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My friend and I picked up some inexpensive light sussex hens and a rooster at the Stockton, Ca PPBA show. Since we brought them home, they all lay a pinky brown egg....apart from one hen who is laying a green-blue egg. All of then hens look identical. Now, we only paid $10 for them, and have...

I received some fertile hatching eggs today and I was going to set most of them under my broody hen tomorrow, but there is no way her tiny body will be able to set them all so I was going to put the rest in a still air incubator that I got. Now here's my question....the instructions say 99.5...

So when i went to check on my quail a while ago, I found this bloody scene: She is alive...eating and drinking, but has that big flap of skin hanging off. What the heck do I do to treat it?

So I noticed in one of my coops this morning, I have a sick bird. She has a bit of wheezing, and crusty nostrils. I checked everyone else in the coop and I see a few with crusty noses, but no one else seems as ill as her. I've put her on quarantine and decided not to let this coop of birds...

Some how, and I think there might have been a mischevious 2 year old involved, my temp in my incubator was dropped to 95 for an undetermined amount of time. Im on day 17 and I can see embryonic movement in all of the eggs, but they just aren't as developed as I think they should be. There is a...

I have 4 coturnix quail that are approx 2 weeks old. I've been feeding them what the breeder gave me in a big bag, but I have been having a heck of a time finding feed for them locally. I was told they need game bird feed or other high protein feed, but I can only find 50lb bags of turkey feed...

Just picked up these babies yesterday! So excited. I've wanted quail for a long time. I was able to get a few different colors/varieties of cortunix quail. them so far.

Nothing has changed, but all of a sudden one of my small chicks, 4 weeks old, has started having bloody poop. Any suggestions on what I should do for them? They have been eating non-medicated chick start. Should I go buy the medicated? Should I purchase something extra? Help!

I am down to two ducks after something got the one I *knew* was a female a few nights ago. I grabbed this video of my two remaining ducks, to see if you guys might be able to help voice sex them. They are still pretty young and intermittently make baby duckling noises still, but I am pretty...

I have 3 pekin ducklings that are about 4 weeks old. I noticed they have started making more adult duck noises, and I was wondering at what age I can try to voice sex them? Two are still making squeaky baby noises most of the time...another makes more classic "duck" sounds. Any tips?

My little pekin duckling, Cracker (my 2 year old named her), seems to have an injury to her eye. It doesn't appear to be crusty or oozing, which makes me think injury rather than an illness. Any suggestions on the best way to treat it? This is her. She has stolen my heart and I hate to see...

I have 3 duck eggs going on lockdown today and I just candled everyone before putting them in to make sure we didn't have any that weren't viable, and one of the eggs has a yellow seepage internally that I can see when I candle. The duckling inside is definitely alive...I can see it moving, but...

Alright...hoping to get some opinions as I have babies due to hatch very soon. I have a few options and I want opinions on what is best to do with them once they are hatched. Option #1- Put with a broody hen. I have a very broody silkie out with 2 babies (1 week old) already, and I am sure she...

I didn't really realize it because she is so fluffy, but when checking in the birds to the poultry portion of the fair, the inspector mentioned that she was quite thin and suggested she might have worms. I've gone out and bought the dewormer, but I'd like some suggestions on how to put some...

I'm hoping someone could give me some good, solid information on Welsh Harlequin ducks. I have tried researching myself, but can't find a reliable source. A lot of the information I am getting seems to be from hatcheries as well. Is there someplace to look for more information about the breed...

My daughters would really like to have a few call ducks to use for 4H, but I am having a horrible time finding them. My problem is this, I've seen a few advertised, but when I go to look at them, they just don't seem very "typey" to me. Many seem too large, bills too long, and just not...right...

I have 2 pullets that are a silkie and a sizzle (silkie x cochin) and they are both approximately 6-8 months old. About a month ago neither were laying still and I brought home a sebright chick. One of them promptly started laying eggs about 2 days after he got here and the other adopted him...

I've asked about this guy before, but I think it is becoming more and more evident that this is a little Sebright cockerel. Opinions? He is about 10 weeks.

This is a young Polish chick... 7/8 weeks old or so. The feathers on the crest are rounded/blunt when compared to some of the other chicks the same age/size. Sorry the pics are slightly blurry. My phone wasnt cooperating. Back of crest side of crest Front of crest

I'm sure this has been asked before, so I am sorry. Bear with me...I am new! I have a silkie and a sizzle (silkie x cochin) who are both presumed pullets. They are about 8 months old and we started getting eggs about 2 weeks ago. I know for sure that my silkie is laying because I took my...