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My husband and I are really thinking about getting into chicken houses? We are exploring different options in the poultry industry- as well as organic free ranged layers. Does anyone have any experience with this or advice on where to begin our research? We want to start a farm- and get to the...

Hello all. Just wondering if anyone knows of a poultry processor in Northwest Georgia? I want to raise 25 birds for the freezer. I cannot process them myself. Call me a coward, but i know I can't do it. Anyone know of a place that will process them and package them? Is there even such a place...

Hello all! I am looking for oliver egger and ameraucana hatching eggs if anyone can help. I can pay via PayPal. Would like 6-8 eggs of each. Thanks! PM me if you can help.

Looking for Golden Cuckoo Marans eggs or chicks. Can pay via paypal. Please pm me if you can help.

Just set eggs a few minutes ago for an early Christmas Eve hatch! Using a King Suro 20 incubator. Set 10 bantam Crele Wyandottes, 11 bantam frizzle cochins, and 13 bantam Dutch. My bator is jam packed. I am hoping for a better hatch this time. My last two hatches had a lot of crooked toes...

My children and I were thinking about trying to hatch some ducks for Christmas. We've hatched plenty of chickens, but never a duck. We dont really know anything about ducks. But we thought it would be fun to try something new. Are there any breeds that are harder to hatch than others...

I dont really like to post all about my personal life on such a public forum... but I am just curious to know if any other women out there are doing what I have been doing for the last year. First of all, my husband is the love of my life. We have been together for almost 20 years, married...

Where we live used to be a bird sanctuary many years ago, so we have a plethera of all kinds of pretty song birds, etc around. It started with a tiny wren building a nest in the bush by our front door. Me and the kids watched as she carefully aranged every twig, followed by 4 tiny little blue...

So what is the easiest and safest way to treat 30 plus chickens for mites? They aren't heavily infested, but I did find a few on a couple birds today. If I treat with Sevin is there a withdrawal time for eggs? Am I going to have to individually sack dust all 30 of them????

So a few days ago while out at the coop I saw a teensy little banty hen peek around the outside corner at me. At first, I thought one of my Dutch had gotten out, but after a head count, realized this was NOT one of my birds. We tried to catch her but she flew like a bird over the fence into a...

Just wondering if there is an all natural product for worming my flock and for mites? I have never wormed them before and I am thinking I probably should. Also noticed a few mites today on one of my birds and I want to treat them before it gets out of hand. We eat their eggs so I need a safe...

This is my very first Dutch egg and I am soooo proud of my little hen, Penny!

I got three of these little guys with my order and I have no idea what they are. They have a smooth, flat comb and grey legs. Any guesses?

Just got my order of chicks this morning from Ideal. I had 3 assorted pullets in my order and on the packing slip they wrote 1 Barred, 1 BSL,and 1 RSL. I know the barred means barred rock, but what the heck does BSL and RSL stand for? Does that mean leghorn of some kind?

I have a first time broody who just hatched out her first clutch two weeks ago. She has been a loving mom...until today. Today I caught her slinging their poor little bodies across the pen and then calling them to eat only to peck the living daylights out of them. They are still so very tiny and...

I have a broody that hatched out 5 chicks late last night and still has 1 egg left that hasnt pipped. The egg left is cochin egg. The eggs from this hen have always had a really thick membrane and have always been difficult to crack into a bowl without having to puncture the membrane with my...

My first time having a broody hen! WOW! She just hatched her first two chicks,and has 4 more to go. I am so excited! I have already hatched 2 batches this year in my incubator and boy was it a nerve-racking headache! Constantly monitoring temps and humidity levels, turning,watching...

I have 3 broody bantam hens in the coop that have been sitting for 1-2 weeks. I have 2 hens fighting over 1 nest and both are crammed in the nest box and refuse to go to their own nest, and 1 hen in another. Have a few questions. Is it possible for them to hatch these chicks out in the coop...

Can you vaccinate older birds for Marek's? I've decided to vaccinate my new chicks for Mareks if/when they hatch and wondered if I can vaccinate my older flock at the same time? My older birds arent vaccinated. I've decided I want to follow a vaccination program now and I dont know a whole lot...

Hello, I have been looking for dutch bantams for forever... I really would like to find some hatching eggs. I am not interested in show quality, just want some for the backyard. I know Ideal has them, but I just bought a new incubator, and I'd rather hatch them out myself. Anyone know where...