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    When do BBB start to feather?

    Ok, so my lovely wife went to pick up the meat bird for me on monday, and when she was there she happened to notice 8 little BBB poults in a brooder in the showroom. Needless to say 4 of them were promptly boxed up and on their way to our house My question in how old are they now? They all have...
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    Do you switch from crumbles to pellets?

    Do any of you start your CX on crumbles, and then switch to pellets? We are getting the next batch of CX next week and I am working on my feed list. We have all the ducks & layers on pellets because I think they waste less with that compared to crumbles. I was thinking of getting enough...
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    Ever hear your CX crow?

    So when I went out to do the chores before work this morning I did the same thing as usual. I drove the car out to where the coop & tractor are at and got out to take care of them. I walked past the tractor and was about have way to the coop when I heard a funny noise. I heard it again so I...
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    Rain barrel/tank with nipple waterers

    We are going to be installing some water nipples in the coop and run, and I plan on using a rain barrel to catch the runoff from the roof to fill it. Well actually I have a 300 gallon water tank that I was thinking of using instead of a barrel. I have seen this setup may times with just a...
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    Opinion on flock addition

    We are going to be adding to our layer flock shortly and I would like your though on what we are thinking. We currently have 2 black sex linked hens, 1 buff orp hen & 1 buff orp roo (2 pekins & meaties too but they don't count, lol) We are thinking of adding 6-8 more layers. We need a cold...
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    Why dont our ducks like the pond?

    We have 2 pekin ducks that are about 2 months old. When they were smaller we used to take them out to the koi ponds in the front yard and they loved it. Now that they have kind of outgrown the little ponds we have been taking them to our large (3/4 ac) pond instead. They don't like it thought...
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    A valuable lesson

    While building your coop, if you ask you wife to but a nail in the fascia board while you hold it and she says "I've never used a nail gun before, I don't know how to" you should listen to her. You shouldn't just say "just hold it up there and pull the trigger" like I did. She couldn't...
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    What breed & Sex?

    We picked up these little guys about 4-5 weeks ago at TSC. We would like to hear what you guys think they are. #1 & 2 #3 #4 - our little roo #3 & 4 just ignore the ducks and meatties mixed in there, I'm still getting stuff orginized, lol.... Thanks for the help
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