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We have a few roosters due to keeping different breeds. looking for suggestions on how others keep them happy and give the hens a rest. One guy I spoke to says he puts all his boys in a big pen for the summer and they are just fine as long as there are no girls. Any insight here would be very...

!st time incubating and against all odds our eggs have started to hatch. Thanks to everyone and the great advice on this forum we persevered. We couldn't regulate the temp, the fan stopped and we let it dry out once. I;m so glad we have a window to watch the action. So far one chantecler out of...

We have 4 muscovy and now that the days are a bit longer and the temp is mostly above freezing they are having to be herded inside at night. Last summer it was the same. Does anyone else have this problem? I worried that something will get them in the night or are they tougher than we think.

I had a beautiful black muscovey female hatch from my pied parents but she does not have any of the meat on her face. She hatched in Aug last year and still has a clear face. Is this odd? Do some just develope the meat later. (What is the correct term for the red on the face?)

I have been using this forum as an infomation source since we first got chickens and it feels good to finally get involved. Everyone is so kind and helpful. We moved from downtown Toronto 5 years ago to rural N.B. and a neighbor gave us some bantams. We were hooked. We built a coop and a big pen...