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    Pilgrim Geese: still laying in June?

    My pilgrim female hasn't laid any eggs since I got her in April but I assumed it was her deformed keel.
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    Cost Benefit Ratio

    I want to survey everyone here.... How much money do you put into raising meat birds? How much food as money do you get out? We have the barn, pond, and fenced in terrain. We have layers and pets..., how much should each chick or duckling or poult cost me before I feed my family? I am in...
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    DUCKS??! when is a good age to butcher.....? and chick question.....

    How and when did you butcher them? I am new to meat birds but promised I would do it as my boys love meat and it is breaking the bank. So I have a farm refuge and a farm now..., just to confuse my children. Can I buy any old sort, range them for the summer and then do it? Did you pluck yours...
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    What does everybody use as their duck's pools

    Melissamerry You have given your ducks the most amazing life! You take them on holiday with you and for excursions?? That is fantastic. It sounds like fun.
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    What does everybody use as their duck's pools

    When the ducklngs are wee, they all start out in an old cat box..., I clean the litter out first! As they mature we set up a small paddle pool, ours were donations from the local recreation centre. We have a hockey pond..., when the ice mels it becomes a haven for frogs, mosquitoes, and ducks...
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    My duckling can't poop!!!!

    Which direction are you massaging in? Does your duckling have any other symptoms? I.e., temperature, water intake, food consumption, listlessness, solitary behaviour, et cetera.
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    Planting Forage for Ducks?

    My birds just went for my blueberry bushes. They love ryegrass too.
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    goose with some swelling of head/depression/anorexia/respiratory sounds

    I have the same question! I have read that many poultry people use Tylan..., but what is Oxine AH?
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    Breed?!? EE or Ameracana?

    The difference between a 'true' ameraucana and an easter egger is about ten dollars here in Canada. She is lovely, but for 'true' Ameraucanas her legs ought to be darker. Right? or wrong?
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    5 wk Barred Rock - Roo or Pullet??

    barred rocks have yellow combs and yellow legs, right? males are slightly larger with reddening comb and wattle that, while it commences at perhaps six weeks, will continue to redden for another four months Right? Wrong?
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    Can anyone tell the gender of this Ameracauna?

    would this bird not be an easter egger, perdrix phase or am i mixed up?
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    Canadian Ontario Hatchery?

    i am asking the same thing on another chicken website! i am hoping we can have a 'xls' file so we can search by breed, location, vendor, et cetera.
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    how long to isolate chicken that seems recovered

    hello i isolate all sick and incoming for a week..., just to be safe.
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    Bumblefoot surgery - with pics and "how to"

    thank you. i just shared this link with friends at 'la basse cour' who might have a case of bumblefoot. the images help me a great deal. well done, thank you for taking the effort to share it with us.
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    Crop Surgery Performed - More pics & How To Steps posted - Pg 10

    thank you, this is fantastic. i will look for the 'sticky' for easy to access information.
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    CANADA auctions swaps breeders

    Hello We cannot easily bring chickens or any other live poultry across the border into Canada. 1/ Where do people get chickens from? I live in the Montreal area and want to find a chicken swap auction near me.... just for fun really.
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    Comment by 'Lupa Duende' in article 'Composting With Chickens'

    Brilliant! Thank you for sharing your convincing photos too. I do not see how anyone could argue against having chickens. Hopefully all cities will be inspired to follow the VT Composting Company's lead to reduce waste. They could even get the local indigent and unemployed to collect eggs to...
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    Comment by 'Lupa Duende' in article 'Emu Hatch 2013'

    wow, thank you for sharing.
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    I'm trying to find some good Canadian hatcheries or breeders.

    Thank you I am still hoping i can find ameracaunas on the quebec side to save the hassle The douane at the border said it was not allowed to import chicks and ducklings
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    Miniature goats

    Hello We need to sell some miniature goats as our budget is tight. I have a small herd of sisters, two year olds and yearlings. They are vaccinated against C.lymphadenitis and current on wormings. All were vet checked last summer after the two yearlings were born. I would like at least a...
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