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    Peafowl "crowing"

    I am new to peafowl and mine are quite young yet. I have one that is approx 3-4 months old. Was wondering if the females make that shrill sound or if only the males do? I am trying to determine if I have a male or female on my hands The other two I have are only a couple weeks old. The oldest...
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    Locking them down - one is pipped and peeping!!

    Here we go... my first time hatching and I am putting 18 eggs on lock down this morning as soon as I candle them one more time. I have only candled twice so far. First time was a week after setting 30 eggs. Kept 30 in the bater - had a hard time telling. Second time I threw out 12 of them and...
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    Nesting Box Question - how to???

    https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=173767&p=3 <- that post has a really awesome nest box on POST 21. But the user was last active in 2009.... so I am wondering if anyone has any awesome nest box designs like this and can tell me how to make them. Hubby and I are confused as...
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    Coop-spiration

    Okay, I have been looking places for some inspiration for my new (well old garden shed) coop that I am putting up hopefully tomorrow and into the next couple weeks. Someone posted this on my facebook - I am in love.... I would surely have more room for the chickens in the back section.. but I...
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    Got my first ducks... calls! - PICS added

    Can I just say that I am in LOVE with my new call ducks. I have chickens that I just got a couple months ago and the poultry math has already kicked in.... last night I went to look at some calls that are 3 months old and I come home with 5 of them. 4 hens and one drake. And then I also got two...
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    DeerBlock Netting?

    I am working on a plan for a newer/bigger coop and run area for some of my ladies and was doing a search for avian netting and this come up: http://www.amazon.com/Easy-Gardener-6050-DeerBlock--100-Foot/dp/B00004RA0N/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1310328832&sr=8-3 I am wondering if any of you have used...
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    Wanted: Peafowl or Peafowl hatching Eggs

    I am in South western Wisconsin and am looking for peafowl - prefer a mating pair - or 6-8 hatching eggs. Thanks!
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    8 week old Hamburg - Rooster???

    I think I have rooster. I had three of these in my shipment and two didn't make it past the second day after arrival (my luck those were probably the hens...) I am hoping that maybe hamburgs just look like this, but not getting too high up on my hopes. This little one has super bright red comb...
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    Tornado Wrecked Coop is DONE!

    Well, my coop that I have been working on for a month now is DONE! I am super happy. Paid 125.00 for this coop that was wrecked in a tornado a month ago. Brand new coop - just built and the tornado came through and blew it off the trailer it was sitting for sale one. Called the guy up and asked...
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    Watermelon - at what point...

    can I give my chicks watermelon rinds? I have one that I am planning to cut up this weekend. My chicks are 4 and 3 weeks old. I purchased some grit the other day - is this all they need in order to digest it and is it okay to give it to them at the ages they are at?
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    Lost a chick last night

    It's my first loss and I am new to chickens, it makes me sad. I was hand watering the chick and I am pretty sure it didnt' eat anything. I was checking last night for pasty butt and noticed its belly button area was really crusty and there was a small part of the umbilical cord there, like very...
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    Different Breed Chicks - pics (arrived today!)

    Second shipment of chicks come today and I was so excited to open up the box. Knowing I got quite a sloo of interesting breeds Buff Laced Polish? White Crested Blue Polish?? This one is ADORABLE! These two are not doing so great. Hoping they make it. I put them up in a seperate...
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    Sand Bath Time - Pics

    My week olds are loving the sand bath that I put in for them this afternoon. They have been fluffing around in the shavings so I thought a sand bath only be appropriate for them And the sand goes flying! Here comes the others to check out the fuss. Fuzzy Butts! What the heck you doin'...
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    New Chicks Today - Problems???

    I got a new shipment of chicks today and all seemed to be fine when I took them out of the box and put them in the brooder. Except now... I am seeing some issues. I have a couple questions: I have two silver spangled hamburg that are acting quite strange. They aren't getting around really well...
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    New Chicks today!

    Got a call from the post office this morning. My second shipment of chicks is in! I am now a new chick mommy to 2 white crested blue polish, 2 silver spangled hamburg and 2 buff laced polish. I also got a Meyer Meal Maker and I think that one is also a buff laced polish as it looks the same as...
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    RIR Possible Rooster?? -pics

    I got my order of chicks last week from the hatchery and I am going to bet any money that I have a rooster in this batch. I ordered pullets but I am guessing this one is a rooster. It is much darker than the other two, already has tail feathers coming in and it also has more red in its beak...
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    My Fuzzy Butts are here! Pics

    Well, after the very first ordering and chicken experiance kind of gave me a heart attack and I was so worried for my babies... here they are! 3 RIR and 3 Golden Buff. All should be pullets. IMG_2116 by mgdk05, on Flickr IMG_2117 by mgdk05, on Flickr IMG_2118 by mgdk05, on Flickr...
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    Chicks still not here... Worried

    So, I ordered some baby chicks on Sunday from Meyers, they shipped out on Monday afternoon and they are still not here., I was just at the post office and talked to my local postman. All my USPS tracking thing says was that the shipment left Ohio on Monday afternoon... it is wednesday, I was...
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    Can I mix 2 shipments

    that are shipped a week apart in the same brooder? I am getting some chicks this week and my second order will be here next week sometime. Is it okay that these chicks are a week difference in age and that I put them in the same brooder when the ones come next week? Will they peck at eachother...
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    Built my Brooding Box - pics

    Eeep. I am so excited that my chicks are going to be here this week. Today DH and I went out and purchased supplies and I just built my brooding box. I love it! The chicks are going to love it too, I hope. When I was at the feed mill, they had baby ducks, geese, turkey, and chicks (today was...
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