Recent content by Celeeste

Hello, I’ve been looking at moving to Arizona after I leave college and I was wanting to start a ranch out there with chickens and ratites. I was wondering, what would be a good way to manage overheating in the desert? I’ve heard dugout and adobe buildings are an option, is this true? I’m...

Hello, I’ve been looking at moving to Arizona after I leave college and I was wanting to start a ranch out there with chickens and ratites. I was wondering, what would be a good way to manage overheating in the desert? I’ve heard dugout and adobe buildings are an option, is this true? I just...

I did a 50/50 on the straight run and am hoping for a hen, I think the last photo makes the comb look larger than it is

oh alright, so different runs and coops would be preferable then

I want some pretty quail to go along with a eggs and I was looking at these two breeds, do they get along? They live in roughly the same area in the wild, but are either one of these aggressive or mean? They're both expensive but I don't mind.

Hmm, thats true. Might be safer to let muscovy's hatch the goslings and ducklings while silkies hatch the other ones.

I know silkies are the popular choice, but can Muscovy ducks be used to hatch chicken, duck, or goose eggs? I hear that they're good mothers so I was wondering

Oh sorry, now that I look at it, it looks a little yellow. I guess I was expecting a super striking yellow

My drake looks normal in pretty much every other way besides the bill colour, are they not all bright yellow?

I'm planning a farm with all types of poultry in which each species gets an acre, (an acre for chickens, an acre for ducks, etc) and I was wondering what chicken breeds would fair the best in this decently large area. I know of Egyptian Fayoumi chickens and I might get a couple of those, but I'm...

So I'm designing a wooden coop for my future farm and I was wondering if it'd be easier/effective to build a brooder inside each of the different bird species coops. Would there be any problem with having a brooder in the coop? I would probably using the lil mama hen warmers or something.

We recently got three new chicks, a Rhode Island Red, Golden Comet, and a Light Brahama. Our light brahma has had poop stuck on his down feathers below his vent which I can see opening and closing when I touch it, should I try and clean that poop off or can I just leave him. I assume they get...

I was planning my farm and I was wanted to have geese and I was wondering what would be the best goose breed to get. I'd like brown Chinese geese for laying (because I like their unique head knob), but are they a good laying breed? Also how much should I expect to pay for something like 10 brown...

Well, we have a suspicion that our Cayuga might be a Drake, but the jury is still out on that one. I have four total ducks

We got some ducks that are all supposed to be female, however this one is confusing me. She has a brown beak but she doesn't really have a quack. Recently she's been changing colour, but she hasn't molted her first time yet. What could this be, and could it be a male? Also should I be worried if...