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What did this bird turn out to be?

Awwwwh! A picture's worth a thousand words. Thanks, ozexpat. : )

Thanks ozexpat! Can you tell me what you mean by "at the bottom of their sportsman"?

Hmmmm...just thinking. If the chicken eggs are on lockdown, I won't/can't get the guinea eggs out, yes? no?

THANK YOU, Cabbage Girl!!! Making another incubator never crossed my mind. Too distracted with a chicken-eating sow (long story)... Thanks again!!!

Does anyone have an idea?

I put Guinea eggs and Marans eggs in the same incubator. It's Day 19 for the marans eggs and those eggs are chirping in there already. I'm wondering how it's possible to both be on lockdown for the marans, and to roll the guineas. Not possible, I figure. And will the higher humidity that the...

I know we are very blessed by this particular hen, and I'm hoping that the two babies she hatched are both hens as well. (She was on 21 eggs...one of our children kept putting more eggs under her - oops!...and bailed after the third hatched...we tried the incubator for the rest and had too hard...

We're fixing to take a flying leap off the deep end here. : ) One of our Buff Rocks, Butter, went broody, so we let her try. She hatched out her babies, and what a wonder to behold. They're very active with vibrant leg color, no sticky bottom, robust in every way. I can't believe some of the...

Here's the ingredients for switchel. It looks pretty similar to the electrolyte mix, save the sodium. I usually omit the oats when I make it for the humans. 1/2 cup apple cider vinegar (yes vinegar) 1/4 cup molasses 1/2 cup sugar or honey 1 1/2 teaspoons ground ginger 1/2 cup oatmeal...

Hi Peeps, I'm a newbie (7 months), and just got our first order of Cornish Xs. I'm wondering if switchel is ok to put in the chicks' water. It looks pretty close to the electrolyte packages, but I don't want to hurt the birds or lose our investment. Here's the recipe...

God love you for the quick reply (my battery's almost dead). Thanks!

Of course bulbs only break on Saturday nights when TSC is out of the for-sure safe ones, right? Anyhow, I'm here at Lowe's looking at Syvania's 250w R40 bulb, not having much luck on google trying to find out about toxicity. Does anyone know if this one has toxic teflon on it? Picture of the...

Hi Emma, Our first chicks are 4 weeks old now, and a few of ours had some crusting. I read to wipe with a wet paper towel, and guess what? I rubbed the down right off her bun! I switched to warm water in a spray bottle, and sprayed ever so gently - very gently - on the crust. That loosened...

Happy first day of Spring! Our babies just turned 4 weeks old on Sunday and they are so wonderful - we're in chick heaven. I am so sad for people who don't or can't have chickens. My question is whether or not it's ok to let them outside for a few hours of a day when the weather's nice like...