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This year we bought 100 Golden Comet hens and have sold the eggs at our local farmers market. Right now we are getting 80-90 eggs per day! What kind of numbers should we expect this winter. We live in the Appalachian mountains at around 2800 feet elevation. We get moderate snowfall and have...

I hope this isn't violating any TOS, and if so I apologize and understand removal. I am planning an order from Copper Hackle Coop for Black Copper Marans. Here is their website: http://www.copperhacklecoop.com/. It says sold out but I have been in contact with the breeder. They seem to have...

We have 100 Golden Comets and about 30 of this and that in production on our farm.... However, I have zero experience with ducks. Our layers free range in the pasture and climb up an 8 foot ramp into the barn to lay and roost. Would ducks follow the chickens in at dusk so I can shut the door...

Would you get barred olive eggers with this cross? I know very little about genetics. What color Ameraucana would you need? I have had really poor luck trying to hatch these out from shipped eggs despite the eggcelent packing they've arrived in, so I thought I might start my first project...

I'm looking for buff and blue orps bred as close to 100% English as possible. Anyone have suggestions as the where I might find this? Thanks!

We have always had chickens as a hobby but on May 14 we are picking up 100, 18 week old, Golden Comet pullets!!! We are adding egg production to the organic produce that our farm already grows and sells. I have cleaned out the entire top floor of an old barn for the girls and plan to let them...

So after 2 failed hatches (only 1 lonely chick from my last one) I am crossing my t's and dotting my i's. I will die if my Easter hatch turns out poorly. I read that people have better hatches if the eggs are put in lockdown in cartons. Is this the general consensus? I have always laid them...

So my last 2 hatches both totally went down the tubes. Both time when I cracked the eggs to see what had happened I found chickens that had pipped the internal membrane and stopped there. There was 5+ DIS. with no obvious deformities. They were fully formed, good sized, and had already...

My wife woke me this morning at 4:45 in a panic! The power is out! What are we going to do about the eggs in the incubator? She scurried around, loaded the bator in the car, and drove them 5 miles to her parents house and plugged it back in. We think the power was off for about an hour and...

So my first hatching was a huge success (considering the circumstances and my lack of knowledge). I had 11 out of 20 chicks to hatch. They were shipped eggs, in January, and hatched from a dirty well loved LG still air with no turner. They all thrived and we enjoyed them immensely. And so my...

We are familiar with chickens but not so much with ducks. I think some duck eggs would add some nice variety to our farmers market booth. Can I successfully put some ducks in with our chicken flock? Would they follow the chickens back in the coop at the end of the day? Would I need to make...

I decided to work on my "page" and think it should serve as an adequate introduction. I so enjoy learning and sharing on here! Thanks to all who contribute! https://www.backyardchickens.com/web/viewblog.php?id=74760

Looking for Blue Ameraucanas in our area. Pullets or Started. Help Please!?!?