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  1. DuckieG

    Bantam White Leghorn Hen and 7 chicks---Local Pickup Only

    We have had a bunch of hens suddenly decide that they want to be mommas! Dove is a White Leghorn Bantam hen who just hatched 7 chicks on New Year's Day. The chicks are also pure white except for 3 black spots on their back; I believe their daddy is a Black Tailed Buff Japanese. She has been...
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    15 Bantam chicks for sale or trade

    I have these posted on craigslist. I would really prefer to just trade for a couple of silkie or showgirl babies or maybe some other bantam babies--let me know what you have. These guys are the Ideal Poultry "grab bag" deal from the 6/1 hatch and since we had a batch from the 5/15 hatch...
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    URGENT runner duck on unprotected nest.

    This is just my experience with runners hatching out eggs (we have 4 black runners currently sitting on eggs that have babies in them, one set started to pip just a couple of hours ago--all the nests are in places of their choosing--the tractor shed, the feed room of the horse barn and 2 are in...
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    Help Please--Hen with broken egg internally?

    Louise is a 2 year old Gold Comet. She and Thelma ALWAYS lay their eggs in the same nest. Lately they have been sharing a nest in the corner of a horse stall with Fez, a duck. For the last 2 days (edit) I have found Thelma's egg (she lays the smaller egg) and Fez's egg but no Louise egg...
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    Pekin drake bully/rapist

    We have had 20 Runners for a couple of years--they breed and raise some babies which we thin out but they are pretty self-sufficient and don't beat each other up much during breeding season. We have 3 Pekin girls, 1 Pekin drake and 1 Rouen drake, all 6 months old. The Rouen drake is pretty low...
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    What predator is eating my predator?

    "You could also capture the snake and toss him a few miles away from your house rather than kill it... they will and can take care of rodents... We threw in a couple super large (6+ ft.) bullsnakes the past summer... we lost NO baby birds... even the adult bantams that the snake could easily...
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    What predator is eating my predator?

    If it was a cat, it had a scalpel. I would post a pic, but it is pretty alarming. EVERYTHING other than the feet, pelt, tail and pelvic bone was removed. I have a cat prejudice--I have had too many barn cats that pee all over my tack and hay and eat like pigs while the mice take over. I have...
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    Coexisting with wildlife-possible?

    My 14 year-old son is in charge of keeping the outside wall of the horse barn marked because that is where the free range ducks sleep at night (dirt floor, something could dig in if really motivated and we have coyotes and cougers) My Paso Fino gelding who was castrated later in life takes...
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    What predator is eating my predator?

    We have had rat problems since last summer when I found the black snake (5 ft plus, measured) that was a resident of our horse barn trying to eat a huge duckling that he never was going to get down. I was really angry and he met the shotgun. Now we have burrowing rats like crazy and I can't...
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    Rooster with paralyzed wing--please help

    When I lift the wing up and hold it in the same position as his good wing, it feels exactly the same at the joint. I have had several dislocated fingers an toes and it is always pretty darn apparent when the beautiful design of a joint is out of whack. I tried moving it like I would to pop it...
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    Rooster with paralyzed wing--please help

    Quote: Yes, it is possible, I guess; our last death was about two and half months ago so I had hoped that it was purged. The others were really ataxic and they all exhibited lameness but no wing symptoms until they were just not feeling good and the wings and tails dropped. He is really...
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    Hubby's dogs killed wife's birds - no more chickens or different dogs?

    I, too, can vouch for the hot wire solution; we have the electrified poultry netting. The key is getting the maximum charger that your wire/net will allow. We have a cattle charger on our netting and NOTHING touches that fence twice. My dogs will not even look at the chicken pen and to my...
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    Rooster with paralyzed wing--please help

    OK, here is the rundown on dear Helios *Edited to add: The wing is paralyzed; after looking at some chicken anatomy pics and really moving the joint, it seems to be identical to the other one. * He is an 11 month old BO Roo His right wing is dangling in front of him and he is completely...
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    Possible Necrotic Foot ? (GRAPHIC PHOTO!) RIP, Vada

    I used silver sulfadine ointment (per vet's instructions) to pack very deep cavity on a horse and it healed perfectly. Something else to consider is Granulex (which I also used on the same horse). I flushed the wound with betadine, dried it, sprayed on granulex, let it stand for 30 minutes and...
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    Chickens And Creeks

    We had Chanteclers at our old house in the mountains. Their coop was right next to a stream. We put them down there when they were 8 weeks old and they free ranged from 10 weeks on. They LOVED the water and refused to drink out of their gravity waterer in favor of the creek. They would...
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    In your experience, how much of chicken behavior is hereditary?

    We have handled these roosters constantly since we had a bad experience with one of our first roosters. He didn't much like people so we tried respecting his wishes for awhile--eventually he would run across the pasture (they were free ranging at our old place) to attack. He just liked to...
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    In your experience, how much of chicken behavior is hereditary?

    We have a group of lovely young BO, 2 roos and 7 hens. One roo is a little standoffish and is going to be as big as a turkey--he is 4 months old and is bigger than both of our full grown (rather robust) BO hens. I suspect that he may be a little difficult to live with but magnificent to look...
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    Sad day--baby Roo died. Coccidiosis timeline?

    We had gotten 5 little BR babies that were 4 weeks old, 10 days ago. One was smaller than the others and seemed a little shaken up about moving to a new home. He was super sweet and cuddly and over the last 3 days he just seemed to slow down. The only thing wrong was a touch of diarrhea and...
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    Laying Out

    Our hens only laid outside the coop when there was a shortage of the "perfect" nesting spot. Right now they have 6 different nests but the one 5 gallon bucket is the perfect nest and they all want to lay in it. Time for another bucket and I will take out the laundry basket that was last...
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    Show off your chicken names!!!

    We have Rex and Helios--BO Roos Puddin'(a lighter than normal colored BO hen, the exact color of instant French Vanilla Puddin') Ginger-BO Mary Ann--BO Evil Lynn--BO Sierra-- Barred Rock Roo? LOL...
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