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    Chicks killed in brooder

    My niece and I have chick brooders set up in a large shed. I have a large metal livestock water trough. She has a huge dog crate (Great Dane sized) with one huge plastic tub with older Showgirls. She also had 10 Showgirls and Silkies around three weeks old. They were inside a large plastic tub...
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    Chick treat idea

    Found an epic treat dispenser! My chicks go crazy when I fill it! A suet cage found in any big box store that sells bird feeders and seeds. I have put grass and suet cakes in mine so far. Suet cakes are like $1.20 each at RK.
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    Serama chicks

    What do all you Serama folks do to help brood your young chicks? Do you have special techniques, secrets, or hacks to help them survive? I lost 3 of my babies yesterday. They were from show parents. I’m looking to improve my care to ensure better survival.
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    Spring Flock Routine

    Do you have a yearly spring routine to get your flock ready for peak laying time as it warms up? Just wondering what all of you do? We start new chicks usually our own hatchlings unless we want to try something different. We check every bird for parasites and deworm them. I look over leg bands...
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    Backyard Book Club

    I'm a librarian so books are what I do professionally. I thought we might have fun with a book club on here. I would encourage all of you to go to your local public library. I will post each new reading challenge before the beginning of the month. I'll vary how and what we read. Sometimes it...
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    ISO Shamo hatching eggs

    Anyone have a dozen hatching eggs from the larger Shamo? I’m in Alabama. I want them for pets and breeding. Chicks are ok too. Price , shipping cost, and location appreciated.Thanks!
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    Breeding Porcelain Dutch Bantams

    I want to work on breeding a show quality line of porcelain colored Dutch Bantams. Is it best to just keep breeding porcelain to porcelain? My understanding is Porcelain is Lavender X Mille Fleur. But, Lavender is recessive a diluted black to lavender color. So if crossed porcelain to Mille...
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    Avian flu Possibly

    Please send prayers. My birds are sick. I’m surrounded by commercial chicken farms. They are reporting losses too. I haven’t had a death yet. I reported symptoms to the vet and USDA officials. I just returned from dropping off 3 of my flock at Wallace State’s Poultry Lab. They were euthanized...
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    DIY Bantam Nesting Box

    Will these open front storage bins work for bantam nesting boxes? Opinions before ordering...
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    Best breeds to show

    I want to start showing Mottled Houdans. I really love the breed. I am curious.. What was the first breed you chose to show? Why did you choose that breed. Where did you get your birds? What advice for a newbie.
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    Breeding Records

    What do you use to keep breeding records? Is there a book I can purchase to record my crosses. Do you make your own? When I bred dogs. I kept a computer spreadsheet with each dog's faults and strengths. I recorded the outcomes and made a binder with each dog's 7 generation pedigree, historical...
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    Color traits questions

    We recently purchased several different showgirl and stripper chicks. These have color and patterns I’ve never seen. Anyone know what the colors are called and would appreciate an attempt at the genetic traits that are in there.
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    Mystery Illness

    Need help. Mystery illness. Yesterday I found a dead 12 week old Houdan roo. Today one of my pullets is lethargic, feels cold, and limps and then falls over. I have them with all my other chickens which are older and doing fine. Any ideas what this is and how to treat it.
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    Houdan Hangout

    Let’s gather together all the Houdan lovers and work together to get them off the critical list! Let’s talk about Houdans! What they are like. What’s your plans for breeding? Showing? Pictures and advice. Absolutely everything about Houdans! As for me just ordered 25 from a hatchery. I know...
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    New Project Bantams

    I used to raise multi champion hunt and show Bluetick Coonhounds. I'm looking for a new project to work on. I want to begin a breeding program with bantams. I was thinking maybe OEG bantams but open to any suggestion. I would like to breed and show quality bantams and preferably work on a...
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    Any Silkie Showgirl hatching eggs?

    Any reasonable priced Showgirl hatching eggs? I’m in North Alabama.
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    Best Barn Cats-Mousers

    Can you judge a cat's personality by color? Do certain colors or sexes make better mousers? It's been a long time since we got a kitten. All our cats were strays who just showed up. They are primarily outside but well cared for. They have warm heated places to sleep in cold weather. The youngest...
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    Help! Name Needed!

    Name Game! Please help! I want to start an essential oil home business. I need to call it something! Unfortunately, it's a really big world and ALL the name ideas I try are taken! I created a unicorn logo with the motto "The Magic of Nature." So let's hear your ideas.
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    Wooden egg mystery

    Just went to gather my eggs and found that one of my wooden nest eggs had been attacked by a mystery critter. It was covered with tiny puncture marks. Some of the marks were longer like maybe the fangs slipped on the wood. My guess is something tried to swallow it. In the next stall I have a hen...
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    Ideal's Specials

    They have some awesome buys right now! Pullets $1.75 and Bantams S/R $.95 each. Check out the advertised specials. Wish I had more room! http://www.idealpoultry.com/
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