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Bit of an emergency search. I have had a batch of shipped hatching eggs go poorly and seem to only have one hatching and I don’t want the poor thing to be by itself! I may be willing to take something else if I can’t find any silver Appleyards, but they are my chosen breed, so anything else I...

I was wondering if anyone has ever successfully removed the electronic components from a little giant or farm innovators styrofoam incubators and reused them to make a new incubator. Both of the ones I have have sprung leaks that I can’t find, but the heater and fan and everything still work, so...

Need an idea for a large batch brooder, waterer, feeder for ducklings! We are incubating 74 duck eggs and 14 goose eggs, so it needs to be a good size! We’ve never incubated this many at once, but we are starting over and since we have a cabinet incubator we figured go big or go home😅 My mom was...

Any ideas for childproofing the control panel and on/off switch on a GQF cabinet incubator? My 21 month old loves buttons and switches😅😅😅 I have baby proofing latches for the door, but I’m not sure how to go about keeping her little fingers off of the buttons. We have limited space and can’t...

Looking for Cotton Patch goose Hatching eggs! I am located in Columbiana, AL. I can drive up to 3 hours, and if you can ship even better! I can do Paypal or if meeting in person I can do cash. I’m looking for a few sources for genetic diversity. I would like 3-4 eggs from each source.

We are setting up our duck pen using RedBrand field fence.however I am worried about them fitting through the wire so we are layering chicken wire at the bottom. My question is would 1 foot be adequate, or should I go with 2 foot? We are getting Silver Appleyards, so larger ducks. Once they are...

I am hoping to incubate some goose eggs soon, along with some duck eggs. I have the GQF cabinet incubator and a few of the styrofoam type incubators. I really want to incubate them in the GQF, because of the better temp and humidity control. However, I haven't been able to find an egg tray that...

I have a new cabinet incubator that I have chicken eggs in, and I have some goose eggs that I had in a farm innovators incubator, however it is having a hard time holding heat/heating up for some reason. I also have some duck eggs and some chicken eggs in two other farm innovator incubators...

I was wondering if anyone has tattooed their chickens as a form of permanent Identification? I'm planning on leg banding them, but I can't find bands that are customizable enough, plus I've heard that they have a tendency to fall off, so I want to make sure that all the birds I am keeping have...

So, I somehow missed that guineas are murderous buttholes. I am making this post for those getting into guineas, so that they know... Guineas are buttholes... I have a small flock of 11, got them as keets in April/May. I got 2 more, these are pied, from a swap around July. And this past weekend...

I am wanting to do some small coops/tractors, A-frame style, to use for selective breeding and as bachelor pads for some extra roos that I am keeping for project/experimental purposes. I was wondering what size I should do for 2 chickens, one hen, one roo, though it will probably only be 2 for a...

Looking for shade ideas for my chicken run. I got 3 new hens ISA browns, for eggs until my 3 month old Brahma get older and start laying, and they kicked all of my Brahma (25 of them) out of the coop. They are currently In a dog crate inside the coop to keep them from attacking the Brahma. I...

I can't seem to find rails for the farm innovator egg turner. are there any turners for turkey eggs that will fit in these incubators? Our last hatch was terrible, and I think it's because we weren't turning them as much because of other projects and my mom going back to work. The 6 chicks, out...

Looking for alternative leg bands, NOT ZIPTIES. I do not like the idea of zipties, because when you clip off the extra, it leaves a sharp edge, and I don't like the idea of my birds carrying around an extra weapon. I have Royal Palm Turkeys and I am trying to figure out a way to Identify my...

I read a really old post (2011) on dark brahma chicks, and most said that male and female Dark brahma chicks look identical. I ordered 20 straight run and 10 female, just to make sure I had more females, and I have started noticing that some, about a third, have darker faces. Is it still so that...

I am about to be treating a few of my quail for bumblefoot, and afterwards will be butchering the lot. I had hoped to be incubating their eggs, but after we moved about 2 months ago they stopped laying and haven't started back, so they are all going to the freezer and I will be starting over in...

I just purchased a pair of royal palm turkeys. She said she thought the larger of the two was a tom, but I’m not so sure. I’m thinking they are both hens, which I’m fine with. They are half siblings, so if they are both hens I can get an unrelated tom from someone else and I was wanting a trio...

I have been trying to locate some breeding stock houdans, and in looking have read conflicting information about them. I found out about the breed via the Livestock Conservancy's site, where they are labeled as dual purpose meat and egg birds, but other places I have seen them labeled as purely...

Looking for houdan chicks in and around Alabama. I am in Shelby County, AL and would be willing to drive up to 5 hrs to pick them up. Ideally I'm looking for 20-30 straight run, but will take less, and wouldn't mind picking up from multiple sources for genetic diversity.

I have heard a few youtubers mention Bresse chickens, and read that they are supposed to be the best tasting chicken. I was wondering if anyone here has raised them and if they are really a better tasting bird? I was considering getting some and crossing them with something like Jersey Giants to...