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    GOAT breeding question: Looking into CIDR/PG600 protocol for my acyclic ND doe. Jave a rented buck

    Well, she has normal development externally. I did a speculum/light exam. She is a great personality & good lookibg, but qbecause we're homesteading on two rocky acres with no chance for relocation, every goat housed has to contribute milk to stay. I'll keep trying with her, but the buck will...
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    GOAT breeding question: Looking into CIDR/PG600 protocol for my acyclic ND doe. Jave a rented buck

    It's okay. I suspected this. She's a gorgeous doe, and I think this is why she was put up for sale. Not a good breeder. I've never heard "freemartin", but I looked it up. " she did have two brothers. I'll do a speculum/light test on her to see what's inside. If she seems developed ok, I'll try...
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    GOAT breeding question: Looking into CIDR/PG600 protocol for my acyclic ND doe. Jave a rented buck

    I may get more answers here than on BYH. So.. I have two ND does. One is 7.5 months, 1 is 18 months. I borrowed a buck from a breeder two weeks ago to breed my older doe. Thebdoe lived at the bbreeder's fsrm until 12 months of age but had never cycled. I have had her 6 months. She has still...
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    Comment by 'bantyshanty' in article 'Petaluma Cabin Coop'

    I know the coop is old news by now, but I think it's beautiful as well. You did some very inventive things with it. The stencil is great, too. I wonder if your stain has held up? My first coop was done with interior stain, my second with exterior stain...what a difference!
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    Which type of small predator that fits thru a 1" gap did this?

    First....no pics....apologies! My tearful daughter insisted I bury her immediately & show her respect (of no pics) Second, this happened to a pigeon, but it could have been a bantam hen...please don't distinguish, chicken people. My first predator attack ever was last night, on a broody pigeon...
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    Size & shape of a guinea hen's first couple eggs? And, what is this thing my hen hatched?

    My guinea started laying about a month ago. I never realized where her eggs were being laid (the flock is confined for the winter & she's the only guinea), till a little chick hatched under my OEGB, hiding under the nestboxes, that could possibly be half guinea. I found half the eggshell, it's...
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    Comment by 'bantyshanty' in item 'Brahma - Bantam'

    I agree completely as to their personality. Very sweet, social curious birds. I have only one, in a larger flock, and shes the only chicken, of dozens, who wants to follow me around as I work outside, just to be near me. She loves being held, just to be held, and I didn't train her to be that way.
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    What Breed or GENUS am I? I may be half keet!

    This little chick, or chickish thing, was hatched out this morning. S/he's sparkling snow-white with a trace of lavender, white belly, white throat. She hatched out pinky-carrot and somewhat wedge-shaped in the head... hmmm... I can't find the eggshell to save me, as it was in the coop, with a...
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    HELP with Brinsea Minis, please-Answer is EASY, just check your unit!

    I have 4 working Minis, 2 Eco, 2 Advance. I've hatched 50 times in these, and I'm having a big Dumb moment, now --PLEASE!! someone, which way do the fans go, with the sticker facing toward you as you look into the dome top, or away, where you see only a black square in the center? I have new...
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    Selling a few of my BEI drakes locally

    I hatched out my first--and only-- duck brood this past June. I raised 6 BEI drakes from 6 shipped eggs. These are my only ducks, and I'd hoped for a couple pairs. At this point, My duck run & house & pool has room for 4, but not 6. I want to sell two drakes locally and would like them to stay...
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    Buff Ameraucana Pair, direct fr. John Blehm, 20 weeks, Western PA

    I have a nice pair that were shipped as chicks from John Blehm. The cockerel is friendly and follows me, both birds are fairly easy to handle. Raised on organic feed. Clean, healthy, I use DE in feed & in their coop. PICKUP or MEET only. Allegheny County, Clarion County, or Fayette County, PA...
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    Whats the weirdest thing your chickens have eaten or tried to eat??

    I can't outdo the last one (glad the pigeon egg under my broody hen didn't make it!) So... My daughter's first attempt at making me breakfast. She microwaved cornflakes & milk for several minutes. A chicken's dream!
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    Comment by 'bantyshanty' in article 'Using Sand In Your Chicken Coop'

    I've used both coarse river sand and play sand in my coop and run. I would not recommend the play sand except in a pinch, as the fine silica dust can really hurt the chickens' lungs over time in an enclosed space. If you have a really well ventilated or open air coop, it may be okay. River sand...
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