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    Guardian Animals and House Pets

    I have a serious question.... I will be getting baby goats in March/April and a Doe a few months later. We will have a good fence. Coyotes are still a worry in my area. My husband and I are waffling between guardian animals and leaning towards a Llama.... The question I have is: Can I socialize...
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    My homemade quail brooder...input welcome

    The beginning of the brooder project....please check back for progress. 35 1/2" x 35 1/2" salvaged pallet $0 10" wide salvaged OSB $0 So far I have 15 minutes invested in this little project. I will be posting updates as it progresses, input is welcome.
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    Quail Info and Resouces

    I want to start raising quail for our freezer. I searched high and low for informative websites and publications on raising quail. So far I have ordered 2 books Keeping Quail and Raising Game Birds: Storey's Country Wisdom Bulletin A-93. I have also found this site...
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    Do meat birds require a roost in their coop/run?

    My broody is sitting on cornish x hatching eggs. I am designing and building a coop/run for my meaties out of pallets Do I need to incorporate a roost for meat birds? Most of the meats bird housing photos I have seen on-line look to short to have a place for a roost?
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    Bisket the Broody: A Voyage into Meat Birds

    Our gals are just barely over a year old. A few weeks ago Bisket our BO went broody. YAY! My husband and I had previously discussed slipping hatching Cornish Cross eggs under a broody, for our freezer. (Do any of ya’ll have experience raising meat birds this way? Since this is our first...
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    Meat Birds 101 (Fishing for knowledge)

    Hello everyone! Thanks for viewing! I just set 12 Cornish-Cross Hatching Eggs under Bisket my Broody BO, in a small tractor. I am looking for any and all advice I can get on growing out meat birds. This is my husband and I's first meat bird project. Can anyone suggest a good resource for...
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    HELP! Eggs for meat birds!

    Bisket is BROODY!!!!! Yay!!! My husband and I want to get some fertilized Cornish-cross eggs and stick under her. We can't wait to put birds in our freezer that do not have growth hormones. How many? where do I get em???? H E L P !!!!
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    Needing advice on making 5gallon waterer w/ submersible heater PHOTOS

    Hello Thanks for taking time to look at this post any advice or suggestions will be appreciated!!! We live in N Alabama, for the most part we have mild winters, however the temps do drop below freezing often enough I am worried about the gals water freezing. Some friends of ours gave us a...
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    You're kidding, right?

    What caption would you use?
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    Chicken on a Basket

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    A boy in the coop (all U can eat layer pellets)

    I have six five month old started pullets who are on layer pellets. In a few weeks I will be integrating a roo into the coop. Do I need to offer him different feed? Right now the feeder is in the coop as an all you can eat buffet. I don't reckon I'll be able to keep him out of the girls...
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    WTB Bantam Cockrel...from a loving flockmaster

    I am interested in buying a bantam rooster for my gals. I have 6 standard hens, all different breeds that are about 5 months old (only one has started laying - so far). Here is a pic of five of the ladies he'll be loving and protecting... My ladies don't sit on my lap or shoulder but...
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    Dumplin you are my FAVORITE!

    When choosing my breeds the SLW was always my favorite. At treat time Dumplin my SLW pullet sticks around the longest and fusses at me to give her a few extra meal worms. LOOK what she did.... Just need to get the other gals on board and finish filling up the carton. Another picture of...
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    Our rescue pup checkin out the Gals...

    Meet Roatke. I know the place on his back looks hideous, hard to describe the improvement since he showed up here two weeks ago tomorrow. The vet thinks someone poured boiling water on him. I have been introducing him to the girls slowly. He has shown no aggressiveness towards them. He is a...
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    you wanna frisk WHO?

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    Chicken TV

    My Gals I love them, they love meal worms........
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    14 week old chicks vrs a 16 year old son

    MY chicks are more fun and happier to see me than my son. But I can't sell him at Trade Day. See my problem?
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    Food and water inside or out?

    My Coop is finally finished (almost) Just a little lipstick and rouge left to do. The kids are 6 1/2 weeks old, them or I neither one have ever had a coop before. They are still learning to master the biddy ramp, and it is really funny to watch. I have food and water inside the coop. Do I...
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    Food and water inside or out?

    My Coop is finally finished (almost) Just a little lipstick and rouge left to do. The kids are 6 1/2 weeks old, them or I neither one have ever had a coop before. They are still learning to master the biddy ramp, and it is really funny to watch. I have food and water inside the coop. Do I...
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    Happy Happy Joy Joy!!!!

    My babies are 6 weeks old this week. Since week 2 or 3 we have spent afternoons on field trips playing in the little back yard patio pen i have for my small house dog. Their permanent home is almost finished...(hopefully by the weekend if the weather holds out) This week, I have been putting...
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