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Hello, I’ve been looking at moving to Arizona after I leave college and I was wanting to start a ranch out there with chickens and ratites. I was wondering, what would be a good way to manage overheating in the desert? I’ve heard dugout and adobe buildings are an option, is this true? I just...

I did a 50/50 on the straight run and am hoping for a hen, I think the last photo makes the comb look larger than it is

I want some pretty quail to go along with a eggs and I was looking at these two breeds, do they get along? They live in roughly the same area in the wild, but are either one of these aggressive or mean? They're both expensive but I don't mind.

I know silkies are the popular choice, but can Muscovy ducks be used to hatch chicken, duck, or goose eggs? I hear that they're good mothers so I was wondering

My drake looks normal in pretty much every other way besides the bill colour, are they not all bright yellow?

I'm planning a farm with all types of poultry in which each species gets an acre, (an acre for chickens, an acre for ducks, etc) and I was wondering what chicken breeds would fair the best in this decently large area. I know of Egyptian Fayoumi chickens and I might get a couple of those, but I'm...

So I'm designing a wooden coop for my future farm and I was wondering if it'd be easier/effective to build a brooder inside each of the different bird species coops. Would there be any problem with having a brooder in the coop? I would probably using the lil mama hen warmers or something.

We recently got three new chicks, a Rhode Island Red, Golden Comet, and a Light Brahama. Our light brahma has had poop stuck on his down feathers below his vent which I can see opening and closing when I touch it, should I try and clean that poop off or can I just leave him. I assume they get...

I was planning my farm and I was wanted to have geese and I was wondering what would be the best goose breed to get. I'd like brown Chinese geese for laying (because I like their unique head knob), but are they a good laying breed? Also how much should I expect to pay for something like 10 brown...

We got some ducks that are all supposed to be female, however this one is confusing me. She has a brown beak but she doesn't really have a quack. Recently she's been changing colour, but she hasn't molted her first time yet. What could this be, and could it be a male? Also should I be worried if...

So I was filling up my ducks little pool that be have for them when I noticed they were all cocking their head towards the sky. I thought it was cute until I saw a large bird circling in the sky above. My backyard isn't too big and has some trees that come over the fence and one tree inside. Do...

I wanted to show you this beautiful mohawked Muscovy duck I saw at the pond in the park :) Look at his cool little mohawk!

We paid for 4 female duckling and our two anconas have been quacking for a while while our mallard and cayuga are making a weird noise. They're 9 weeks old now. Could they be late to the quack game or are they Drakes? We got a rooster from a group that was supposed to be all pullets so I...

So I have a Cayuga and Mallard that haven't quacked yet and instead make a raspy squeak kind of noise. Out Anconas have been quacking for a long time. We paid for them to be sexed as female but could they have messed up and gave us two drakes? Or are they just late to the quacking party.

I thought they might be molting but it's a little early for that. They're small downy feathers for the most part but some big ones, could this just be the final stage of being a baby into a teen?

My mallard duck named Mina is 6 weeks old and shes been flapping while hopping alot and getting a lot of air under her wings, is she trying to fly and is it about time to clip her wing?

I've just noticed that my Ancona named Roadrunner's wings look like this, is this early angel wing? Celeste the Cayuga also has this on her left wing. We've fed them chick starter that may be high in protein so that could be the problem. They're 6 weeks old. Would normal human compression...

They appear mostly fully feathered besides a few down feathers pointing out around the neck. They're starting to fly quite high and I was wondering if we could clip their feathers this early without issue.

Holding them like this seems to calm them down a bit. Also it's one way to not get scratched by them. All of them besides Mina our mallard seem to like it, of course most mallard don't like people so that's not surprising.

Just look at him aaaaaa