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my 25 meaties, arrived in the mail this morning, 15 of them dead in the box...and another 7 of them have died in the past 12 hrs, I am down to 5 chicks.... this seems absolutely bizzarre to me!!! Has anyone experienced this? Did I go with the worst hatchery ever or was it the post office rough...

25 cornish arriving week of feb 22, local stock shop says they can order me turkey grower, otherwise they dont carry meat bird food. will this food work or is protein too high? anyone used this feed for cornish x?

25 cornish arriving week of feb 22, local stock shop says they can order me turkey grower, otherwise they dont carry meat bird food. will this food work or is protein too high? anyone used this feed for cornish x?

I picked up 2 "pullets" from the stock shop, one EE and one production red. I dont know how i didnt notice this guys comb while there but after getting home it is looking suspicious. I assume these are about 2 to 3 weeks old? Not sure. Here are pics of the 2 hopefully someone can help me out, if...

about 15-16 weeks i believe.

ive been trying to figure out the best way to fix my hovabator that either my little boys got too or the chickens, it has holes! one of the corners is missing a fairly large chunk so much that even when the top is on there is still an inch gap, what can i use to fix it? duct tape? some kind of...

gonna try incubating some eggs, had a beautiful blue laced red rooster and a silver laced wyandotte, noticed today the egg i cracked open was fertile, anyone know what this will produce? anyone have pictures?

LF BLRW ROO, 8-10 months old, was told he was from Justin and Foley lines that were crossed. He is very pretty, and heavy bodied, I wish I could keep him but neighbors have started to grow weary of his crowing. Was going to use him in a breeding project but looks like I wont be able to! He is...

Yes I have a rooster, hens just started laying, theres a white spot on top of yolk, idk if this is normal yolk anatomy, or a bullseye, thanks!

i went out yesterday morning to feed and water everybody and found all 7 of my 3 week old speckled sussex scattered across the yard, all dead. I bought these from bargain here on byc and was so looking forward to them, they had just started to show their beautiful coloring, also dead was my 7...

I hatched 2 olive eggers about 6 weeks ago now, and I am pretty positive I got one pullet and one roo. Pics posted for positive ID. Also, the blue pullet, appears to not have a tail? I love this bird btw she is the sweetest chicken I have yet to own, the black one, which im pretty positive is a...

I got some eggs from Garry Farm, and here they are at 2 and 3 days old. Cute little chipmunks. Enjoy!

11 speckled sussex! What are you hatching?

BLRW experts....I picked this guy up about a month ago, so I believe he is about 4 months old now. Can you tell me from my pics if he is a decent looking bird? Splash? Or just young and not feathered out enough. thank you.

Just looking for 1/2 dozen or so, please pm me and thank you!

I have a batch of 11 in the bator now, the 4 copper marans eggs i cant see through, the rest are a light brown and light green olive eggers...only one for sure looks good...these are a few of the questionables....can anyone help me?

Its day 7 and I candled just now, It looks like one of my eggs has a definite blood ring but at the same time it looks as if the embryo is still moving around? I tried to hold very still thinking it was just me but I dont think it is. I will try to get a pic of it tonight when my hubster gets...

First time to incubate, eggs came today and they are beautiful! A gorgeous mix of olive egger eggs. Cant wait! anyone else setting eggs tmrw!? I'm so nervous I hope they all hatch but am not planning on it as to not get my hopes up.

so my roo, about 4 months old, breaths with mouth open and i can hear every breath...it sounds like he has a bunch of flem in his throat?? its not all the time but often enough. is this normal?? any ideas? is he sick? any help would be great, thank you in advance!!

he hasnt started crowing but he makes this weird sound off and on all day, sounds seriously like a low turkey gobble....weird.. is this normal? just smooth talkin his ladies maybe?