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  1. keystonepaul

    Chickens eaten by neighbours dogs

    Wow the last half of this thread sure does exemplify everything that's wrong with BYC in a nutshell (and there's not much wrong with our friendly and informative messageboard)- misinformation, bad and dangerous advice, and an overall tolerance of it by the folks who run the board. Here is...
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    Lost another hen :(

    Hi, sorry about your encounter with the fox. Here's a suggestion I have never seen given here (probably has been, but it certainly isn't the advice given on a regular basis. How about one of the more flighty or aware breeeds. I had some penedesencas and they got along well with the flock...
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    Black Bear

    when bears wake up from hibernation it's time to take in the bird feeders, take better care of our garbage, etc etc. If it's an issue- put an electric fence around your hen house (and hen yard if you have one. We keep bears out of our two acre fruit orchard with three strand electric fence on...
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    Pennsylvania!! Unite!!

    Greetings from Lackawanna County- I sell brown eggs to pay my feed costs- a few peafowl (raised 5 chicks last years), less than 40 chickens (not by much though), and, as of yesterday two goats. As of today - the numbers remain the same other than the goats- Daisy kidded last night- so now there...
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    Tips for cleaning your styrofoam incubator?

    Hi, I've had the bleach smell as well after soaking it and letting it dry in the sun- rinse it with water after the diluted bleach soak or spray down, and then let it dry in the sun. Any time the bleach smell has lingered I've rinsed it with water only good and let it redry- good luck...
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    your experience with different waters

    Hi Folks, some waterer questions 1. How do you get the big 5 gallon plastic waters with the big O ring on the top to last and form a seal. It seems they loose thier ability to seal pretty quickly. I've resorted to using petrolium Jelly around the inside of the screw top and that works, but over...
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    Stupid LIVE TRAPS!!!!

    Antifreeze, or other poison is not the answer- ever. It shouldn't be brought up or discussed on this message board in my opinion. Try setting the trap in your garage, driveway etc and set it off- see what the problem is. See where you need to make an adjustment. Often you can move the latch...
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    Tips for cleaning your styrofoam incubator?

    I submerged mine in a bleach and water solution for 15 minutes. I filled a tub with bleach and water and soaked half of the bottom section at a time.(weighteed it down) I also soaked the wire screen and plastic water liner. THe top I washed with a cloth and the bleach and water solution. and...
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    Broode Silkie- how many peafowl eggs?

    We'll I got 16 peafowl eggs under my silkie. She now sits about 2 feet off the ground however. Hehehe, 8 peafowl eggs under a silkie. We'll obviously I had never seen a peafowl egg or a silkie hen in person. Of course you folks gathered that from the start. I did get her to set on chicken eggs...
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    First timer with broody hen, advice please ** UPDATED with temp question for tonight

    I have moved all of mine when they've gone broody from the nesting boxes. i've had success with each one. I've moved each girl at night and to a spot that was cozy and out of the way that no other chickens could get to. I compartmentalized my coup for this prurpose, but it's rather large and I...
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    Broode Silkie- how many peafowl eggs?

    Can I put 8 peafowl eggs under a broody Silkie? or is this too many? How many would be ok? I'm picking up the Broody Silkie as my broodie hens are suddenly inconsistently broody and I don't trust them. Anyone with any experience with putting peafowl eggs under a Silkie or other chicken hen...
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    95% black english orpington rooster PA- Pocono Mts.

    recieved what was described as a 95% english bloood, black orpington rooster and he's just not compatable with the other rooster that we picked up from the same person. My son fell in love with the other rooster so this one needs to go. Beautiful black hackled, black bodied with green/black...
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    Buy/Sell forum question

    I was looking through the classified section of BYC and there are a large percentage of ads there that have no state listed in the title and some that don't even have it listed in the body of the ad as well????? am i missing where the location is posted? didn't listing at least the state used...
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    large chicken yard help

    thanks folks, exactly what I was looking for. time to get to work. Thanks again, keystonepaul
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    large chicken yard help

    Due to predators my chicken's are fenced in- it's large but it's still a fence unfortunately.Soafter time it's eaten down to bare earth. What I'd like to do is make some 4x8 foot 'box frames out of 2x6 pieces of lumber. On top would be the honeycombed wire mesh that you reinforce concrete...
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    Anyone had a skin biopsy? I have a few ??s

    seems like a good choice, my seven year old just had a mole removed and biopsied on his inner thigh- they told us option 1 from the dermatologist post- antibiotic cream and keep covered, cleaning it daily, reapplying antibiotic cream and bandaid, BUT it was on his inner thigh where it would be...
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    Duck question rated NC-17

    I gotta go look up bifurcated. I'm either gonna be a really, really happy man or envious of a posssum. (it was a possum that's bifurcated? wasn't it?). Keystonepaul
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    Baseball fans and people who play baseball COME HERE!!!!

    Maxx, you make me laugh. I see a lot of myself in your love of baseball going back 30 years with me. I'm a Royals fan, trying being a Royals fan. One winning season in your lifetime and not a world series since I've been in high school 25 years ago. I played outfield in little league...
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    need help/suggestions re: autistic son - dangerous

    you have to think out of the box. and out of yourcommfort zone a bit. First, how can he get a knife to do harm. They should be key locked away- yes they can, it's a pain in arse, but they can- everyone every time they are used- take em out, use em, wash/dry them, return them to locked. Same...
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    Just sick and tired!

    So Sorry, Keystonepaul
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