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AMEN! Having a discussion on another website and having someone ask why bother saving the old breeds when they all have somewhat similar traits because the oldest ones were used to make the newer ones, and they don't all have absolutely unique traits. Had to point out that not everyone places...

Now you're just killing me. :lau

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:barnieI can't even get on most of the other threads any more, and haven't for several years. I just can't. I'm sick and tired of being told how evil I am that I eat my birds. People just have no idea where their food comes from anymore. There was a poll taken recently by a dairy related...

Sadly so far I haven't found anybody that is serious enough to have the patience to breed these birds. In fact, some of the worst offenders have been people who swore up and down to me that they had been searching for years to find Javas, that they desperately wanted to save them from another...

Ugh, I feel your pain. People are obsessed with chicks. Part of it is the *baby animal* appeal and started birds aren't *cute*. Then too they want chicks because chicks are usually sold cheaper than started poultry. People also want pretty feathers that sound exciting and unusual ( I hear...

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It's the pet chicken keepers that have the most free time and want to talk about all their pet chicken problems. Those of us who are serious about chicken raising are busy actually raising our birds instead of being online to discuss how cute our chickens are. Some of the *old* APA officials...

It isn't as much about choosing a breed to cross with it, it's about consistently selecting breeders who have the characteristics that you want. People often think they have to crossbreed to get the traits they want when that usually isn't the case. If your birds don't have what you want, then...

I've got cocks who grow spurs so long that not only do they have a hard time mating, but they can't even roost comfortably because of the way their spurs grow and poke them when they squat down to sleep. I use heavy duty dog nail trimmers to cut their spurs down. Just bought a dog motorized...

What is *rough* to one person may not be *rough* to another. Chicken sex is essentially rape. Yes, the hens will squat, but for the most part, males will force a hen down to be mated and they will try to force a mating even if the hen changes her mind after she squats willingly. This is...

As if the government really knows what is best for raising birds. I think that the organic labeling gives people the idea that the food they are eating is raised the same way that you and I raise things - it isn't. It's mostly only the largest farmers that can afford the high fees that the...

That organic label is not all it's cracked up to be. And it costs a small fortune to be able to put an *organic* label on a product. There's a lot of politics and baloney involved with being able to use the *organic* labeling. People who have access to farmer's markets with local farmers...

Shade cloth is your answer. Here in North Texas I'd have nothing but a garden of dead brush if I didn't use shade cloth. I have PVC hoops over the beds and during the most of the year they have shade cloth while during winter I can pop on plastic over the hoops for winter gardening. I get...

With the red light they look like little black dots - basically the same as with the white light, just darker. If it looks like a mite then I'll switch on the white light just to be sure. The only thing I've had problems with using the red light for is if there is a wound - active bleeding you...

Yes you can see mites and lice with a headlamp. I get the headlamps that have a red light on them, as well as two different white lights so that you can have different areas lit up or both white lights on for extra light. The red light is good for not disturbing them as much, but still lets...

Quote: Originally Posted by DesertChic So at 6:30 this morning I hear my husband yelling out front of our house. I rushed out to help him, fully armed of course, not knowing what I would find. A bow hunter had decided to shoot a deer that was on our property from his vehicle up on the road...

Quote: Originally Posted by CanadianBuckeye Warning!!!! Graphic autopsy photos!!! Buckeyes- the Schmaltz breed! I dug out those photos of the Buckeye hen I autopsied. She had developed a large lump and bald spot under her bum, and it looked and felt as if she had ascites and I...