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I have a question that I can't find answers to. I crossed an Ameraucana rooster with White Leghorn hens. It's been a few weeks & I noticed that what I'm guessing are roosters are all white (or mostly all white) with yellow legs while the hens (based on comb size) are white with black spots &...

I bought 3 dozen Black Copper Marans to hatch in my Genesis Hova Bator. The person I bought them from said they needed higher humidity at about 65% through the process, then slightly higher at lockdown (around 70%). So following these directions, I only had 1/3 success, which is very poor for...

Does anyone use the Lixit Rabbit Water bottles with the ball nipple as the waterer for their Coturnix Quail? Is it a good system? I have a bunch of them and I was hoping they worked so I didn't have to get new waterers for my breeding quail. Thanks!

I know that quail need lots of protein for the first few weeks, but can you feed them chicken layer crumble when they start laying? Or do they still need a higher protein?

Just wondering what age everyone likes to butcher their Muscovy ducks when raising them as dual purpose. Thanks!

Ok. So I live in the middle of the city and therefore have to be selective in what I raise (quiet, fairly small, etc). I currently raise rabbits, chickens (no rooster), muscovy ducks and coturnix quail. And I'm going to be getting tilapia in the near future. What other backyard barnyard animals...

My muscovy ducks (born on St Patrick's Day) are having a problem with feather picking. It's mostly one, but when I remove that one I see that another starts. Then when I remove that one there is another (there are 9 total). It is getting bad to the point of drawing blood at the tail and wing...

I know that Guineas would be the best type of bird for bug, spider and ant control, but due to where I live and the noise problems that Guinea Fowl would cause, they aren't an option. So what type of chicken is the best for foraging ants, bugs and spiders? Egg production and size doesn't matter...

My BIL's White Leghorn just went broody. I almost didn't believe him until I went and saw it myself. I gave him his chickens, so I know what they are for sure. I even gave him a Cochin so that when it went broody, we could hatch some eggs. But the Leghorn went broody. Downfall is although the...

In utilizing the nipple watering system, does the location of the nipple on a bucket matter? I've noticed that most people put the nipple on the bottom of the bucket. But can it be placed on the side, near the bottom? In other words, if the bucket is sitting on a stand to raise it up to head...

I've been having a bad mosquito problem in my coop, specifically the nest boxes. Is there a trick to getting rid of mosquitoes in chicken coops? And there isn't any standing water, but the local plants seem to attract them a bit. I can't change that.

**Might be slightly graphic** Ok, so I've recently had to eliminate my flock due to disease. But in doing so, I ran across some problems during the cull process. The method I used was to hold their back legs with my left hand while holding their necks (with thumb behind their neck and other...

Just trying to solve a mystery with an outbreak or Corzya in my flock. No birds have been introduced to the flock in quite some time. The sickness came on fairly quickly the last couple of weeks. There are sparrows that often drink from their water and sometimes get in their food. Can wild birds...

Well, over the last couple days I've been culling my entire flock of chickens, starting with the worst ones due to Coryza. Now my concern is the 52 baby chicks I have in a brooder in another location. They haven't been around the infected chickens, but I handled the infected chickens and then...

I have a chicken that has Coryza (sores, really bad stench, mucus, etc) and I'm wondering if its best to cull the whole flock and start over again. I'm really frustrated because they all started laying 2 weeks ago and it seems like I've been waiting forever for eggs! I've separated the one but...

Is there a good resource or thread about cross-breeding certain varieties of chickens? I'm wanting to know what to expect if I was to hatch some eggs from a variety of breeds. I've got a RIR rooster and Delawares, Buff Orpingtons, RIR, Barred Rocks, Australorps, White Leghorns, Easter...

I picked up a few Barred Rocks from MyPetChicken.com a while back and one of them has a rose comb. Is this not a Barred Rock? Is there some Dominique or something in there? What are your thoughts?

Is cross breeding the RIR roo and White Leghorn a good idea and are there any benefits from doing so? I'm going to be doing some breeding and already have RIR's, Delawares and Barred Rocks for Red and Black sex links, but was wondering about if I were to throw White Leghorns into the mix. Any...

I've been reading up on the suggested space per chicken in coop and run, and was wondering if 10 sq feet is really necessary per chicken in the run? I know quite a few people in city limits who use much less space (which doesn't necessarily make it right either). They don't free range either...

Here in the Phoenix Valley, the temperatures have been ridiculously hot. I've got a mid-size coop and am trying to figure out the best method to move air. Because it is so small, I don't know if installing a fan would be the best route. But what about an attic fan that can be installed to a wall...