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  1. 17 chickens

    Protecting ducks from wildfire smoke

    I too have ducks,chickens and turkeys here in Washington state. If you put misters or sprinklers that have a fine mist this helps
  2. 17 chickens

    Should we rehome our drake?

    Ducks are flock animals and get very depressed and lonely if alone. If you can rehome him to a good home that would be great.
  3. Silly Sally and the Quail

    Silly Sally and the Quail

    I have been raising poultry for 48+ years and this has become a first for me... I have a large chicken run with 2 coops in it the smaller red coop is for my older girls who are set in their ways and will only go into the Cluckingham palace to sleep and lay their eggs, the other girls go in to a...
  4. 17 chickens

    silkie keepers come in pls

    One is bearded and one is non-bearded, silkie's come in both.
  5. 17 chickens

    We need help!!

    soak her in warm water up past the vent keep doing this for about 15 min at a time several times a day.
  6. 17 chickens

    How to use Zyfend A

    Yep, That's it!
  7. 17 chickens

    getting desperate - externa parasites - nothing works

    I used livestock dust and still use it every time I clean coops, It is a lot of work for me to get rid of those nasty bugs and to keep them gone with over 300 poultry and counting. You could try to use a garden sprayer, I have also used a 1 part vegetable oil and one tsp of dawn dish soap to 3...
  8. 17 chickens

    getting desperate - externa parasites - nothing works

    I have had a battle with the mites this year as we had a very wet winter. I was out of my mind trying to battle them, I dusted and dusted the coop, birds and runs. I scrubbed and cleaned everything, brought in new sand for runs still had them..... yuck! Then I got out the bleach and soap and was...
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    Information that goes with every chick and hatching egg purchase

    Thank's for all the information! One thing that I have not thought of is the information on hatching eggs both duck and chicken!! This is going to be a great winter project for us. My husband suggest that we have a few extra things on hand such as waters, feeders, light's (ones that are teflon...
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    Information that goes with every chick and hatching egg purchase

    So we have a poultry farm here outside of Spokane Washington, We sell eating eggs, hatching eggs, chicks, ducklings and young poultry. We started small and now have grown so fast and have tripled in size. It is the end of the chick season here and before the next season starts we are going to...
  11. 17 chickens

    Looking for new breed

    Frizzle's and silkies!!!!!:love:thumbsup:ya:goodpost:
  12. 17 chickens

    Broody hen named Silly Sally

  13. 17 chickens

    Broody hen named Silly Sally

    Here are a few pictures and when I bring them out to the flower garden again today I will get more.
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    Broody hen named Silly Sally

    I am going to take some today of her and her children
  15. 17 chickens

    Broody hen named Silly Sally

    Up date on Silly Sally... So Silly Sally is loving be a mom so much I gave her 2 more kids to raise, It was such a nice day out today that I brought her and her 8 little kids out to play in the flower beds while working in the yard. She was teaching them what to eat and keeping a close eye on...
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    Broody hen named Silly Sally

    I have around 500 birds now and growing everyday, I breed, sell egg's (both fertile and eating) and sell chicks and ducklings. Silly Sally is a 3 year old hen who is a brown sexlink who has for the last 3 months been broody. She goes to all the nesting boxes and takes all the plastic eggs and...
  17. 17 chickens

    Chick with scissor beak :(

    Nope, I had left them messages, emails and tried contacting them through the rare breed auction and they have never returned back to me. So as my husband says those 6 chicks cost us $180.00! I will not buy from them again! This was my first time ever dealing with the scissor beaks in 50 years...
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    Chick with scissor beak :(

    Is it a genetic thing? I had won a auction from Greenfire farms and 8 of the 14 chicks sent to me all had scissor beak, It didn't appear until they were a week to two weeks old. Boy was I upset about it!
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    We live in Eastern Washington State (desert) and have rattle snakes

    I hate snakes and scared to death of them too! I put out fertilizer granules everywhere that my chickens and pets don't go. I even put nice wide path around my runs to keep those things awesome say! I was told the fertilizer burns their skin a and they won't cross it! As for rodents that's why...
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    Is 300 chickens enough?

    We are vegetarians too and have around 400 layers. We have retired from great professional jobs early because we were never home and wanted to spend more time together at home. It can work you have to be 100% committed to the project, tighten your spending and enjoy working for your self. We...
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