really need time to feather back...
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    How old should they be before adding new pullets to the flock?

    I have some that are 11 weeks old and some that are 9 weeks old. They are housed beside my adult birds. When can I put them together?
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    Wire cloth fencing user questions?

    I got my hands on 500 feet of 1/2 x 1/2 x 72 inch wire cloth. I searched the site looking for one answer in particular with no luck. As this stuff does not flex too well on a horizontal plane, whats the best way to install it on a sloping area with some ups and downs? The only thing I could...
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    Easy Predator control. Product recommendation!

    I live in the sticks and contend with the entire gambit of predators, Foxes, bobcats, coyote's, Feral dogs and cats, racoons opposums and the like. I am a lifelong hunter and trapper. I kill them all on site as a general rule and trap as many as I can. BUT and this is a big but, around my home...
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    6 White Pekin Ducks "FREE!!!""

    I have 6 White Pekin Ducks for free. They are about 10 weeks old. I don't know male or females. They were given to me, so I'll give'm to you. Contact me here by PM or at [email protected]. I am in Fincastle, VA. FIRST COME, FIRST SERVE!!!
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    Possible ingestion of a piece of yarn by a chick, will it pass?

    I have 32 chicks in the brooder that are 3-4 days old. One had a splayed leg, so I read on here about taking a piece of soft yarn and hobbling his legs together at the right spacing. As soon as I done it, he was able to stand and scoot walk around. WELL..............this morning the yarn is...
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    Success!!! and a note of thanks!!!!! Pic Heavy!!

    Thanks to all of you who responded to my questions in the last 30 days. This was my first hatchattempt. I sat 38 eggs in a used Hovabator w/ turner. I candled at day ten but the brown eggs were to dark for a newbie to really see. I did find two that glowed so I knew they were not fertile...
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    What do most of you do with surplus chicks/chickens?

    As this is my first year with my flock, due to recent broody hens and first time incubator use, my flock has gone from 21 chickens to 66 chicks/chickens. SInce I know my family will not consider eating them, what do you do with the surplus? Even though I am a diligent hunter, I hate the thought...
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