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    foraging on open pasture??

    Hi, Ok I have ended up with well a lot of chickens we have around 100+ right now to many for a exact count and the amount of feed we are going through is incredible. We were feeding layer and corn all winter I noticed when I ran out of corn that we still went through the same amount of layer...
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    Dead chicken need helping trying to figure out the cause

    Hi, I had a hen that started to look egg bound about 4 days ago I successfully treated one for this problem a few weeks ago and I did the same for this hen and she did not improve yesterday and today she was very bad so i went ahead and put her out of her misery. During the week she just kept...
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    Blue Orpington question

    Hi, Ok I am addicted to the color blue I have blue cochins already and this year purchased blue orpington hatching eggs. I hatched several other breeds at the same time so there are some other breeds mixed in with my blue orp chicks my question is do these work like the cochins where I will...
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    WANTED: Purebred hatching eggs in SPOKANE, TRI CITIES, NORTH IDAHO

    Hi, I have a bunch of eggs ordered already for the breeds I just had to have, but I would love to find some local people that might have some more purebred hatching eggs for sale that I could buy locally instead of having to worry about them in the mail. I am willing to try most any breed...
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    Looking for pictures of chicken breeding pens?

    Hi, I am trying to come up with some ideas for breeding pens as we would like to do some more selective breeding next year and was wondering if anyone would share pictures of what they have. We have several large barns with runs but for chickens that I only have one or two of I am looking for...
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    Npip Certification, Bio Security, Health Question

    Hi, Ok I have a few questions we are interested in being NPIP certified we live in Washington and am wondering how expensive this usually is? We called about getting certified last year but were told the program had not recieved funding yet? Is this certification actually required to sell...
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    Looking for more info on Giant/Standard Cochins

    Hi, I bought my first Cochins last year from Mcmurrys and I am addicted and plan on ordering more this year. I purchased blue cochins without reading the fine print about the color info in the end I ended up with black, and ones that are mostly white with a few spots. I am really looking for...
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    Questions about blue Cochins??

    Hi, I purchased a bunch of blue cochins this year and did not really read the fine print until after they arrived when I realized that not all of them would truly end up that color. Well now they are all grown we have 4 that are a dark smokey gray which I am guessing is what they consider...
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    Questions regarding turkey egg laying and turkey NOISE :) pictures

    Hi, We hatched turkeys last year and kept two pairs of Royal Palms for breeding both my hens started laying eggs in the spring which we collected and sold once sales started to slow we went ahead and let them set on a batch of eggs. For the most part they have all hatched when the first chicks...
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    Anyone have pictures of how to tape chick toes?

    Hi, I have a bunch of chicks that have just started to get some crooked toes and I would really like to get them straightened out I have read a bunch of posts with ideas but was wondering if anyone has pictures either during the process or of the finished product. My chicks are about three...
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    ROYAL PALM + ROYAL PALM CROSS TURKEY EGGS+BREEDING PAIRS

    Hi, I have two pairs of Royal Palm turkeys for sale they are both a year old we also have one extra bronze hen for sale. The royal palm pairs are 125.00 each or 225.00 for both pairs the bronze hen is 20.00 or free with the purchase of the Palms. These turkeys are all a year old and are...
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    Marsh Roll X incubator question regarding temperature

    Hi, I have a marsh Roll X incubator we used it last year with fantastic success I have the two regular thermometers in the incubator one with a wick attached and I also have another digital thermometer with a long probe type thing so you can have something to read outside of the incubator but I...
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    Any tips on how to RESTART EGG LAYING?

    Hi, I have about 45 hens different breeds that had been producing pretty good some are still a little young and had not started yet but we were getting there. We had incredible cold weather in the negatives followed by MANY feet of snow and they have been stuck in there house for weeks. Well...
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    TURKEY QUESTIONS

    Hi, Well we are raising turkeys for the first time we have 4 that are about 14 weeks old and 24 that are about 6 weeks old. We had planned on butchering some and keeping some to breed next year we have two breeds royal palms and bronzes our four older ones are becoming very aggressive during...
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    Raising MEAT/EGG combo breeds a few questions about butchering???

    Hi, We are raising several breeds that are all considered meat/egg combo breeds partridge rocks, white brahmas, buff oringtons plus several mixes and I have a few questions. We just butchered one rooster now he was a bit older probably a year old and the meat was really dry and chewy. I have...
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    FEEDING FISH QUESTIONS ON PROCESSING SAVING?

    Hi, I have read that fish can be a great source of protein and with rising feed prices we are looking for ways to keep our feed costs down as much as possible and we always have a pretty good supply of fish. I am wondering for those who do feed fish what is the best way to do it? Do you just...
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    Turkey Questions

    Hi, We are raising turkeys for the first time this year and I have a few questions ours are now about a month old or so and are currently confined to the barn. We have everything around here pretty much free range and are hoping to do the same with the turkeys. I am wondering are turkeys...
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    Chicks coming out of the incubator but still a few questions Picture

    Hi, Well we have had a VERY successful hatch we had 68 eggs to start candled at day 18 and had 10 that were duds but so far almost all the others have hatched we actually thought they were all done as we could no longer see anything in the incubator so we started pulling chicks out and there...
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    THEY ARE HATCHING :) SHOULD I TAKE THEM OUT OR LEAVE THEM IN

    Hi, Well they are hatching and it is SO exciting we have 59 eggs in the incubator and the first two hatched last night there are tiny cracks in the other eggs so I know there are more on the way is it better to leave the two that already hatched in the incubator or take them out. I have NOT...
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    Question about letting a hen hatch her own eggs??

    Hi, I love reading all the posts about broody hens hatching there own eggs but have a question we picked breeds that were supposed to be very good about setting they are all a year old now and are laying wonderfully we have lots of eggs in the incubator but would love to see some hatched out...
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