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    Maine weather is horribly unpredictable! It's 55 degrees today, but tomorrow has a low of nine. I'll pm you in a couple weeks and we could always give it a shot!
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    Cute!!! Can you do an order of seven shipped to maine after March first? Think they will make it if they are postal pick up only? Or is it too cold?
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    Cochin Thread!!!

    Speaking of hatching eggs, does anyone have buff bantam eggs??? I have the most handsome of roosters, his dad was a show bird, but the poor little dude has no buff hens, so thought I'd try to hatch some for him
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    12+ BLue Laced Red Wyandotte Hatching Eggs NPIP ~ LF

    I'll take a dozen end of March! (hopefully by then Maine will be out of the ice age.)
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    The NEW Crazy 24hr AUCTION thread

    I can't wait for the weather to finally warm up in Maine so I can start making bids! :drool:
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    Boggy Bottom Bantams 2016 egg and chick list

    How much for ko shamo?
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    Sneezing and Wheezing Chicken

    Awesome thank you! I'll buy some today. Poor chickens. This Maine winter has been bipolar, wet and warm one week and negative digits the next, it's wrecking havoc on their health
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    Sneezing and Wheezing Chicken

    Can tylan 50 be used with ducks? I've got sneezing coughing chickens and they all share the same water. How do you give it orally.
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    Dog to protect my flock! Help):

    That's good to know. Hair isn't an issue haha. I also have angora rabbits, and 2 cats so I'm pretty uh, hairy all the time.
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    Dog to protect my flock! Help):

    Hey everyone, after my lifelong dream of getting a home in the country, and getting chickens, I've had Nothing but issues keeping them alive!! First it was raccoons. Finally caught two in the act of raiding my coop and turned them into vulture chow. Then weeks later, my neighbors miniature...
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    4 month old lavender orps, are they all roosters???

    So we have this trio of lavender orps. They runn around together and two of them always spar with each other. No spurs on any of them, and they all look the same to me.
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    Showing off my giant appleyard drake

    Just thought Id share a picture of my proud bf showing off one of our young appleyard drakes. At only 8 weeks old, hes huge! Looking forward to his adult plumage, hes going to be amazing!
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    A question about midget whites

    Oh good to know, that good they still have another 3 months of growing out to do
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    A question about midget whites

    So i have three midget whites, 2 hens and a tom. When i got thrm the lady I bought them from said they were 4 months old. Now, the tom hasnt posed for the ladies, nor does he have much of a wattle yet. I was reading that heritage turkey are about ready for butcher at 28 weeks, and since i...
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    Is there a way to keep ducks from pooping in one spot?

    Oh thats a genius idea!
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    Is there a way to keep ducks from pooping in one spot?

    I know this title seems weird, but i have 7 silver appleyard ducks, and they live in a large, 9x9 foot hoop house. They are given a fresh bucket of water everyday, but lord, all they do is stand next to it and poop! Im using the deep litter method best I can, but they stand by the water all...
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    MY CHICKENS ATE EACH OTHER AGHHH!!!!

    So tomorrow i will get hardware cloth. Hopefully when i check on them in the morning there are no more casualties. Im wondering if whatever might have eaten them climbed the tree behind the coop to drop down on the roof and get it. Seriously i never thought raising chickens would be so...
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    MY CHICKENS ATE EACH OTHER AGHHH!!!!

    Well that's good news and bad news at the same time! I did have a recent incident where I think a cat or something managed to get into their coop on weds night. One chicken was half eaten on the ground outside and there was a dead chicken in the coop. The coops sits about 4 feet off the...
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    MY CHICKENS ATE EACH OTHER AGHHH!!!!

    AHHHH!! I went out this morning to refill their feed, and during the night they must have run low. It was horrible! They ate each other!! I found my lavender orpington with a big hole in her head, my buff polish was equally pecked to death and my wheaten armerucana was just plain GONE. I...
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    Review by '' on item '36 Ounces Farmers Helper Ultra Kibble for Chickens'

    I use this as a supplement for both chicken and quail chicks. Really helps bring thr protein level up for gamebirds. Might be too much for broilers though, just be aware. Otherwise my chicks love this stuff. It has noticeably reduced poop smell and solidified poops! They grow well on it. Love...
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