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I see excellent pictures of Ameraucanas here many times. I am wondering why some of them have a very fluffy beard down most of their neck and some of them have long draping feathering with very little fluffiness. Which bird is correct for the breed? Both?

I have about 10-15 Coturnix Quail Roosters and I don't need them. They will be big, about 10 to 12 ounces. You can feed them and plump the up or you can introduce them to your flock to increase size of the bird and the eggs. FREE FREE FREE. Local pick-up in Astatula Florida

I have one coop of 8 hens that have been in moult for about 2 weeks now. I always put fresh fruit in their runs every morning (1/2 cantalope / watermellon...) because of the heat and they like it. But I have read that fruit is not a good thing during moulting, so I have stopped. I started...

I have left chickens in the incubator for 12 hours after they hatch and they are fine. How long can Coturnix quail stay in the incubator after hatching before they suffer from thirst or starvation. I like to leave my birds in the incubator until I do not see any piping or zipped eggs and then I...

Just thought I would throw this out there. I have a Delaware, about 9 months old, in with 3 other Dels and a Dominique and a couple of Ameraucanas. This one Delaware has had a increasing black appearence around her eyes and nostrils. No discharge, no smells, no respiratory signs of any kind...

Does anyone know how much Tylan powder to put in each individual gallon of water for standard chickens at about 5-7 pounds each. The container always gives the entire bottle of mixing in 50 gallons of water. I want the teaspoon or half teaspoonful dose so I can do this without using a pharmacy...

I thought the hatch day was next Saturday, I didn't write it down, but was pretty sure. I have a Brinsea Octagon 20 ECO with and auto-turner, works nice. Tonight I went into my egg shed to check water level and general placement of 8 Blue Ameraucana eggs, chicken color and egg color, from...

I have a 5 month old pretty big Delaware Rooster in Florida for FREE. I kept him from a group of 5 others for myself but now have decided not to breed the hens and just collect eggs. He is really healthy and crowing since he was 6 weeks old, not kidding. Just a squeeky crow then but is starting...

I am hoping to educate some new comers on the expertise of perfect packing. I have seen really great packing and I have seen really terrible packing. I do not sell eggs so I have no experience packing eggs, but some of you do. Can there be a thread for those trying to learn to do it the best...

I have 10 Barnevelders that are just over 2 weeks old that need to go. They are all healthy and active and are in the brooder with a bunch of Golden Campines a couple days older then they are. This is pick-up only in Central Florida, more precisely Clermont Florida. I hatched theses 10...

I just did my first hatch of eggs and got 12 out of 12 Barnevelders. Do these chicks need to be wormed? I buy chicks from My Pet Chicken sometimes and they always say that they are wormed. Do I need to? How is it done? Right now the Barne's are in the brooder with 7 Golden Campines and 1...

Here are the pictures of the building site. I only wanted one coop but the size of the first coop was not going to hold all of my chickens and I had to build another. They are coop kits but the runs are trial and error, more error than I hoped. The first little run was part of the kit, but...

Here are the specifics. I have 13 chickens in a 6x4 coop, they free range 1/2 hour every morning and 1 hour every night, Sat and Sun they are out all day if they want to be. They have an enclosed run of 240 sq. ft. with both shade from trees and sun in open areas. the floor of the run is...

I am wondering if the Mag Light I have is as effective as a candeling light from a website. Will I be able to see what I need to see and make a accurate assessment of the eggs possible hatch with a standard flashlight?

I just got 14 eggs through the mail and I trying my first hatch in a Brinsea Octagon 20 with auto-turn. One egg has a noticible crack going the long way around the egg and the other egg has a crack completely around the belly of the egg. Nothing is leaking from these eggs. Do I try to hatch...

I have a almost 6 month old BEAUTIFUL Welsumer hen that got injured about 3 weeks ago when one of the roosts collapsed. She still gets around fine on one leg and the other leg is badly sprained or broken, I don't know. She will make a great pet that is ready to lay now, but in the coop she gets...

I have hens that are just starting to lay and hens that are a bit over 3 months old in the same coop. Can I feed the younger hens the layer feed without harming them? Everyone is welcome to give their opinion. If there is a problem what should I look out for? Thanks, Ron

I have one Black copper Marans hen at 5 months and 1 Welsumer hen at 5 months and 3 Blue Laced Red Wyandotte hens at 3 months and one Barnevelder hen and rooster at 5 months. They are free to whoever picks them up first on Saturday August 8th. I will not save them or split them up, you take...

I had two 8 week old Lady Amherst pheasants eaten from a 5x5' cage with 1 inch square wiring. All that was left were some intestines and some feathers. I have learned my lesson, and I hope you don't need to learn it the hard way, so take this advise seriously. A raccoon will pull your chickens...

I have about 6 true dark brick red blue laced Wyandottes at between 6 and 8 weeks old. They are free to the first person who comes to pick them up. These Wyandottes, from a very reputable breeder in Virginia, recently went for $370.00 for 24 chicks on eggbid. They are already showing some...