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I got them at the urging of my hubby, he loves animals so much. After he ran it by me, I loved the idea of having fresh eggs. I spend a lot on cage free and organic eggs. We have a young son that we want to teach the way of having birds. My father in law has homing pigeons and my son loves...

1) What type of bird , age and weight. Delaware female, 1 week old? 2) What is the behavior, exactly. lethargic, all other babies are a little scared still (got them on Friday), this was friendly but now sleepy when picked up while the others are more energetic 3) How long has the bird been...

Thanks. We ended up taking it back to the store to get a different one.

We got home last night and one of our chicks got out of the brooder on was on the tile floor. I'm not sure how long she was down there by herself. Probably between 2-4 hours. Luckily we got home and found her before the dog did. Anyways, I put her back in and she seems very lethargic. She barley...

We live near Sacramento. I have family in the Bay Area that I visit regularly, so we are willing to drive about 2 hours in either way of Sac to find some good hens.

Quote: We are looking for Light Brahma, Sicilian Buttercup, Buff Orpington, Welsummer, and Barred Rock.

I live in Orangevale, close...

Hello We are about finished with our coop, well, about another month or so. We are looking to buy about 6 hens and want a variety to choose from. Anyone know of where they have a good selection that we can get some nice layers from. We have a small son and are going to have more kids so we...

Hello - We live in the Sacramento area of Northern California. We don't have the hugest yard, but we are getting ready for getting our first hens. We are looking to build a coop and probably will end up building it out of stuff for free off of Craigslist. I love the idea of this forum and...