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How long do hens store sperm? I have two breeds that run together and would like to isolate one of the roosters with a few hens for purebred hatching eggs. Thanks

Hi all, Does anybody know why eggbid is offline? I am hoping it is not permanent. Jennifer

I noticed one of my hens, a 10 month old Americauna, was not roosting last night. This morning she got up, but was moving very slowly and she has a large amount of poop stuck to her butt. Any ideas what is wrong with her? Thanks Jennifer

I have some ameraucana chicks that are 1 week old. They all looked fine yesterday, but today one is unable to use its right leg. The leg is just splayed out behind the chick. The chick can still hop around on its other leg, but I don't know what is wrong and I don't know what I should do...

I only have one incubator and I have two shipments of eggs coming tomorrow, a third shipment will be delayed at least a week because his hens are not cooperating. Has anyone hatched eggs with multiple hatch dates in the same incubator? If so, any advice.

I have 18 mixed marans eggs in the bator due on Nov. 14! This is my second hatch. My last was not too successful. Two chicks hatched out of 18 eggs. (Of the remaining 16, twelve were not fertile and four did not hatch. I think they drowned when I accidently spilled some water and had a...

Is candling really worth the potential damage you may cause while attempting it? My first hatch I decided not to try candling because it seemed unneccessary. It turned out that only 6 of my 18 eggs were fertile so with my second hatch I am wondering if I should try candling. This batch of...

This listing is on eggbid. "Up for auction is a trio of BB Red Japanese Bantams.I had four pens with BB Red Japanese males/females x SDW Japanese females in the matings.The male has short yellow legs as well as one of the females.The other female has short green legs.The male holds his tail...

Probably a stupid question... Why do people raise quail? I know that quail eggs are common in asian cuisine, but not so much here, so I was wondering if quail are mostly pets or do people raise them for the eggs or meat?

Hi everybody, I am trying to find brown red japanese bantams. Does anybody have some that will be available now or in the spring?? Thanks, Jennifer

Some people who are selling eggs note that they have their birds on a regular deworming schedule. Is regular deworming necessary? I have never seen worms in my chickens poop and I would rather not feed them chemicals they do not need. My mom has had chickens for ten years and has never dewormed.

I was reading about how some people set eggs with different hatch dates in the same incubator in this forum a week or two ago. Now I can't find the thread, so I thought I would start a new one. Who has set eggs with different hatch dates in the same incubator? How did you do it and did it...

Hi Everybody, I was wondering if anyone has or has seen a blue Japanese bantam in the US. I found this picture of one on a UK site. http://www.omlet.co.uk/breeds/breeds.php?breed_type=Chickens&breed=Japanese%20Bantam I also found a site saying a US breeder was developing a red one, but...