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So, last spring I had a duck sitting on some eggs, but she left the nest after only three hatched, I think there were 9 eggs all together and I think only 3 were "duds" and the other 3 were half hatched but the babies had frozen to death (Im guessing they froze because it was a chilly morning)...

So I have an all white duck hatched in june from a blue swedish hen and a rouen drake! Anyone else out have these results?

Ok, so here's my situation 8 months ago I lost a banty hen, 4 months later I lost a sex link hen, yesterday I lost one of my "bard yard crosses" all three had the same symtoms, they walked side-ways (when they could even walk) stumbled around like they were drunk and their necks where twisted so...

Haven't found anything like him in my catalogs or online, my grandparents got a bunch of chicks this past spring and there were several like him in the bunch, so I was seeing If anyone knows what he is?

Anyone else watching!? They are doing a bit about chickens!!!!! Neat-O!

We have some sneezing chickens and a few have crusties on their nostrils, will soluble vitamin D3 work? The ingredients say "D-activated animal sterol (source of vitamin D3) and citric acid" should we use this or buy some antibiotics at the feed store?

I'm watching animal planet right now and they just put up a "fun fact" saying ducks don't have nerves or blood vessels in their feet so their feet never get cold! Crazy! That's something I never knew!

Why must people pinion the wings on their ducks! I bought a pair of ducks at our local auction for my wife, the drake is black with a green head and a white chest and the hen is black white and green, gorgeous ducks, but the hen has been pinioned!!!!!! I would understand clipping flight feathers...

I finally got my parents guineas and chickens put up for the winter! What a hassle guineas are! At night they would roost up in a maple tree in the yard and I would try climbing up the tree after them, but every inch I moved closer they would move another 3 inches up and away! Anyone else have...

Ok, so, what effect if any would an earthquake have on a broody hen and her eggs? Obviously shaking an egg wouldn't be good for it, and we've had 2 here in the past 2 nights! Earthquakes aren't something we usually get here in Arkansas in fact in my 24 years I've never felt one here, so I was...

We found one our guineas fully intact, just missing its head. I remember back when I was a kid people talking about critters would eat certain favorite parts, I just can't remember which ones ate just the head? Anyone else know?

Ok, we haven't seen "Big mama" in like 2 weeks, she's a black jersey hen, but anyway we found her under a thicket by my parents drive way with a whole batch of eggs! Its November 2nd! So my ?, should we "wait and see" and let her hatch them or just say "its too late in the year for babies" and...

This is "tigger" my beautiful ________ roo! Please help fill in the blank! I got him from a friend of a friend of someone else who had too many roosters and wanted more hens, at the time I had 0 roosters and too many hens for my little "middle-O-town" coop, so I traded a few hens for him and now...

I'm building a coop special for my OEG bantams, I need cute nesting box ideas, I have an old mailbox already but was wondering what other things people have used? Thanks for any stories and ideas!

Ok, so we have standard chickens and we have banties, the standards free range but the banties are kept penned up, because we got some somewhat half baked advice from someone saying banties are wild and they will take off as soon as we let them out, which I know is bull poo because I go out...

First of all, ameraucana breeders don't get mad at me for asking, but what is the difference? I know the ameraucana is pure bred and an EE is not, but how do you tell if you have a pure bred or just an EE? My granma has a gorgeous rooster that has the beard and all, but what else should I look...

Its time! I've finally talked the wife into letting me expand my private flock! (meaning my personal flock at home rather than the more "communal" flock at my parents house) anyway, I currently have 1 idk roo (I'll post pics in the breed forum of him later for help on that) and 5 red sex link...

Hi, I was wondering if anyone has mixed any standard breed flock with a bantam flock and if so what are the results? I have 9 standard hens (5 leghorns, 1 black jersey giant and 3 cinnamon queens) and one unknown red and white roo, and I'm wanting to get my daughter some banties because she...