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I have two Pilgrim ganders I need to re-home. They are about 4 months old and healthy. I don't have enough geese for my ganders . If interested I am asking 15.00 each I will pay for shipping if needed. I just want them to go to good homes. I am northern Illinois about 20 miles south of the...

I just had a true Easter miracle... I have a hen in my garage right now because she was being picked on by her friends...I have been waiting for her to heal and then am going to put her back where she belongs... well about 3 weeks ago I thought she escaped because I could not find her. One day...

I have a one week old Toulouse gosling pair... How old will they be when I will know which is the gander and which is the goose? One is slightly larger than the other but I realize (I also have chickens, ducks and turkeys) that size difference isn't very reliable. Are there any secondary...

I have three 1 week old Runners. Just wondering if there is some way to minimize water splashing.... it seems quite hopeless :) I am using the usual 1 qt chick waterer and yesterday I raised it about 2 inches which seem to help some... at least they can't put their feet in it!!! It is amazing...

I don't know if anyone else stumbled upon this yet... I have a Brinsea Mini Advanced and I accidentally discovered that you can candle eggs through the clear sides... all you need is a bright mini LED flashlight and have the incubator in a dimly lit spot. Just put the air cell end of the egg...

I know ... or at least I've read that EE are basically your mutt chicken. That the main goal is to get blue to green colored eggs. Is there anything else they must have to be called EEs? I got some from a hatchery that had no muffs but they did have green/slate legs and laid blue eggs. I have...

just wondering what other chicken people think. In the winter I have only had waterers inside the coop... because they would freeze if outside... I also had bird bath de-icers in my 5 gal nipple waterers which worked well but was kind of clumsy. My biggest concern, and why I am rethinking this...

Hi... just curious... I have about 12 red stars in my flock and I have been impressed with their production... this year I got 6 black stars... just as good at laying plus a little bigger for stewing purposes... But the big difference is temperament. Most red stars I have are flighty... one or...

Hi Folks.... I have a silkie pullet that hatched 4 chicks. She is beginning to act restless and I am thinking it is time for her to go back to the bantie coop with her friends... what about the babies? They are pretty much feathered out, they do not spend much time under her anymore. Can I bring...

DH went to get feed today and there was one lone turkey poult who was rejected due to leg problems. DH felt bad for him and brought him home. It is from a hatchery by the name of Abendroth or something like that. He tries to stand but it seems his legs are too weak. he is on his haunches a lot...

Below are two of my hatches. A couple of weeks after my silkies started laying I had some Porcelain d'Uccle eggs going into the bator so I threw two of my silkie eggs in too. Now I am hoping for some gender guesses and color guesses... also could they be silkie/d'Uccle crosses. They are about 7...

I have 5 RP's ready to go outside and we are building a nice big run for them this weekend. I am wondering what kind of shelter they need. I live in northern Illinois. I have coops for my chickens ... do they need something like that or would just a shelter from the wind and weather be...

I got my Bourbon Red poults today...I had some slightly older chicks to put with them as I did with my Royal Palms. These little guys were pecking the chicks like crazy... grabbing tail feathers and even combs!!!!! I also saw two poults playing tug of war with a stray pine shaving.... My RP's...

I have a chick that is barely a week old and this morning I noticed one of its eyes was bulging. There is no drainage, no other symptoms, seems to be eating and drinking just like the others. Could this be from being pecked in the eye? I saw a couple of chicks pecking each other in the eyeball...

Yesterday I found my little silkie pullet Bitsy in a corner looking listless. She is my sweetie... I had to help her out of shell when she hatched and I nursed her to strength. She was the runt. Well since she has done quite well and is as big as her sisters. I was really upset because she...

My porcelain d' uccles hatched yesterday. 11 out 16 eggs hatched. The eggs were from Teddiliza Aren't they cuties!

I have seven Red Pencilled palm turkey eggs and 6 EE eggs set... two of the EE's have pips... waiting impatiently for some action with the others!!!

I have three GLW hens that are almost 2 years old... I just noticed sometime since last fall they sprouted spurs... all three of them... I got them through MPC... anybody else ever have this happen?

This boy is 5 months old. He is well behaved and good looking. The problem is that when I ordered my chicks I asked for 7 pullets and 1 cockerel... as fate would have it I ended up with 6 pullets and TWO cockerels. Not good for the pullets to have two boys to deal with He is free to good...

I am a brand new mom to 5 Royal Palms... I also have a large flock of chickens... I am pretty darn good at figuring out the cockerels from the pullets... turkeys... not so much. They are only 1 1/2 weeks old and the only thing I noticed is that two of them have one wing feather that is longer...