I'm looking for exceptional lines of Sumatras and Red Jungle Fowl.
I currently have a small flock of the San Diego zoo Red Jungle Fowl line, and I am curious of anyone that has this line or any other one.
As for Sumatras, I'm most interested in Black but I'm looking around for all colors...
I have three purebred, high quality Ameraucana Roosters. Unlike the Easter Egger, this line of birds is the real mcCoy and lay vivid, blue eggs consistently. The gentleman who sold me these chicks advertised them as show quality as the line has won multiple awards in local NY/NJ shows. He was...
Hello, I am using a Genesis Hovabator 1588 with an egg turner. I have a batch of eggs ready to enter lockdown. In the past I've noticed that when I remove the egg turner and put the eggs on the bottom screen, my thermometer (not the one built into the top, but an additional digital one that I...
I noticed bloody mushy stool on the droppings board seven days ago. I started to medicate with 10ml liquid Corid per gallon of water. Today, being the eighth day, I'm seeing LESS bloody stool, but I can tell at least one bird has it. I was planning transitioning over to RACV in the water today...
I'm working on designing a poultry breeding/hatchery business on my farm. I know most hatcheries and many breeders offer Mareks Vaccinations for chicks. However, going through the logistics it seems like it could become very confusing/time consuming/expensive to offer this service for a small...
Hey guys,
I'm a young farmer that had dreams of starting a small poultry breeding operation as a side job. I spent hundreds of dollars collecting the breeds I wanted to focus on. I'm about to apply for a microloan to expand my facilities. Well, as soon as the weather dropped I noticed some...
Hello, I have a bit of a scenario going on with my flock right now. The other day I noticed that I had a bit of a chicken lice infestation. Some of my hens had pulled many of their feathers and weren't looking too well. I dusted them down with Permethrin. Two days later I found my biggest/best...
I'm sorry but searching through 388 pages of post iS not what I have time for today. I'd just like to know if you know how many lbs feed growing x trays greens replaces over a given time? Also my chickens live in a very large enclosure but are not 'free-range' can doing this help bring me closer...
I know nothing about breeding chickens so here goes a few basic poultry breeding questions: It seems everyone as no issue backcrossing F1s with parent generations. This IS considered inbreeding, right? Can this be repeated many times? Can you safely cross F1s together? Its okay to inbreed...