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    Hatcheries in the South

    Two Hatcheries in Georgia http://www.the-georgia-mad-hatcher.com/Contact-Us.html The Georgia Mad Hatcher 478-988-9374 109 Fuller Rd Hawkinsville, GA 31036 (20 miles south of Macon, GA) Worth It Farms 256-476-1120 http://worthitfarms.jigsy.com Poplar Springs Rd. Hiram, GA 30141...
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    Threatened Chicken Breeds according to the "American Livestock Breeds Conservancy"

    These folks seem to have a pretty well thought out list of threatened and endangered breeds along with some good detail info on the breeds http://www.albc-usa.org/cpl/wtchlist.html#chickens It is inexcusable in my mind that they do not have photos of each of the breeds mentioned however...
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    Old and Rare Breeds

    Why / How does Purple Martin poles in the yard affect Owl Attacks? Are your purple martins sacrificial bait ?
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    Old and Rare Breeds

    I have found that the best bait for coons in a live catch trap is any kind of food in a bowl with some of the juice from a can of tuna drizzled over the food. That strong fish smell must really carry in the wind. I dispatch them with my $85 Daisy 1000 .177 pellet gun with one shot into the...
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    best parasite eating poultry

    I have a duck background with zero experience with chickens but I can tell you two recent stories about muscovy ducks. An organic farmer in California is turning loose a flock of muscovy ducks into his farm fields to eat the bugs etc where he had been using some type of chickens and he said...
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    Are there any quiet rooster breeds ?

    I have been researching very hardy and self sufficient breeds but I live in a surburban setting and though I could get away with a dozen or more chickens, my neighbors would not tolerate roosters making a big racket early in the morning. I know that some ducks cannot quack, so are there any...
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    Most Hardy chicken breed for total free range ?

    Would you mind listing the most popular "varieties of Game Fowl" as I dont really know what that means. Are we still talking about chickens ?
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    Old and Rare Breeds

    I think being wary is good for survival. The ducks that swim all night survive whereas the ones that sleep on the bank tend to disappear over time. Also, being lighter probably helps the LaFleche to fly better and for my purposes probably survive longer. Thanks for the great info
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    Most Hardy chicken breed for total free range ?

    I am trying to guess what GHO is.... Closest i can come is Ground Hog ? ? ? no wait... Great Horned Owl..... yea thats better. My mind is slowing down.
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    Old and Rare Breeds

    Obviously there are some experts here that really know all about the old breeds. On the theory that modern breeding from old breeds to produce higher performing though more fragile types that are less hardy, less self sufficient, require more attention and drugs etc ( kind of like race horses...
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    Most Hardy chicken breed for total free range ?

    I have a 3 acre fenced in area with a one acre pond with a variety of trees and bushes and currently have about fifteen ducks that do well on their own. I'd like to get some chickens to totally turn loose and fend for themselves in Atlanta, Georgia and was wondering what breed is the most hardy...
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