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My neighbor stopped by to give me 3 mature quail last week... I'm guessing they are the Tuxedo kind. I thought I was getting 2 females and a male... I have no experience with quail. They are in the brooder with 27 1 to 3 week old chicken chicks since I didn't think they would fare well with...

I have 2 White Crested Blue Polish Cockerels that are 8 weeks old. I would love to keep them since they are absolutely adorable but it is not within my rental agreement so I either need to sell them ASAP or they will have to be culled. I don't want to kill them so PLEASE save them from the...

I have 2 White Crested Blue Polish Cockerels that are 8 weeks old. I would love to keep them but it is not within my rental agreement so I either need to sell them by this weekend or they will have to be culled. I don't want to kill them so PLEASE save them from the knife. $15 each or $25 for...

Am I crazy for thinking a gray Japanese bantam can brood with 14 red cornishXes? The gray is 3 weeks old and about 1/3 smaller than the 10 day old cornish. During the first introduction the meaties picked on the bantam. The 2nd visit the bantam was the bully and had to be separated because she...

I didn't want to spend $30 on a lung scraper so I went to Kitchen Kaboodle. The sales rep looked horrified when I told him what I was looking for but he led me in the right direction... a $3 tomato/strawberry corer. I NEED to make a killing cone. The last batch of meaties we processed all...

My neighbor has the cutest lil rooster I've ever seen and she can't remember what type he is. I was hoping some of you could help... thanks! His tail feathers have a greenish sheen

What do you do with yours? Burn it, bury it or plastic bag in the trash...?

Well... almost. ... and it wasn't even very bloody. (His shirt says "Tastes like chicken")

It was a bit scary trying to keep her from pecking my $700 lens but the pic was well worth the anxiety. Her beak was 3 inches from the glass.

I know not many people will read this but I figured I might as well say a bit about myself. My name is Clarissa and I live in Oregon, about 20 miles NW of Portland. I've been here for 6 years. We rent an old 40's farm house from a blueberry farmer and are on 120+ acres. I have 2 girls, 7 and 2...

Should I starve my birds before slaughtering so that they aren't so full of poo?

Some of my friends think I'm barbaric for doing this...

Hi, newbie here (to the forum and raising chickens) I have 11 Cornish X that are a about 7 weeks old. We will process a few this weekend just to get our feet wet so-to-speak. A few weeks ago 1 of the birds was picked on and had to be quarantined. It was a bloody mess. She suffered quite heavily...