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I have two pair of Mexican Speckled quail and about seven eggs in my homemade incubator. I've hatched plenty of chicken and duck eggs, but quail are new to me. I know by the markings and color that I have two males and two females. They are in the same pen. I feed them flock raiser. As far...

My son has a small flock of Silkies. Fertility has been very low and he has had no luck with anything hatching from an incubator or by the hens. We have been checking eggs for signs of development by starting them in the incubator, we have switched fertile eggs to hens, and tried just hatching...

For those of you who show chickens can you tell me how a missing toenail will effect the way a chicken is judged at show. My son has a young Silkie that he was going to use in a show and she is missing a toenail on her toe (last toe on the outside of foot, the pinky toe. He already entered her...

My son is showing some roosters at a local show and I was wondering what type of spray is used to make them shine? I have seen others spraying their birds but never knew what it was. Does anyone know?

They are just over a year old. He won them in a raffle last year. They are brown-red variety. My son is going to show them at our local youth show, but doesn't know anything about their quality so we wanted some opinions. Thank you to everyone for their comments.

I have a trio, one roo and two hens. All are just over a year old. I have incubated several batches of eggs and nothing. No signs of development. I have incubated numerous eggs successfully, so I know that's not the problem. I have even removed some feathers around their vents. Any other...

6+ eggs from my Blue Silkie rooster over a blue and a black Silkie hen. Also a 6+ pure bantam RIR eggs. I would like to ship these out tomorrow. Shipping is $14.00. The RIR's are showing 100% fertility but I am unsure of the Silkies since they are a young trio. I can not guarantee fertility...

I used to participate in the towel and gift swaps on BYC and they were a lot of fun. I searched but only found old threads on these. Does anyone do these anymore or are they not allowed?

My son is creating a poster for a competition. The topic is Nutrition (for poultry) which I assume is feeding them not eating them. The poster has to be normal poster board size. Other than that there are really no other guidelines other than siting your sources and putting you name on it...

My son is in FFA and is showing some Silkies and there is a showmanship competition that he is going to participate in this year. I have seen some videos of people using sticks to walk their chickens or to position them. Is there a certain length or type to these sticks? I have not seen them...

My son is going to participate in the local youth fair (Southeastern Youth Fair) and has four Silkie chickens he is going to show. He has shown chickens before so we know how to prepare them for the show. However, there is Showmanship that he is also going to participate in and doesn't have...

My son is going to show these birds in our local youth fair in February. Just wondering what some of your opinions of the birds were. I believe there to be three hens and one roo, which is the darkest blue. One of the birds did not grow as well as the others and we are debating on submitting...

My DS is in 6th grade and has to do an Earth Science Fair Project. The problem is every idea we come up with his Teacher says it's wrong . One idea was we were going to make a Tornado Chamber and the project was going to discuss, How are tornados formed. The next idea was Volcano's and the...

I could not believe it, my incubator page has been visited 12305 times. It makes me proud since I built it.

My son is joining FFA and wants to enter a Silkie in next years fair. I know this sounds weird but I was wondering if there is anyone in the Ocala area that has some Silkie chicks that we could sort of borrow. We would feed them, raise them for the show and then when the shows over in Feb you...

You ever have one of those days when you just don't want to go to work. I'm having one. I just don't feel like going today. I wish someone would write me an excuse (note) for work so I can stay home on BYC all day.

I bought six red pullet chicks from the red pullet bin at TSC and they were little red chicks but they are feathering in completely white. Not a single red feather. What gives? Has anyone else had this happen.

Specifically How long will they last if they are not refrigerated. I saw some really pretty dyed brown eggs on another post https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=161261 and it got me thinking. When my kids dye eggs we always put them in the fridge so they don't spoil, but...

I had a coupon for $10.00 for feed at TSC and when we got there they had chicks, finally (it was the 6th time I've been there) I walked right past them to get the feed and my DH pointed them out and said, "Aren't you going to get some?" I said, "No, I have enough at home." He said, "But these...

I Seramas. I got rid of my Seramas and due to my addiction relapsing I have three little chicks again (2 look like roos and 1 little hen). I'm really wanting to get a little frizzled chick but I haven't had any luck with shipped eggs and the frizzled ones seem to be even harder to find. So I...