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    Egg glop.. goopy sticky mess that's killing chicks in the egg

    This is the first year I've done a dry hatch and I have a phenomena that is baffling me and killing chicks. Some people have seen this before, but no one has been able to tell me WHAT and WHY and HOW to fix it. In my case, this is killing chicks in the egg. It's different from shrinkwrapping...
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    Moose Jaw, SK, Canada - Market Style Poultry and Exotics Sale - August 3rd, 2013

    In case you live in the area, I thought I'd invite you to the sale! Hi all; Lou and I are holding the Semi-Annual Market Style Poultry and Exotics Sale at her sanctuary, Free To Be Me in Moose Jaw August long weekend. When: Saturday, August 3rd, 2013 from 10:30am - 4pm Where: Free To Be...
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    When to clip a broken beak?

    Our Dark Cornish (DC) rooster finally got what was coming to him. After the Chantecler (Sarge) healed up from being bested by him, it is apparent they had one hell of a scrap that DC came out on the losing side of. Not only did DC lose a claw in the match, I have discovered he broke his beak...
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    Dirty Nest birds

    So I've been combating this for a while, and I go through problem free stretches followed by annoyingly problem filled time. My birds keep dirty nests. At times I could clean them once a month and they'd never get an egg dirty, but then there's times I could clean them every single day and my...
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    So, what's killing them?

    Recently, I had what I thought would have been a skunk attack on the property. I arrived home a couple Friday's ago to an absolute mess in the house. Our Mastiff cross had broken out of his kennel while we were at work (which he's only done once in the 3 years I've known him). He tore apart...
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    Coccidiosis - My experience and treatment

    It has certainly been a while since I've been able to sit down and take time to participate here, though I've been lurking ominously in the dark. My chickening has exploded and I've absolutely fallen in love with raising birds and everything that involves. In the spring, I had my first...
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    Show us your Christmas-ized coop!

    Was reading another thread about putting Christmas lights up on your coop. Someone suggested making a thread for this, so I did! Too much peer pressure... Post your pictures of your Christmas-ized coops/barns/runs, with lights and other celebratory holiday season get ups! I'm excited to see...
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    Coop Reconstruction All suggestions and help welcome (IMAGE HEAVY)

    *NEW* Update page 9 - #87 Update on page 8 -- #72 Update on Page 4 I braved the cold weather this morning, as plague ridden as I am, to take pictures of the coop that's been left to fall apart on the acreage we just moved to. I plan on having this coop ready to go for early spring, so I need...
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    Urgent Advice Needed - Stray Goose?

    Hey Guys! I need a little help with a decision. On the drive home last night I saw a lone white goose with an orange crest (kind of like the pictures of Chinese geese I see in my books though s/he was at a bit of a distance) just sitting in a plowed out field. I thought it was odd as the...
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    Working, Commuting, Hobby Farming and finding time

    My sincere apologies to the admin if I've managed to get this in the wrong forum! The frost is hitting tonight in the lovely Saskatchewan prairies, and though I can't say it was unexpected and I didn't know, I didn't manage to pick up any cheap blankets to throw over the tomatoes and squash to...
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    Eggs -- Storing and other questions (edited)

    Firstly -- I'm super sorry to the moderators if this isn't the right place to post this. So I have some questions. When I get my flock going, I plan on having both layers and meat birds (and possibly a few dual purpose thrown in there) and I'm a little curious about eggs. It bothers me that I...
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    Lets see your unique looking chicken

    Much like the worlds ugliest dog or best owner/pet look-a-like, show off your most unique chicken and tell us why you believe it! (Sorry, no chickens yet... can't offer anything).
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    The Deed - How to come to terms

    Hi everyone. Everyone has been so helpful and tolerant of my questions, so forgive me but I have more to ask! I'm planning to have my very first flock next year, and I would like to be able to have some meat and some layer birds in order to do a cull later in the season. The only things I've...
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    Free Ranging and Predators, some questions

    Hi guys! I've been reading through the forums, but there is -so- much information to read through and opinions seem to shift and alter as the months pass and people try new things. I'm planning on my very first flock next year and I am interested in free-ranging, however I work in the city (an...
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    A good morning from Saskatchewan, Canada

    Good Morning everyone! I joined and lurked a couple years ago before my dreams of back yard chickens were dashed by a city ordinance put in shortly after I moved to the small, rural community. I'm happy to say I'm back and here to learn. The man and I will be moving to our very own 15 acres...
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    Greetings from the Canadian Prairies

    Hello everyone! Glad to have found this place. I'm a budding, wannabe homesteader who has taken up knitting and crocheting, had my very first garden this year and forwarded a letter to my town to re-consider the no poultry in city limits by-law. I look forward to learning from everyone and...
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