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Hi everyone, i wanted to try some broiler chicks and was sold 6 "red broilers" at tractor supply. But to be honest these are pretty small and I thought the larger light red chicks in the same tub were the broilers. Can anyone help confirm these are or are not red broilers? Thanks in advance!

Hi everyone, I just went and submitted my personal back yard chicken permit to my county and have a question that the permit lady was unsure about. according to the informatin for the permit it says: "The chicken coop shall be kept in the rear yard and must not be visible from adjoining...

So the other day we are sitting on the patio and a rooster crowed. We went to check it out thinking a stray roo was on the property or behind the fence. Nope, it was one of my Hens. And yes shes a girl and lays eggs. Shes a little over a year old. As you can see an hear, Daria is tring...

I have a bantam hen that was born in may of 2020. She has never laid an egg. She is kept with 3 other female bantams in a small coop during the night and a 10x10 dog run during most of the day. They have sand flooring except in their night area and then there they have pine and hay. She gets fed...

So a short time ago I asked for advise on my poor egg hatch rates and it was decided that it was the humidity was to high during the hatch. I have only hatched 1 batch since then so it is not enough to confirm, BUT I incubated 10 eggs-9 were fertile and 8 HATCHED! the 9th chick was to weak to...

I have hatched 2 groups of quail eggs so far and have gotten a 5:3 (male:female) ratio each time. I have 9 fertile eggs that are set to hatch soon..so what does everyone typical get? the breeder I got my originals from said he always has more males than females..and its kind of aggravating. i...

Ok so I have a bug issue..and I have a green house frame without a cover. I am thinking that maybe I will get 1/2x1/2 in wire and wire the entire thing in, add a door and turn it into a giant 16ft by 10ft quail run and vegetable garden. I have major issues with bugs and I am wondering if the...

I thought I would reintroduce myself. I joined Backyard chickens a few years ago for my mother who was getting into chickens. Then I dropped off the face of the planet as far as this place was concerned. But earlier this year I got my OWN Bantam chickens and now I am getting into quail, thus...

Long story short I have 2 issues. I am new to quail and have cortunix. I need advise and help to find out were I am going wrong here. I do not want to keep killing chicks before they get out of the egg! Problem #1: Hatch rates in my incubator are low and chicks are dyeing in their shells fully...

Hi everyone, I joined after looking at all the awesome coop photos on the site. I currently have no chickens, but my mother really wants them. My mom’s birthday is in May so I am going to build, or buy, her a chicken coop and get her a few hens. Some of her neighbors keep chickens, at least I...