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I got my eggs today. I will let them settle and warm up to room temp then into the incubator tonight. since the are shipped eggs i will Incubate them with fat end up to try to help the air sacks. The eggs in the pic are on the right are the bought eggs and the left side are my eggs from my...

I bought my self a flock of silkies and all waterers,feeders buckets feed and supplies. As of now i have 3 hens setting and hatching as we speak. one hen has a brood of 11 chicks 2 hens that are setting each hatched 2 chicks and more eggs are pipping. I have about 30 of the tiny little eggs in...

I have used this cattle wormer to worm my chickens. I use 1 cc per quart of water, I pull all water the night before i treat them so they are good and thirsty. My question is will this also work for lice amd mites? I know it kills lice and mites when i inject my cows with it but was wondering if...

I not to long ago traded a trio of Black Copper Marans for some silkies. Today i got my first egg from one of the girls. I will be saving them up and as soon as i have a six pack in to the incubator they will go. this is my first egg next to BCM egg for size comparison.

Last year i kind of inherited 2 peacocks and a hen from my late Aunt. Right after i got them i seen a add on craigslist that some one needed a male. I called them and ended up trading 1 of the males for a young hen. The mature hen ended up being old and no longer lays so i had no eggs or chicks...

I was given 1 black silky rooster, 1 black frizzle rooster, 1 white show girl and 1 i think they call it buff silky rooster. . now my question is is i cross the black silky roo over the white showgirl hen will all chicks be black. and will the naked neck be passed on to some of the chicks. I...

My Home made almost 100% waste free feeders. I see so many people asking about What can i do to cut down on feed waste. Well I started Using old folgers coffee cans. I cut hols in them and use them for my feed and water. The one in the pic has 5 cut outs and works great for feed they can not...

this is the second time this year she has went broody. both times she stopped setting after 2 weeks. went out today to check on her and there was 10 eggs and no hen. the eggs are cold but i broke out the extra incubator and put them in. the last time i was able to hatch a few out of her...

last fall i got my first peafowl i was told they were 2 males 1 hen. I traded 1 male for one young hen. but now i am wondering if the other hen is a male. she has a small train and does not look like my young peahen. but also does not look like a peacock. I will post some pics of her as soon as...

She was a little stray that showed up about 2 months ago. I was not looking for a dog so i posted adds on craigslist and are local paper. no one called to claim her. by then it was to late she had claimed me as her human. my friends laughed when they seen a 6' 6" man running around with a 5...

I have been waiting to see this since i first bought them last fall.

found 5 eggs today and they dont look like my normal chicken eggs. I found them in the peafowl shed. what do you think? thanks

I have some young Black Copper Marans pullets and they just don't lay like they should. i hatched them with some barred rocks and a couple mutt eggs. i kept 3 barred rock pullets and 2 of the mutt pullets. i get 5 eggs a day from the Br and mutts every day. the BCM just lay a egg now and then...

long story short. I bought BCM eggs hatched them raised them and now hatched some of the eggs i got from them. only one little problem i am getting some yellow chicks. I guess they will be wheaton marans. so i am guessing my parent stock are not pure black copper marans. so do i need to cull...

thank God i finally got one. this is my second egg from my Black Copper Marans i hatched out this summer. The first one froze and broke before i found it. I cant wait till i have enough to go in the bator.

to make peafowl lay eggs in the off season. i know i can use light with some of my other birds to make them lay again. thank you

Ok long story short my aunt passed away a couple months ago. i am getting her peafowl. i have not seen the birds but was told they were 2 cocks and 1 hen. i am not set up for peafowl. so need to build a coop or pen for them. how much area do they need. and how tall should i build it. i will be...

ok last night i lost about 7 hens. all i found was some feathers in the back of the pasture and a lot of feathers in the barn where they all roost. i am guessing this is a dog or coyote. if i use a red heat lamp as a light sorce can they see the red light. i want to lay and wait for them tonight...

I have had all my birds on game bird starter from day one. i had to cull one today that was beat up by the others. i culled a batch a while back and they all were in nice shape but this bird today had fat every where. his gizzard, craw,heart ,between his skin and flesh every thing was covered...

so i am thinking. why keep adult birds? i don't sell the eggs or sell any birds. i only use them for eggs and meat. i have a nice batch of new chicks more than i need really. i have more eggs than i can eat. so why not cull all my adult birds. i was think that if i cull every 10 weeks. i will...