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  1. Rin

    Cackle Hatchery reviews

    Chicks were shipped 5/20/15. I received 16 Salmon Faverolles on 5/22/15, 1/3 of them arrived fairly lethargic and "egg shaped" still, but none were DoA. Despite trying sugar in the water per their instructions; 5 died yesterday with 1 more clearly about to die today. The rest seem happy...
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    Cackle Hatchery reviews

    Welp, so much for that. I just had them call and say for some reason they can't ship Cayuga to my state (Florida), that my state wont let them... yet Ideal has in the past (in fact I can order Cayuga through Ideal Poultry right now and they will process it and my local feed store JUST got an...
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    Cackle Hatchery reviews

    Yeah, I read the whole thing first but it seems they decided to inject their 2 cents throughout beginning to near end which both amused and irked me. I have gotten some really impressive specimens from Ideal Poultry in particular and have never gotten anything that resembled a "mixed breed"...
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    Cackle Hatchery reviews

    Well, I came here hoping for specific reviews of JUST Cackle Hatchery, instead had to trudge through several clearly biased lectures of how all hatcheries suck / how they don't personally breed all their birds. Does it matter? They're a Hatchery. Duh. When I'm looking for a review of a HATCHERY...
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    LGD Wants Inside the home Constantly

    @ chickengeorgeto - I'm expecting a batch of about 35 chicks in spring and I'm seriously considering doing something like that only with an outdoor brooder that can be placed in the kennel with Kobu (the LGD). @ Sonya9 - The vet has said it's purely behavioral as she has nothing wrong with her...
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    LGD Wants Inside the home Constantly

    Sorry for the delay, I actually moved my older house dog outside to the pen with him. She had become incontinent in her sleep and it was a decision I was struggling with for a while now anyway. I'm not trying to be too hard on him. I am out there every single day tending to his needs as well as...
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    What happens if you breed silver lace Polish to gold lace, buff lace to gold lace, or silver lace t

    I'm expecting to receive Straight Run Polish in 3 colour variants; Silver Lace, Gold Lace, and Buff Lace What happens if I bred these combos? Silver X Gold = Silver X Buff = Gold X Buff = I'm hoping to accomplish chicks of all 3 colour variants with the fewest amount of roosters/breeding...
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    LGD Wants Inside the home Constantly

    I appreciate the posts, but, I know he is lonely. I'm asking what to do about it (if anything) without ruining him? And I already tried to search that forum among others. I don't have months to wait for a decent answer on there which is why I asked here. I did however change a few things; I...
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    Livestock guardian dogs

    a good example of this was the donkey used at my local sheriff's holding farm decided to kick one of the goat kids and killed it on impact. It was a good donkey who has been used for years to protect against coyotes running horses into the fences. After that he became very hostile towards all...
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    LGD Wants Inside the home Constantly

    I understand he is young and scared and that poultry is harder for him to bond to, I do not understand what you mean by more humanization though. What would you suggest I change in this routine to put him more at ease without disrupting the process?
  11. Rin

    LGD Wants Inside the home Constantly

    I have a Maremma who is only about 10 weeks old now. I brought him home at 8 weeks and after a week of keeping him in the barn with the chickens, he is now allowed out during the day but is kept in there during the night. He can still see his flock through the hardware cloth at all times but...
  12. Rin

    Help with plywood walls

    Welp, I'll head to the hardware store now to see what they have as far as trim or 1x4s, the selection out here is pretty limited but hopefully I'll find something useful in the lumber yard. Will let you guys know how it goes.
  13. Rin

    Help with plywood walls

    I plan to, I just need to do something about the cracks between the plywood sheets first XD
  14. Rin

    Help with plywood walls

    Sadly they don't carry anything like T1-11 in my area, that was actually the first thing I tried for. But its okay because in the end I wound up wood carving two massive crowing roosters in each side of my coop and that might not have looked as good for doing so as plywood does. I plan to do 1...
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    Help with plywood walls

    Blegh, I was worried you were going to say that. Hopefully it looks better in reality than my mind is making it. XD Thank you so much for the help <3
  16. Rin

    Help with plywood walls

    I'm building an 8x8 chicken coop and I'm not sure what I can do about the gaps between the 4x8 plywood boards I am using as my exterior walls before painting everything. I know plywood needs to be able to expand but this just looks horrendous. Is there some sort of tape or caulk for this...
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    Comment by 'Rin' in item '1 Gallon Poultry Waterer'

    @ Vixen, some people like to supplement their birds water with ACV for various reasons; http://poultrykeeper.com/health-suppliments/apple-cider-vinegar The main downside is it will corrode metal waterers. Back on topic though, I've used this waterer too when I first started out. For very few...
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  18. Rin

    Egg laid WAY too early?

    Thank you, this is good to know. I was worried whoever the culprit was going to die soon as I couldn't find /anything/ about birds laying as early as 3 months. No one seems weak or listless or anything today, it's almost as if the egg fell from the sky. XD EDIT: Just letting you know...
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    Egg laid WAY too early?

    Last night I went to lock in my flock of 3 month old Easter eggers and discovered a shell-less/softshell double yolker had been laid on the ground where it had burst open(everything looked proper and "normal" inside like a hen that had been laying for weeks). Now that it's morning I took a...
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    Safe to build a run under my AC?

    Quote: Jackpot. Thank you. It was. I wasn't sure if having birds crapping right there was a bad idea or not but woot. Good to know good to know :>)
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