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    Only one hatched chick, help!

    Oh no. Yeah you need to find the nest.
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    Duck stung by fire ants

    Yeah, I would definitely go through her feathers a few times simply because I had lifted wings, legs, looked around butt looking at injuries and everything looked fine. But yeah, I'm not that knowledgeable but from what I have read stress could cause a molt. I'm not familiar with OTC anti...
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    Cause of behavior changes in a historically peaceable flock of 9 hens?

    Could you post some pictures of your bully just to make sure it's not secretly a Cockerel?
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    Duck stung by fire ants

    Ugh. I juuuust had this happen last week. I wish I had put him down. He had gotten pinned by a fence and had been stuck being bit by ants til I saw him. I washed him off and wrapped him up. Then later checked on him and there were still ants in him!!!! I wish I had soaked him in a bath or...
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    Selling Chickens

    If you're in a rural area you might see if there are any teachers in the area. My area is semi-rural and I know a teacher who does the whole batch eggs every year thing from her flock and then takes the chicks home. You can also search for who is selling eggs as they might be interested in...
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    Selling Chickens

    I've seen everything from $20-80 for laying hens and ducks. Actually, scratch that, some Indio Gigante hens I've seen are $200+. It really comes down to breed and age. Basic ones like cinnamon queens aren't going to go for much (not to mention their shorter laying expectation because of...
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    How many on the go at once to sustain your consumption?

    You might check out kashmiri pepper at an Indian grocery, hot or extra hot. It's what we use in our curry and I've been trying to get the birds into it. While they don't care about hot food supposedly, mine just don't like kashmiri powder. But I haven't tried for awhile so this was a good reminder.
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    How many on the go at once to sustain your consumption?

    I used to feed my dogs raw bones so partially it was the bones drying in the hot summers and then having to do with shards, but in cooler weather it was the stink but I do think I remember seeing worms if one of the dogs badly hid it and it was out longer than normal before being tossed. It's...
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    18 1/2 week old Blue Laced Wyandotte

    You can also have them in a smaller pen and feed them a lot of corn and dairy or something equally calorie rich to help build in a little fat. I don't know too much about it but I want to say 1-2 weeks. You can also still free range them for a shorter period but limit a lot of their exercise for...
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    Any tips for this weeks extreme heat??

    We found frozen slices of watermelon helped a lot in the afternoons. I also put out trays of water, that I tried to put in the shade (or where shade would be during the hottest part of the day.) chickens will walk through and cool their feet off. You can freeze bowls of water and put them in...
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    Fayoumi x Easter Egger cross

    From what I have read, the first generation (F1) has "hybrid vigor" and is stronger typically than either breed (though EE is a mix anyway.) but by F2 this fades. I was reading something interesting about crossing CornishX (which don't breed true because they are a mix) with other breeds and...
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    How many on the go at once to sustain your consumption?

    Make sure your dog is getting some of the offal for all the mineral content. I also like veggies, canned, frozen, or fresh for dogs. I do think an occasional foray into diverse nutrition helps offset any creeping deficiencies. Yeah we render a lot of beef fat as well. Sometimes pork fat but...
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    SandHill Preservation review

    My third millefleur though since I got red Leghorns as well in the same shipment I suppose it could be a bad quality red Leghorn. But the red leghorns I got from sandhill were the worst temperamentally, and Millhouse the "mille fleur" one of the best so I kind of doubt it.
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    SandHill Preservation review

    The neck definitely reminds me more of crele. But in person the white spots really do look like white spots rather than barring. But then I'm a newb who just likes pretty chickens so it works for me either way.
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    SandHill Preservation review

    Just because they came up as a topic and I just happened to take pictures of 2/3 of my SH mille fleurs (may 12 bday.) the third one is on quarantine for a respiratory thing, however it's pattern is much more messy. I'll try to take a picture of it but it has more reddish and orangish feathers...
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    Baby chick with severe wrye neck

    I want to say dab some vitamin e oil on its beak. And yeah, do whatever you need to do to get it to lay on it:s stomach. I've seen people use cut off bottoms of cereal boxes to create a channel for a bird to be stuck in. Your's is probably small enough that would still be too wide for him but...
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    This chicken is not dead

    Better photo. She keeps wanting to dive headfirst into the ground.
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    This chicken is not dead

    Should be this one.
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    Anyone interested in raising fast fleshing Delawares? We have a situation

    You might try posting to https://www.reddit.com/r/orlando/ And the other closest metro areas on reddit to get a really localized pool of people. Sorry though. That sucks :/ Have you reached out to Erin Angulo? Sometimes, breeders, especially the good ones, have people still reach out to...
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    This chicken is not dead

    Here is a photo from earlier in the week. This Muscovy duckling wasn't dead but doing a really great impression (they start so early!)
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