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I have Chocolate Rooster (don't know which kind of chocolate) and a Jubilee Rooster. I have a Red pullet, Gold Laced (Black Laced Buff) pullet, Lavender Pullet and Buff Pullet. From what I have read, I think I understand somewhat. Please correct me where I am wrong. A Chocolate Roo...

I received 18 day old chicks thru the mail. 1 died 2 days after I received them, it was a Bresse. The rest were fine for 6 weeks. One Bielfelder female died. I thought it was smothered in a chick pile. Even though there are 2 heat lamps they all prefer 1. I put them closer together and...

I have several breeds of chickens. They have all been together for a few months. I have a couple of Langshans (larger but younger than some) that have some broken tail feathers. I have read to pull them out. The are too many and I tried to pull out the worst one. I couldn't and I don't...

A friends is moving to an old commercial poultry farm. The chickens have been gone for 2-3 years. There are huge buildings that the chickens were raised in on the ground, not cages. I do not know the reason for it shutting down. The ground in the buildings are dirt with 8-12 inches of dried...

Has anyone ever used a medical drying oven for an incubator?

I was asking a chicken guy about his experience with incubators. After many questions he told me about his friend that had collected eggs in an egg carton, set it down in his workshed and forgot to go back and get it. A few weeks later he went to hunt down a noise and found 12 chicks in the...

I ordered guinea eggs online. They were shipped to me on their sides. Everyone was lying on its side wrapped in plastic packed in pine shavings. I have never had something packed this way. MY main concern is that the post office shook them a lot and detached the air cell. Since they were on...

There is a chick that pipped 16 hours ago. I cleared the cracked pieces from aroung the beak. I lightly mist the egg with warm water every 4 hours. 2 other chicks hatched quickly last night when this one pipped. I'm only worried because the chick has made no attempt to crack the egg since...

This is supposed to be a pure breed Ameraucana, not an Easter Egger. I made sure they knew the difference. He/She is 5 weeks but bigger than my 6 week Splash Copper Maran. He/SHe has been solid black (feet, feathers, comb, beak,eyes) until a few days ago. Now there are a few brown feathers...