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    What color eggs for Black copper Marans over olive egger?

    I picked up some eggs from a breeder today and he threw in a few olive egger eggs for free. He has never hatched any of those eggs and I forgot to ask if they hatched what color the eggs would be. So, since I know nothing about genetics and such I was wondering if someone could fill me in on...
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    wanted: hatching eggs. No barnyard mix.

    I am looking for hatching eggs. I would like to pick up locally in KY, but I will have them shipped if I must. No barnyard mix or ducks. Anything else is okay with me. Please please let me know what you have.
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    A broody and a momma sharing a nest. Any experience with this?

    I had a hen hatch out 5 poults around May 10. At first she kept them in a safe little cubby hidden away from everyone else. A few days ago I caught her the nest that occupies the brooding stall where she is with another hen on her eggs. Babies are snuggled up under both of them and in the...
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    3 day old hatchery "mystery chick," what breed?

    Just looking for a little help trying to figure out what this little guy is. I'm assuming it is a male, why else would it be free? I can't figure out the breed, but my thoughts are leaning toward Dark Cornish. Any and all help/guesses would be appreciated.
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    alpha tom got a beat-down, gangland style. Do I get involved?

    The alpha Tom of my group got the tar kicked out of him today by 5 other toms. This is my first year with turkeys so I am still in the process of growing the extra boys out for the holidays. They are 5.5 months old. I have six girls, half of which started squatting and allowing mating this...
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    Expanding the flock, woohoo! Need an addition.

    Some time this week I will be picking up some babies that needed a home. Tops I will end up with 5 more ducks, but rules of sex say I won't keep that many (yes, I have a home the extra boys already). My current setup is not going to work so hues who's gotta build... Yep, me. Okay, background...
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    when is it safe for babies...

    I want to get the babies in with the adults but I am unsure of when and how to do it. You see, everyone says with chickens to wait until they are roughly the same size and allow a slow process of in sight but out of reach... I find that silly and a waste of time since I usually add youngins in...
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    cayuga/pekin ducklings

    I have 2 ducklings (3 weeks old) in need of a home or someone willing to grow out to butcher. They are cayuga/pekin mix from a free range flock. I am in Kentucky, sorry, no shipping.
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    super proud of myself...

    Yesterday was my second time processing and it went well. My first time was a nasty rooster, I botched my first cut and it took two hours. I had my husband and neighbor there for moral support and a second hand if I needed it. Yesterday I was home alone and I had two that I felt needed to go...
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    grrrrrrr...

    I spent 3 months, THREE MONTHS! Incubating and hatching in the house. Brooding in my laundry room, ducks just went in there. Three stupid months! And now I have a hen trying to go broody on me?!?!?!?!?! I don't have the time or energy to make a broody breaker either. These chickens are...
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    are they ready?

    My poults are 5 weeks old. Normally I don't fret or worry about my birds, but all the things you hear about turkeys bein.g delicate... I'm hesitant to put them out on the grass. I feel silly, I know they will love the sunshine, grass, and bugs. For crying out loud, my last batch of chicks...
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    sometimes people rock

    I was cleaning up dinner this evening and watching the Cincinnati news and a breaking news story popped up... http://www.wcpo.com/dpp/news/region_east_cincinnati/sycamore_township/video-geese-babies-shut-down-i-71
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    recent activity and home page ticker not updating

    Ok, for whatever reason the live update ticker on the home page and my recent activity ticker are not updating and have not since yesterday afternoon. I don't know if it is just me, but I'm getting pretty frustrated with it. Did I break it? Before anyone asks, I have tried to hit the "play"...
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    monster sized egg!

    I had to let the ducks out extra early yesterday so in the dark I walk over to my exhibition rouen's nesting spot to grab her egg and picked up what felt like a baseball! The poor girl left a 5 oz egg! I brought it in to show my husband and his exact words were "what the hell did that come out...
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    at what age do caruncles appear?

    I have 12 turkey poults age 3 weeks and two of them have fleshy bumps on their necks at about the spot where caruncles should appear. I'm new to turkeys so I may be wrong, but I didn't think they got them until later. Both of them I am strongly suspecting are males, the black Spanish struts...
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    poison ivy again?!?!?!?!?

    Does anyone have any tips to help heal the rash? I picked up poison ivy last week traipsing around in a hollar looking for my old dog that wondered off for the first time ever. I didn't realize I had it until a few days later. I have a HUGE problem, you see, its on my arms! I'm a massage...
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    soon to set duck eggs! tips welcome for a newbie duck hatcher.

    Ok, I'm getting ready to set a small batch of duck eggs and I would like to know the intricacies of the waterfowl egg before I begin. I have 90% hatch rates with the dry hatch method with chicken eggs, but as I understand it I should not use dry hatching for ducks. I use a little giant...
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    poor nest location and broken eggs

    My pekin duck has been trying for three years to set a nest, but this is the first year the eggs are actually fertilized. This girl hides her nests so well it takes me days to find them, days! She builds spectacular nests with lots of cushion and high sides. For the past month since we lost a...
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    my turkeys have arrived!

    I am so excited, my turkeys arrived this morning! Fifteen little peeps sitting in the brooder. I got a heritage minimum 3 breed assortment. So far I MAY have some bourbon reds, maybe 2 black Spanish, and maybe royal palms or midget whites. Oh I am giddy!
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    exhibition rouen duck keel?

    I picked up a rouen duck from an exhibition line and I was wondering about the large keel she has. What exactly is the point of it being so large? The thing practically drags the ground. She is a bit thin, but young, and the blue bar in her wing isn't as defined as is like... I don't know a...
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