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    Feb 09, 2018 3 minutes

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    “Our rural postal carrier even took (the chicks) out of the box, put them under the heat lamp, and made sure they all had a drink!”

    —Suzanne Weber, via Facebook, on “Inside Look at a Hatchery”

    “A few things to know about guineas: They’re great tick and all-around bug eaters. ... They are great farm yard guard dogs. They sound the loudest most annoying alarm to ward off and run off predators ... They are dumber than a bag of hammers. They can fly, and very well might. But then spend a whole day running

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