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    ISO: Fibromelanistic Naked Neck hatching eggs

    Heavily prefer a focus on dual purpose birds. Not picky on original source of fibro, we already have Svart Hona and Silkie in our pen. Interested in one or two dozen, would also be happy to trade a dozen (it should be noted that I am not NPIP certified).
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    ISO....BBS Australorps

    Did you ever find Rattlesnake Ridge lines?
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    How to get rid of Andrey the goshawk?

    Romania is a pretty good spot to be when it comes to Livestock guardian dogs. Look into Carpathian Shepherd Dogs/Ciobănesc Românesc Carpatin (would suggest an 18+ month old considering you have aerial predators). Join 'Learning about LGDs' on FB, it has ~14k members and is a great help when it...
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    Recommended reliable and accurate scale for weighing live birds?

    Is there a specific brand lots of people use to sort cull/keep birds or am I overthinking this and do I just need to buy a darn scale already? Just want something that will last a good long time.
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    Hi, are you still selling duck shoes?

    Hi, are you still selling duck shoes?
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    Toad Raising.

    Not sure where you are in VA, but we may be able to combine an order next spring if that would be helpful.
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    Pullets/hen Eating Eggs?

    I would be preventative and give them either a roll away nest box (google has good examples) or a nest box with a curtain so once laid the egg isn't visible to be pecked at by anyone.
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    What are the original flock sources for the Ancona?

    Do they all end up tracing back to Holderread? I saw somewhere in the Ancona Duck facebook group a mention of Ancona's being around on the United States east coast in the 1930's even though it's said they were only brought over from Britain in the 1960's. So that's one puzzle. Beyond that, I...
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    Why does my rooster do this?

    Keep in mind that you wouldn't want to perpetuate a line that is that prone to aggression. This is the reason many people simply send unruly animals to freezer camp. Unless their genetics are worth passing on, it is not worth the hassle of having that additional animal around.
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    How many hours can eggs stay under broody before they're useless for future hatching?

    I go out as often as possible to collect them of course, but I have a confused on and off broody and am never sure how long she has actually been sitting on them. Just generally wondering if there's a time frame for development that can't be stopped and then restarted at a later date as I know...
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    'Slow Feeding' birds to keep them from scarfing down food + to encourage foraging

    Our LGD's are outside 24/7 as it's there job to protect everyone. So keeping them out of everyone's feed when I only have polywire and not traditional stock fencing is an issue. Birds are out all the time so I tend to run down and dump their feed then run back up and grab the horses buckets from...
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    'Slow Feeding' birds to keep them from scarfing down food + to encourage foraging

    About 50lbs a week with 10 ducks and 14 chickens. Which I think is about right. It's a 16% layer feed. I'm still pretty new to this and figuring out what feeder and form of feed works best for everyone with our set up.
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    'Slow Feeding' birds to keep them from scarfing down food + to encourage foraging

    Our temps went back up about a month ago. We had a couple weeks of very cold weather (between 0 and 20), then temps started crawling back up. The flies are back, the grass is growing, and it was 75 a few days ago. I'm excited about the grass at least. I'm probably going through about the same...
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    'Slow Feeding' birds to keep them from scarfing down food + to encourage foraging

    Yeah, with our horses we use slow feed hay nets so they never get too worked up about food just because they can slowly eat some any time they want. It's not wild panic when it's feeding time. They free range over many acres 24/7 atm as we have Livestock Guardian Dogs, I'm not thinking about...
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    'Slow Feeding' birds to keep them from scarfing down food + to encourage foraging

    They'll be going back into pens soon as I have grass to plant, but I'm curious if anyone has used any feeder that slows down how much/how easily they can eat in order to encourage foraging. I've been dumping feed, they inhale it, and then they go back to foraging eventually. Due to my own health...
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    Go team "Tube Feeding!" - Updated 12/29/2019

    That was all really helpful, thank you! Got 50mL of slurried food into him last night and then he drank some additional water by himself as well. Still can't really find his crop, but I did spot the tube going down, so we're both making progress.
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    Go team "Tube Feeding!" - Updated 12/29/2019

    Is it normal for them to protest a lot? My duck is not nearly as cooperative as any of the birds in the videos. He positively hates me anyways, but when I'm actually tubing him it makes me terrified that I've put it in wrong. His feathers are so ridiculously thick that it's hard to tell what is...
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    Callused duck foot?

    There's no scab, and there doesn't appear to be any kind of pocket of infection, it's just lumps of the normal skin nodules, the exact same as at the tip of the toe. I've never heard of bumble presenting anything like this? He's inside on a bed of straw and getting care now, although he does...
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    Callused duck foot?

    I soaked them and they looked the same except for being a little cleaner. It's definitely not necrotic, it's basically just hyperkeratosis that has dirt ground into it, but I've got no idea why. He's not lame because of that, his left hock is very warm so either he sprained it pretty...
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    Callused duck foot?

    Not sure what I'm dealing with here. Will of course be soaking and cleaning them off, but the bumps of callus are visible. His legs (hocks mostly?) don't match, the following pictures are the best I could get for now. Lame on left (darker) foot. Doesn't appear to be bumble I don't think, will...
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