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I need some help, with what these breeds or X's these new girls are? I know the photo's aren't very good, as I only had a minute to snap some shots of them this morning before it started to rain. The orange/red one has 5 toes on each foot. I have never had a 5 toed chicken before and think it's...

We had a severe feral cat attack on our chickens and lost all except one. We have now fixed the coop and we need to replace them urgently, as the chicken that did survive is feeling lonely. We need older pullets who have just started to lay or will soon. So if you have any RIR, Maran or Araucana...

Hello everyone, We are doing a live stream of our Button/King Quail hatch. If you are interested in watching here is the link. http://www.ustream.tv/channel/smallbluejellybean They are due tomorrow evening, Sydney time. We originally set it up so all our friends and family could watch, but...

I am so confused with this little guy or girl. It was a bright yellow chick and had no silver to start with. Now it has white wings, with a touch of cinnamon and silver ticks through its body feathers. I have had silver chicks before, but nothing like this. Also it came from normal parents. What...

Every year there always seems to be at least a few people selling fertile King Quail Eggs, but this year there is nothing out there. What has happened to all those quail and if anybody does still keep these adorable birds, do you have any eggs and what are my chances at talking you into selling...

I read you can feed yogurt to your chickens. I have natural plain Greek yogurt, with all those lovely healthy bacteria cultures in it. Do they drink it or do you have to give it to them in a special way for them to like it?

Hello, I would like to know how big California quail are and if they get along with king quail and canaries? Thinking about incubating some eggs.

Hello, My daughter just bought her first incubator and she wants to hatch King Quail. We have three in our aviary, but they are currently on eggs or have chicks and are not laying. They are normal coloured. My daughter wants me to track down eggs from birds that have colour mutations. I have put...

Hello, My daughter just bought her first incubator. She would like to hatch King Quail eggs. We have some normal coloured birds, but she asked me to see if I could track down some mixed coloured eggs for her. Willing to pay for eggs and freight, if anyone has any? The more unusual the colours...

I have two pullets who are new layers. One goes to the nesting box in the morning and sits there for an hour or so. Doesn't lay an egg, but when she comes out and starts across the yard, it pops out as she is running. She makes a funny noise and turns around and has a look, then continues on her...

It's spring here in Australia. The days are getting longer and it is heating up. We have had quite a few really hot days. I have three pullets. The black sex link started laying at the beginning of the week, but it has been days since without another one. She keeps making a nest in the nesting...

I was wondering if anyone has a chicken that has a funny voice? My 26 week old black sex link, Pepper squeaks and squeals like dog toy. Here is Pepper after she pecked the cat. You can see a piece of kitty fur in her mouth. Mister Meow Meow did not appreciate it at all. So does your chicken...

This is so freaky to me, that I wanted to start a new thread. Here in Australia we have a limited amount of button quail colours. Mostly normals and silvers, and occasionally caramel. I know there are a few people in other states that have a few more colours, but nothing around where I live...

Hello everyone, Thank you to everyone, who helped keep me calm during this long wait for our first egg. Well it finally happened this morning! It is so tiny and was laid by Pepper our black sex link chicken. Here are some photo's I took of the egg and Pepper. See in the photos how tiny the egg...

I had my normal buttons hatch a pure white chick. As its only hours old I don't know the sex and that will be hard even when it grows up. If it lays its a girl!!! The parents are unrelated, so it was just a fluke that this recessive gene popped out. Here in Australia white buttons are so very...

Our normal buttons laid 9 eggs and today 9 hatched. To our surprise one chick looks like its a white chick. We have had silvers before and this chick is different it is way more yellow. So I looked up chick colors and it looks just like the white one pictured. We also have had a lot of luck with...

My chickens still will not lay eggs. No hiding places for them to lay elsewhere. They are squatting and doing the egg song for weeks and week, but no eggs. They go in and out of the laying box all the time, doing their song. I was wondering if I rented a rooster for a week or two if that would...

I have a little flock of three. One New Hampshire, one Black Star and a RIR. The RIR is way behind the other two, who both have big red combs and wattles, and have had them for some weeks now. They are all about 26 weeks old and have been confirmed by the vet as being pullets. The NH and BS keep...

I asked in forum only 3 or so weeks back on how to stop my cat from going after the chickens. Now the tides have changed and my chickens keep trying to attack my cat. They are also going after my guinea pigs, where they use to roam free around the yard (which is huge) to just roaming to a small...

Hi, I know it's a really silly question and I don't think chickens can be trained, but I do have a bad chicken poop problem. During the day, I let my three 17 week old chickens out of their coop to free range my huge backyard. They have no interest free ranging at all and are more interested in...