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The last few days I've noticed my little chinese gosling's wing feathers have been sticking out a little more on one side. Does this look like the start of angel wing or am I just being paranoid?

I ordered some points from porters. 2 red slate 4 blue slate and 9 breeders choice.according to the packing list I received 2 blacks, 2 auburn, 2 red slates, 2 chocolates, 4 blue slate, 2 self blues, 2 white Holland's. Of those I only had a handful of survivors. Any guesses at what's left? I'm...

Hey everyone! It's been awhile since I've posted here.I've got 57 Brown Chinese eggs in my cabinet style incubator....today is day 30 and 3 have externally pipped. The rest were all alive and kicking when I put them into lockdown on Wednesday. My question is how long can the hatched goslings...

I have 5 hens of various breeds all between the ages of 1 and two years. They have been laying up a storm lately (3-5 eggs per day). But the last week or so I haven't gotten a single egg. I have observed a few of them in the nest boxes as usual....but no eggs come of it. Anyone have any ideas on...

A couple of days ago the neighbor came banging on the door saying a dog was running down the road with one of our chickens. I knew all of our girls were locked up in their pen which is 100% secure....But I wanted to see what this was all about and save the chicken from the dog...I retrieved the...

I got this little guy in a straight run assortment from Meyer hatchery....I think he's some sort of maran because he has light feathering on his feet and a 5th toe.any ideas? You guys are the experts....

I picked up my chicks from the post office this morning and all were fine. I ordered two brown leghorns and then bought 13 of the Leann's adopt me special chicks that are the late hatch chicks.I'm very pleased with the assortment...Nothing really plain and boring at all! I have a few guesses as...

I bought these little ones at the feedstore back in late February... Any idea if they are pullets or roosters? Speckled Sussex \ Andalusian Silver Laced Polish

Ive had this little one about two weeks and I figured it was an Australorp or black sex link but it seems sleaker and more upright that the other heavier breed chicks I have...any ideas?

There were two of these little guys in my brown egg layer assortment from McMurray hatchery...the other was DOA but this one is thriving...anyone have any ideas what it is?

I received my brown egg layer assortment from McMurrays yesterday...they sent quite a mix! I just have no idea what they sent.....anyone care to take a crack at them? 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. And my Polish :)

I have 12 Cornish Cross chicks that are 22 days old. All of them are doing remarkably well except for one that has become crippled. It doesn't really have any use of it's legs at all and just kind of flops around... My question to you guys is what would you do with it? For the moment I have it...

I have a batch of duck and goose eggs in my cabinet style incubator. Today is day 25 and I candled the 10 eggs all look good except for one...there's a chick in there rocking and rolling but the air cell is almost non-existent. I'm a little worried it wont be able to breathe when it needs to...

My Eastern hen Ellie always seems to be up on the roost perch every time I go out to the pen...She shares then pen with three laying hens and it's a pretty spacious pen..I know that when one of the hens went broody and had chicks she got beat up for getting too close to the chicks. But She hangs...

My Rhode Island red decided to go broody so I bought some day olds from a friend to let her raise. She did a fantastic job and all seven survived. I decided to keep one of the silver laced Wyandotte chicks because I really like their coloring and I didn't have one yet. Can anyone tell me if it's...

I picked up this little guy from a poultry auction when it was really little (still had it's egg tooth).It's the sweetest thing it likes to fly up on me and perch on my shoulder or knee, Any guesses on the breed or sex? It struts around from time to time so I thought tom then I was doing some...

A few weeks ago my dominique pullet went broody. We didn't have a rooster and decided to get her some fertile eggs to hatch/ raise. All 7 eggs hatched and we ended up with a variety of colored chicks. My question is could anyone tell me what colors these chicks will look like when they are...

Gus and Lucy are still growing like weeds. Recently Lucy started this aggressive honking towards my mom. When ever my mom gets within sight of the pen or Lucy can hear her voice she goes crazy. She also does this when she hears the neighbors over the fence talking. For now it's ok but I worry if...

Gus and Lucy were playing in the backyard all day yesterday and I locked them up for the night and everyone was fine. I went to let them out this morning and found Gus cant even stand up! He sits with his back leg stretched all the way out and he tries to stand but all he does is flop around...

Gus and Lucy are outside full time now. I've been using grass clippings for bedding as the pen has a concrete bottom. Is there anything better that I can be using besides the grass clippings? Once summers over there wont be any grass clippings left to use so i'm looking for something a little...