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Need help with sexing if anyone has any ideas at this point. Flint was hatched about May 25th - trying to figure out how to upload the photos in a cohesive order...having to post in separate comments. Birds are being hand raised by a friend of mine and she wants to keep a girl, so we are hoping...

Do Opal, Bronze, Peach and other color variants still show the same barring that Blue do? I know Black Shoulder is a whole different set of rules, but for "regular" Non-BS colors do the same basic barring rules apply? I cannot find many pictures, or accurately labeled pictures, of peachicks in...

I have found genetics discussions on Pea, Rose, Single and Walnut combs, but nothing on Y combs. Anyone know anything? Is it a separate recessive gene? I am working on a project and really would like to know. Thanks

I bought a pair of SLW Bantams a year ago an made a mini flock. NONE of the males have spurs. Not even a little nub. I just noticed this. Is this a breed trait or a mutation?

What treats and at what age can I give treats to chicks? Don't want to make anyone sick. Do want to have tame birds when they grow up. I know what I can feed to adults, just not chicks. Thanks all

I just brought home 6 peachicks of various kinds - White, Black Shoulder, India Blue and India Blue Pied. They range in age from 10 days to 10 weeks. Have NO idea what sex they are. The oldest ones are white. Yes, the two older ones are separated from the 4 younger ones What I have noticed...

Had to help a chick hatch and it had wry neck (Polish). Recovered on it's own and is doing well. Is this an issue with formation in the egg and it this something that can be passed down genetically? If so, I do not want to breed this chick (as Murphy's Law would have it, it is showing the best...

Can you keep toms together or do they fight like roosters? What if they are raised together? 4 of my 4 chicks have turned out to be boys...

My 3 month poult has a tumor on her upper eyelid about the size of large pea. It has grown quickly, over only the last week or so, she is very tame and well handled so I know it did not start sooner than this. Is this common? I know it is a cyst or tumor as the other turkeys pecked it and I...

I have two and would like to know if they are a pair. One is quite a bit larger and more aggressive but otherwise they look very much a like. I would say the larger one out weighs the smaller one by a good 10lbs. They were hatched out of the same clutch last May. Thanks all!

Need to downsize - Light Brahma Trio - year old rooster, took best Asian in local fair show, one older breeder hen (3ish) and one pullet. Best offer for all. Barnvelder Quad - 3 4ish year old hens (Vb lines) and one blue laced red cockerel from lines up in Washington. Hens still lay well and...

Are Cuckoo and Barred the same genetic? If not, can someone list the locus involved? Thanks

Polish/Wyandotte/Seabrite peeps? Does any one have an actual photo or a link to one of what the cockerel or rooster looks like on a Golden Laced X Silver Laced cross? I made this cross and was hoping for some ability to sex the chicks fairly early. I have crossed both directions, so my main...

Is Bearding dominant? Is it sex linked? IE: If I breed my Bearded D'uccle Roo with my Seabrite Hen will the chicks have beards VS if I breed my Bearded D'uccle Hen with my Seabrite Roo? I know the the feather footing is dominant, but was not sure about the bearding. Thanks!

there is one toe that does not move, seems to be fixed in place. Do I force/break it and boot it? chick is one day old but had to be helped out of egg after 24 hours. The other two toes move ok though one is out of place also. Other foot has a very short back toe thanks

Broke shell on it's own 24 hours ago, no progress since. has fine breathing hole, is hitting shell with top of head and chriping. Are they supposed to be able to turn and hit shell with beak? I don't think it can turn at all. Today is day 22. One of it's clutch mates broke shell last night and...

I am hatching serama eggs, anything different chick care than normals birds if they hatch?

Are there any differences to hatching Bantam vs Large Fowl? LF have been fairly easy but my new sebrights and d'uncles are starting to lay now (but not sit) so is there any special tricks for getting a better hatch rate?

Just curious since we eat our roosters, can you eat guinea?

I have 3 guinea that are just reaching maturity. They free range with a flock of chickens. One individual honks constantly and the neighbors are starting to complain. I don't know who is male or female yet. If I send this individual off to live somewhere else will one of the others take up the...