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this was a "gimme" chick and I am having a hard time identifying her the tiny comb and the lack of tail have me stumped and she has dark almost black legs..

The last 2 days my bantams have started to lay and these are just too cute not to share.

I gather my eggs rinse them then put them in salted water to cover then add about a tablespoon of vinegar. Then I turn on the heat. I boil them for 9 minutes (for hard boiled) then drain off all water. using cracked ice I put enough to "snuggle" all of the eggs for about 30 minutes. the trick to...

I have WLR Cornish bantam roos and a few Barred rock bantam hens. I use the bantam for meat birds as there are just the 2 of us and a large breed bird is too much meat for just us. I realize they wont grow as "fast" as the meaties from the hatchery but am hoping that they will dress better than...

these were hatchery birds and now are big enough to tell the sex however I am not as good at the fancier breeds and need a bit of help. TYVM

Mira the Miracle Chicken Mira came to our farm on March 1, 2012 in a little cardboard box with 29 other bantam chicks. She is a Plymouth Rock Bantam hen. She has always been calm and is the most broody of the hens. She suffered an eye injury around the 22nd of August this same year and the...

Hoping you can help with the id of these 3 breeds. Stopped at the feed store and well..he had bantams and I just love the little loving and lively birds so home I came with 6 more. these 2 are of a powder blue/silver tint. the next 2 are active and very interested pair and lastly this one...

this chick hatched with this odd feathering and is completely dry...no fluff...?? anyone know what causes this and if it will be a normal feathered chicken ? It has a bit of a washboard texture.

After 18 days and 18 eggs I have candled back into the brooder 13 viable eggs am excited that it was such a high rate as the shells are dark brown. Not my first hatch but they are all exciting just the same..the last 3 days are the hardest I have just gotten Bantam babies and 30 of the 31 have...

I jsut got my babies and was soo thrilled to have 31 healthy baby bantams.. there are 9 Buff Brahma, 10 Barred Rock Bantam and 12 White Laced Red Cornish Bantams ..

We are looking to get some Cornish Bantams for meat birds and need to know which breeds are more self sustaining..we aren't really interested in the white. We will be using them as meat birds but understand the "fast" breeds come with leg problems that we would like to avoid. Any suggestions...

I would love some help trying to find out what these 4 are if anyone can help I would be grateful... "BlueRoo" Rustiehen Gingerhen Barredhen

Hi, Was happy to see so much useful info in one place I am a new chicken owner and am just in love with them I am not new to birds as I have an aviary full of Amazon Parrots Cockatiels and a few various other Parrots. Looking forward to being a part of your community.

I have now 7 chickens the first 4 were chicks and then I bought 3 eggs all from the same person. The chicken in ? is a 4 week old ?Ameraucana? I DID go look at the poop link and am still unsure. This chick was the first to hatch and there was blood inside the egg shell at hatch too. Here is a...