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    Comment by 'ShouldabeenaVET' in article 'Do ducks like boats?'

    O M G !!! You have an amazing husband! How Cool is this?!!
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    What do you do with all those eggs?

    go to you tube and there is a homesteader lady that can show you how to water-glass them. I pickle gallons of them. I give lots away. look on you tube there are tons of ideas
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    Broody/chicks question

    That's the thing,,,, one never knows/ Nothing ventured nothing gained. I would slip the older chicks one at a time. When Hen is asleep in behind her. I dont think it will work. But stranger things have happened. I've had weird things happen, sad things, miraculous things. There are no hard...
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    freezing temps found clutch

    I did catch the peacock and put him in the broody house. which is a bit warmer than the barn. He is starting to grow a new tail, vibrant colors, he is missing a toe from before I got him it got froze. I can't see anything wrong with him.
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    freezing temps found clutch

    oh honey that doesn't bother me. Seriously I greased the casserole and will wash it in the dishwasher. I don't Ever feed raw egg back to chickens. I always cook both eggs and shells before they go back
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    freezing temps found clutch

    even if I cook them?
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    freezing temps found clutch

    ok so found a huge clutch of eggs in hay today. Things around these parts have been C O L D lately.. 14 below at night sometimes more. anyway 26 eggs and they hadnt cracked but I'm not eating them. weird question ? What do you think it I cook them and feed them back to chickens and pea...
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    Double Yolk Incubation Research Project

    oh honey!!! I SO love your enthusiasm and stick to ativness. You are going to accomplish so much in your young life. I am your biggest fan :ya:bow
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    Double Yolk Incubation Research Project

    Oh Marly!! I just stumbled on to this and read the WHOLE thing!!! You are amazing and can DO anything you put your mind to. If you want to be a vet DO IT. I didn't follow through years ago because an old chauvinist vet told me girls couldn't be vets. (this was 100 years ago). I went to...
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    Living off Social Security

    Just my Opinion but letting you all know that wind power is NOTHING compared to solar. We started out with a huge (expensive) wind turbine and have went solar since. The turbine just quit and our sales man said "You wouldn't believe how many of those I have in my backyard!" grrrrrr:he The...
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    We had a peacock show up about a month ago he's gotten so comfortable around my husband and i. He s

    I think it depends on where you are located. My avatar shows 2 pea hens given to me by a friend,(this all started in October last year) , a few months later I traded a goose for a Cock. I now have 2 peachicks. So it has been a lot of fun. I have a barn I let them roost in. When it gets...
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    Deep litter..What am I doing wrong?

    Oh okay. I bet its the humidity. Sorry I probably can't be of much help. Good Luck
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    Deep litter..What am I doing wrong?

    I dont think your doing anything wrong. It won't really breakdown and disappear. If it doesn't smell I wouldn't worry. I don't even add the PDZ and mine works fine. I probably change it maybe every 10 months or so. I do push a muck rake around and stir it occasionally. I am in a very dry...
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    Looking for advice regarding mites and lice

    Ok I guess maybe I have never had nor know of Mites. I live in a super dry area. I use the above for my horses though. Works good for ticks and flies.
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    Suet Cakes Prices

    pintail your avatar is amazing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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    Looking for advice regarding mites and lice

    I use dichotomous earth. DE. I think that's what you need to spread in your nest boxes and coop. I'm sure more chicken knowledgeable folks will pipe in..
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    Help! Rooster attacking me

    they want to be "cock of the walk" It's survival of the fittest, it's the strong rooster gets the girls..... it's nature
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    New Member in DFW

    Welcome!! You have stumbled onto a fount of Fowl information. Hope you enjoy your chickens. :welcome
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    pheasant chicks when to let go?

    In July we were haying and a swather uncovered a nest. I took the eggs and put them under a broody silky. Four days later I got 8 baby pheasant. My question is when can I let them go? They are all feathered out and man do they Jump around in the broody box. I would like to give them the...
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