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    Rattling inside egg

    I have 3 BCM eggs under my cochin. I candled on day 7 and I saw some shadows, couldn't really see anything else since the shell is so dark. On the way back to the coop to put the eggs back under mama hen I gently shook one egg and it sounded like something was rattling around in there. What...
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    Whizbang pluckers

    Does anyone one have the plans they would like to share. I would greatly appreciate it!!!
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    Poultry defeatherers. Do they work well?

    Id pay good money to not have to pluck by hand. Im getting 10 meat birds in a few weeks and I dread the plucking in my future.
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    What's wrong with this chicks bottom?

    What? No DE is being used. This chick belongs to a friend of mine, just trying to help her out.
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    Lice!

    I had to deal with a lice infestation last year and I used diotemaceous earth or DE. I sprinkled it on their bottoms and retreated 7 days later. I also cleaned the coop out and sprinkled the DE all over the coop. They lost some feathers but not anything like a molt. The feathers grew back...
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    Dog attack, injuries, one of the birds has green marks on her skin!

    Looks like bruising under the skin. Ive had injured birds that had those marks. It looks nasty but should subside within a few days. Just think about how people bruise, it starts off purple then turns greenish as it heals.
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    What's wrong with this chicks bottom?

    This a chick not an egg laying hen so any egg laying issues aren't a possibility. The picture is of its back end below the cloaca.
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    What's wrong with this chicks bottom?

    Im posting this for a friend of mine. She has a little frizzle chick with a swollen bottom. Some have said it was ascites others said it was an ingrown feather issue. Has any one here had a chick with this? If so, how did you treat?
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    My Journey in Pig Raising: Chapter 1- fence building****PIC HEAVY****

    Ive heard that before but Ive also heard that once shocked a few times the pigs dont mess around with the fence so I think we'll try the electric fence and if doesnt work we'll have to secure it more. Thanks for the advice!
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    My Journey in Pig Raising: Chapter 1- fence building****PIC HEAVY****

    The structure will be three sided and constructed out of the leftover pallets. We got some free metal roofing for the roof.
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    My Journey in Pig Raising: Chapter 1- fence building****PIC HEAVY****

    Im actually excited to see what they make of this space
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    My Journey in Pig Raising: Chapter 1- fence building****PIC HEAVY****

    We are getting two. Boy and girl. Yorkshire/Tamworth crosses.
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    Asparagus Galore

    Ok got it. I'll go out tomorrow and weed the bed. Maybe I'll lay down some newspaper and straw to decompose by spring.
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    My Journey in Pig Raising: Chapter 1- fence building****PIC HEAVY****

    My husband is great and has always been so supportive of me and all my animal ideas no matter how outrageous they are. I recently decided that I wanted to raise my own pigs and he was, of course, on board. I did tons of research on fencing and how to do it as cheap and effective as possible...
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    Asparagus Galore

    Are you supposed to dig them up? I planted some year old roots in the ground last year. I had a few shoots come up but I was told not to use them the first year. So I just left them, now my bed had grown over a bit. How do I prep the bed for spring? Do I need to dig up my roots and replant?
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    Pictures of Pigs

    Adorable!!! We're getting our pigs in the next few weeks. It's our first time raising pigs so we are very excited!
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    My latest Craigslist score!! Share yours

    Holy Moly! You really did score, thats awesome.
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    My latest Craigslist score!! Share yours

    That is a great lookin Tom! I got a chicken once from CL and it ended up having lice or mites and infested my whole flock. It was a nightmare so I leary of buying birds now.
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    My latest Craigslist score!! Share yours

    Craigslist has always been a great source for me to pick up things I sometimes need around my place. 2 years ago I picked up an 8x6 chicken coop with windows, doors, 10 nest boxes, the whole nine yards for a few hundred bucks. It's worked out great! Just recently Ive been neding a small coop...
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    Remington 870

    Got this exact same gun for christmas this year. Haven't shot it yet but looking forward to it.
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