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    Chicken slaughter

    The netting Is 1 inch by 2 inches nylon mostly to keep hawks out. The holes looked like someone took scissors and cut a clean round hole . Really surprised what ever it was didn't get tangled in it. The other birds had some chest punctures.
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    Chicken slaughter

    My wife did hear an owl a couple months ago Getting a trap in the morning. Hope they are ok till morning
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    Chicken slaughter

    Haven't been here in a long time.woke up today to 12 slaughtered chickens. We have netting above the fencing. There are 14 inch holes in it. Out of 12 birds 6 or 7 the heads up to the necks were eaten. I called animal control... nothing. Word Is raccoons do this. I have 100 more birds and am...
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    ready to hatch

    My goose has been sitting on her eggs for about 25 days now.actually 2 females have been taking turns.my question is there are 2 males in with them and i have been told the males might kill the babies? Is this true ? I can seperate them easy enough if i have to.
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    dead mother goose

    Well this morning one of the eggs blew up so i tossed all of them . apparently asking around alot of people have been losing geese ducks and chickens without signs of anything. I hope mine stops here.we have 8 ducks 4 geese and 30 or so chickens.a couple years back kinda the same thing happened...
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    dead mother goose

    We have buff geese.one was nesting alot of eggs 38 of them . yesterday i went to the coop and found her dead.not a clue why she died.she looked fine the other day.no markings like blood or anything.today i gathered up the eggs and put them in my incubator. Now being realistic i dont expect any...
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    no eggs

    All kinds of breeds.all under 2 yrs old
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    no eggs

    Ok I have around 25 hens.they have been laying just fine right along.about 4 weeks ago I get maybe 2 eggs a day and was getting 10 to 13 .what gives? Nothing I feed them is different. The weather cooled off a little.any ideas?
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    ducks and geese

    Ok thanks. If I have to I will build another house for them
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    ducks and geese

    We have 5 one month old American buff geese and 6 three week old ducks.of coarse the buffs are way bigger.can I put them together in a couple weeks? There will be a big 350 sq ft coop with a 6 by 8 foot swimming area and maybe just under a quater acre of land
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    american buff questions

    Thanks have to learn how.i am sure the guy I will buy from will show me
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    american buff questions

    I have been here a bunch but its been a while. Great forum.now I have about a quarter acre of land.locally I found someone who sells buffs.i have the shelter house planned but I am still worried about my fence.i have a 4 foot horse fence around it 6inch by 6inch openings.plus barb wire on top...
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    round eggs

    Didnt see any air in any of them. I did find a few with cracks though. I tossed them
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    round eggs

    Great thanks will do.it will be dark out in an hour so I will do it in a few
  15. deejeff442

    round eggs

    They were just layed.can you see the air already?
  16. deejeff442

    round eggs

    I just put 20 eggs in my incubator. I have hatched 2 times before with great results. Problem now is almost all the eggs are round.i cant tell which end goes up?.what should I do? I just guessed what end looks bigger.
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    silkie ok?

    nobody knows how to file a beek? i put a coddle bone in there but they dont touch it
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    silkie ok?

    i can try for a pic.but seems their beeks are long .the top one has alot of turn down so the bottom one is too long to line up.if that makes sense. i wonder if i have to file or clip either the top or bottom beak?
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    silkie ok?

    my wife went and got 2 silkies today.i looked at them and seems on both of them their beaks dont line up.is this normal? i looked at different pics and dont see it on the pics
  20. deejeff442

    Humidity on the incubator! Pls advice this newbie!

    i have another batch of 9 eggs due monday or tuesday. humidity is 55 and temp around 97. see what happens. i have 3 week olds going to the coop saturday then these in 3 weeks.then i am done for a while. too much to care for. i just got a pot belly pig last friday. from a rescue shelter. so i am...
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