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    Scratch Grain- Why it's useful in flock management and nutrition

    Starting this summer i let my chickens freerange all day and they get table scraps from the kitchen and in the morning i throw out some scratch. This is the first summer i did this and they did great. Know that were going into the winter i plan on starting to feed a layer mash and some corn...
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    Becoming a wholesale qustions?

    After thinking about it. I would be worried i am getting in over my head. I did find a hatchery that will sell chicks wholesale and i don't need license or have a number a yr i have to buy. And once i buy them they dont care how long i keep them. As i was wanting to sell some as POL pullets. I...
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    Becoming a wholesale qustions?

    Please move if this is in the wrong spot. So after talking to a hatchery about buying and reselling chicks. Im wanting to look into doing it. But since i don't have a store i need to have a license and have to buy 1000 chicks a yr. A little scary dont know if i could sell that many. Was hope i...
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    Old Fashioned Broody Hen Hatch A Long and Informational Thread

    Wish my hens would go broody Ive tried for 3 yrs. I had a game hen that tried but always gave up after 2 weeks waited for 3 or 4 days then went broody again. Even asked online for a broody hen to buy. Only had 1 person respond with an old hen he said was a good broody hen but she look so worn...
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    meyer hatchery

    o i like this idea as long as i get hens im always donating extra eggs to a charity or helping out someone at church. though i cant butcher a roo so i would have to give him to someone that wants to butcher him
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    Hatchery with the best assorted chick package

    Quote: I seen that assortment but thats for fall only right? I have to wait tell spring as they will be outside in a barn from day 1. Im afraid with the cold temps were having that the heat lamp wont keep them warm. Beekiss if you look at the rare assortment. Most breeds are heavy breeds...
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    Hatchery with the best assorted chick package

    So im looking to add variety to my flock next yr. And want to buy a assorted package. I live in Missouri and had thought of going with Cackle. I like to have a rainbow of color not a bunch of black chickens a bunch of red chickens was eyeballing the rare chick Straight Run package . So if anyone...
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    NEW BYC Program & Partnership - Sell Your Extra Eggs! April Fools 2011

    O i would love to do this i have 5 hens right know but have 6 more growing out. I also have silkes but i have them penned in a breeding pen to collect eggs to hatch or sell. Will that hurt me? All my other hens have the whole back yard but if they give me there eggs i let them go for the rest...
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    HOMETOWN HATCHERY in Nevada, Mo Anyone bought from them?

    I seen this add in craigslist http://joplin.craigslist.org/grd/2182181262.html I contacted them and asked the name he told me it was Hometown Hatchery im just wanting to know if they are a legitimate place. There only a half hour from me so i could drive up to get chicks if they allow that
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    Wanted Chicks or eggs SWMo

    Looking for a few EE's a few white egg layers and maybe a few brown egg layers. Im looking for pure or mutt chicks i just want some white egg layers and blue/green egg layers. And could get a few more brown egg laying chicks to replace some of my older chickens. If i get chicks i need no more...
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    Mixing breeds what color egg will i get

    might be buying some hatching eggs and have decided to try to get some mutt chickens i love the neat color combos i see. Roos are pure RiR, BR and i think buff orp. Hens will be blue white and brown egg layers. EE, BR, and Califorina White to name a few. So i know i will end up with some brown...
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    Ancona Ducks

    All my Muscovy turned out to be boys so i traded 2 of my soveys for her. She is 6 months old and laying when i got her. Its been a month and no eggs. I just figured i would wait tell spring. I know ill get mules if i hatch her eggs but i liked the breed and no one had a Muscovy hen to trade.
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    New Zealand White Rabbit

    Yes you can. There is not heath problems do to there weight gain unless as adults you over feed them. Just when you pick one up let it come to you. I raise and breed new zealand and califorina meat rabbits. I always keep any does back that show an interest in me by coming up to the front of the...
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    Ideas for a secure temporary coop?

    How about pallets scrap plywood and a piece of tin from the roof. Ive got my chickens in a shack of a building lol but i to cant afford a nice built one. So all we did was build a 5x5 by 4 ft high little coop. It was supposed to be temporary so ive got a tarp on it still need to upgrade to...
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    S F Meat Rabbit vs Cal/NZ Meat Rabbit Grow Out

    Thanks everyone for the info. I had planned on breeding him to 2 to 4 does pick out at least 1 doe from each litter. Breed them to a nzw and hopefully by then i would get rew then i might breed a rew brother sister pair to each other. But i don't know nothing about genetics. The lady also has a...
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    S F Meat Rabbit vs Cal/NZ Meat Rabbit Grow Out

    Love this tread i have my eye on a silver fox buck. I want to add a little new blood into my commercial nzw rabbits. Was hoping to breed the color out but retain all the good trait the silver fox has. Did not think about the dark skin will that bred out to? I sell to a commercial meat processor...
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    ARG! Muscovy frustration!

    I found a few ads for you i just did a search for ducks here is my search just got to dig though the post lol. http://sacramento.craigslist.org/search/sss?query=+ducks&srchType=A This one might be the best http://sacramento.craigslist.org/grd/1892715383.html
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    Any guesses on these mixed ducks

    the front ones are pekin. but im after the 2 spotted girls. He bought them this way so breeds unknown he thinks there is some mallard in them. If there is mallards will they fly away? To me i see runner in them. When will they lay? Im new to ducks right know i got 4 3 month old sovies so still...
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    Age and sexes of these 4 Muscovy's lots of pics

    Well from what i think i know primary feathers are the last 10 or so feathers. Hubby and i went and picked each one up and looked. 3 ducks were light there wing feathers were mostly the same length. There was one noticeably heavier one but its primary feathers were longer. So going by weight...
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    Age and sexes of these 4 Muscovy's lots of pics

    Alright im thinking the only girl is one of the twins the one in the 2nd pic she is behind the other duck. So maybe i should keep that one and the white chested one and trade or sell them and get 1 or 2 more girls.
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