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Does anyone know when to havest sunflower heads? I have read to let them turn brown but if i do this then all the stupid birds will have ate all the seeds. All the petals have fallen or dried up and the back of the heads are starting to turn yellow and brown on the edges. Is there anything i can...

What kind of feeders does everyone use that helps to keep the feed in the feeder instead all over they pen? My quail are a bunch of messy little boogers!

I was told that he was a BBRED OEGB when i bought him. Does this stand for blue breasted red? He is only months old.

A friend bought some chicks from IFA and was told they were Australorps. I stopped by today to see how they were doing. They are 2-3weeks and starting to get their wing feathers. BUT they are barred. I thought maybe he had barred rocks cause they seem to be really poplar with the feed stores but...

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I have one hen that does not like eggs in the nest box she decides she wants to use so she will push the other eggs out. The boxes have a three inch lip on them so this isnt an easy task i would imagine. Is there anything i can do to make her stop? She has 4 boxes to chose from so its not like...

I bought these girls as red sex links but as they get older I'm starting to wonder about the breed. At 14 weeks they seem more gold color then red. The only thing i have to compair them to in body size is my RIR and SLW. Are these girls Buff Orpingtons or Red Sex links?

why is one of my layers doing what she is doing. she started laying about 3-weeks ago and started out good, 7 eggs in the first week.. 2nd week i got 1 good then 1 bid double yolk, 2 without shells and 1 yolk on the poop board. so far this week i got 1 good, 1 shell less and 1 huge double yolk...

This is Rusty. it is very friendly and comes to the edge of the brooder when we open the sliding door. It loves to be held never causes a fuss.But I'm really curious to know if it is a hen or rooster. acts like a hen. and what breed of bantam is she?

does anyone know about broody hens? a friend of mine stopped by tonight and said one of his hens was acting weird. he described a broody hen. she will not leave the nest box at all. He has wood eggs (i don't know why) in the boxes and she wont leave them unless he tosses her out of the coop, she...

Just started today and i don't know what to do. she still eats and and acts normal but its head is wobbly. It doesn't flip backward just side to side. It seems to be getting worse. Can anyone help?

I was at the feed store last Saturday and couldn't help walk by the chicks. This has become a very bad habit. I ended up with 4 Silkies and 3 unknown breeds. The young girl helping me said the small one was a BB RED, the brown one was a old English but maybe an Ameraucana and the last one she...

4-silkies 1-bbred - and im not sure of the other 2. but really who cares, they are so little and cute.

It looks like my Copper is a rooster. But what about my BLRW? i know she is a little young but any guesses?

I couldn't think of a good name for my BCM so i named her copper. did i jink her?

i got these from a lady who didn't know the parent breeds, just that they were hatched from blue and green eggs.Snowflake is the rooster, Bandit with the lacing and Baby with barred.