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Hello, fellow poultry-lovers! I am giving an informative speech about keeping backyard flocks. I would love to hear anything and everything you would say to potential enthusiasts or even to those neighbors who don't understand the passion. Anything you can share about your personal experience...

We have one lone Indian Runner duckling that hatched in the incubator inside. Now he has no fellow peepers, which seems terribly sad.. We give him a lot of attention and love but wonder if we need to try to purchase some buddies for him. He has learned how to eat and drink and behaves normally...

We were so happy to attend our first poultry swap yesterday in Canby! I would love to know who organizes this event and how it is accomplished, it was truly a joy to attend. After only two hours we walked away with 3 gorgeous new birds, tons of jam, honey, artwork and more! We are somewhat new...

So our most recent chick just hatched right on time, albeit quite slow after a pip on the wrong end. 24+ hours after a LOT of zip progress had been made but MANY hours of inactivity and fewer and fewer peeps and gasps - the boyfriend opted to assist. He simply cracked through the remainder of...

Hello! Please and Thank You in advance for your help! We have hatched some some baby chicks and soon will be hatching more, and ducklings, and baby turkeys! Yay! I am accustomed to caring for adolescent and adult birds but never chicks this young. I have done some research and asked around...

Monday we are taking a short drive to pick up EIGHT new friends!! 4 Silkies and 4 Indian Runners! This has been a long time coming and we are just terribly excited! Woohoo! Had to share with the only people who might care, haha

We are introducing one Oregon Grey Tom, one Oregon Grey Hen, and one Auburn Hen into a happy, harmonious flock of 2 Muscovy Drakes, 3 Muscovy Hens, 1 Indian Runner Hen, 1 French Copper Marans Rooster, 1 White Plymouth Rock Hen, and 1 Black Astrolorp Hen - should I have any concerns about breed...

Official Obituary: Virgin Mary ? - January 21, 2013 This week we lost our most beautiful Muscovy Hen, the sweet Virgin Mary. She was named for her relative lack of promiscuity when compared to her sisters here and her pure, pristine, perfectly preened white feathers. She was an excellent...

Hi! We have been taking advantage of this site since we began our adventure with domestic fowl (chickens and ducks) and are excited to be real members! We live in Central Oregon and started out with 4 hens in late Spring 2012 - 2 White Plymouth Rocks (Mullet & Suzy Q), 1 Black Austrolorp...