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I have some RIR x Ameraucana mixes. The pullets are starting to lay light olive eggs. Can anyone tell me what genes the cockerels would contribute to a breeding? Would they pass on olive genes? Blue Genes? Brown? Thanks in advance for you help! Cindy in FL

what does every one do to try & keep the water clean?

I bought this little pullet from a guy who had mostly RIRs. She doesnt appear to be growing much. She has 5 toes (one high up pointing backwards) On both feet. Appears to be a bantam of some sort..no eggs yet. Any ideas as to breed?

I was given 5-5gallon buckets of spent barley. It was free so I didn't ask many questions :D Now I need to figure how to store it. It is Wet so I'm thinking I should try to put it all into a big plastic trash can and add some acv or yeast & ferment it. It would take me 3 weeks to utilize 5...

Well i had my fist predator related casualty today. I lost my 5 month old ameraucana cockerel to an unknown animal. I got home late last night after dark due to hurricane Sandy blowing thru and the bids were up in the coop already. I couldn't see anything so I hoped they were all inside. This...

Well i had my fist predator related casualty today. I lost my 5 month old ameraucana cockerel to an unknown animal. I got home late last night after dark due to hurricane Sandy blowing thru and the bids were up in the coop already. I couldn't see anything so I hoped they were all inside. This...

Yesterday right in front of my eyes, a hawk, Red tail i think, swooped down at my birds. I think the attack was aborted because the hawk realized that one of the black and white birds was my border collie. S/he flew up around and disappeared. The chickens dove under a bush & the silly ducks &...

I got a pair of embdenxtufted geese this week. They are 5 months old. The geese were part of a large group with a pond of their own. Now at my place I put them into an ISO pen. As far as I can tell they didn't eat anything the first 3 days. Any time I walked near them they'd his at me. They...

Hi All, This is my first post to the goose/geese boards. I have an opportunity to get 3 geese this weekend. They are adults (don't know the exact age - forgot to ask). 1 female Toulouse (goose?) and 2 males (gander? ganders?) 1 Toulouse & 1 Embden. They have been living as a group & have...

Well, I was thinking my 2 hatchery orp pullets were horrible layers and looky what I found tonight-LOL! Should i move a nest box to this place to see if i can get them trained to it better? Also, how can i tell if these eggs are any good (for cooking).

Hi all, I am thinking of getting some meat birds this fall to try my hand at raising my own meat. How many birds could reasonably forage on 1 acre with out destroying the grass? I already have a small flock of layers & ducks. I'd probably have them forage together. TIA!

I think my rooster is just reaching maturity...he is about7-8 months old & a hatchery buff orpington. I didn't really want a rooster when I got him but now that he has been here I am kinda liking the idea. I fell into this breed because that is what my friend has & I got them from her. I was...

Is there anything I can do to minimize mosquitoes around my birds? I have one broody duck & she is just surrounded by 20-30 mosquitoes each morning what I shoo her out of the nest box. I am sure the others are just as bad but the bugs fly around when the birds start moving in the morning...

I have some safeguard horse paste. Can that be used on the chickens & ducks? If so can anyone tell me the dose? TIA

Hi All, I have an orpington trio, about 6 months old I think. I got 2 eggs so far 2-3 weeks ago- very small which I know is normal. They are not laying in the nest box so I have assumed that they are laying them somewhere during the day while free ranging. Today while I was out working in...

Wow! I am so excited! I set my first eggs (Ameraucanas shipped to me from a BYC'er) on Saturday night. I was trying to wait til day 7 but I just couldn't resist candling them tonight and 12 of 15 show signs of fertility & most of them have visible BEATING hearts. So cool! Geez, I hope...

Hi all, I am hoping to receive some Ameraucana eggs to start hatching this weekend (ordered from a fellow BYC'er). I am working out my incubator options right now....I may borrow one for a friend & I have looked at online tutorials on making your own. I am wondering if I can set up something...

Seems like I don't get much response to my posts on here...not sure if I am doing something wrong? Hopefully this post will get a better response. I am trying to build a simple watering system with a 5 gallon bucket & nipple drinkers. I want to set the bucket up on a cinder block and have...

I bought 2 new chicks yesterday at the farm swap. I think the seller was a fellow BYC'er.....Pamela? are you here? We are hoping we guessed right & ended up with 2 pullets as my Buff Orpington s/him sounded like he was trying to crow today This is Annie. She's about 4 weeks old....black...

Hi All, My chickens & ducks are housed in a 10x10 chain link kennel coop. They free range during the day & are put up at night to avoid the critters. Now that the rainy season is starting I am finding that I get too much rain blowing in from the sides & from my gutter overflow (coop backs...