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I just pulled almost two dozen infertile or early quitters out of the incubator. They are about one week from hatch day. I've never been one to reuse the incubated eggs but have read that some people feed them to their dogs. Two dozen is a lot to just waste so I'm thinking I want to use them...

Okay here is the situation, I have chicks hatching a day early and I was thinking of bringing them to a swap tomorrow but I've never brought young chicks to a sale and I'm not sure what to do. Specifically I 'm having a hard time deciding if I should feed them or not tonight? The earliest chick...

I've been raising chicks since January 2010. I've not once had a cocci outbreak. For this batch of chicks I decided to use medicated chick starter. Discovered 6 dead today and absolutely disgusting bloody poops all over the brooder. I've done a lot of reading on the subject and I know I've...

Just what the title says, which roo do you guys think I should use? There is "Poofy" the guy with the nice rounded tail that I can only desribe as a poof. Then Mister Joe with the less poofy more normal looking tail. I'm only going off what I've seen online but I am thinking Poofy has a more...

Okay, so I have a 1266 GQF incubator and hatcher pair. The hatcher is stuck at 98. I ordered two wafers which aren't going to arrive by lockdown which is on Friday. We are farting with the safety temp but not sure we will get it at 100 and dont really want to risk it, we have about 80 eggs to...

I'm sorry I don't have a pic but I got some mixed hatching eggs and the black white egg laying birds were supposed to be Australorps. I saw them and they most definitely were not, someone lied to the poor guy. I'm just curious what breed it is because I like to be able to tell people as...

I had 11 two month old chicks then the cold weather got really bad in my area. I'm now down to 7. They are fully feathered and no signs of disease or bloody poops. No signs of illness at all but this morning was the 4th one I have found dead. It looks like they have all been on the bottom of...

Hello all! I'm trying to gather information on just how to bring eggs from U.S to Canada. I would be picking up the eggs and carrying them back with me over the border. So far I have determined I need some kind of permit but I am at a loss as to where to get this permit and what else is...

Yup, I have my first broody. And I am definitely not going to stop her! I hope she pulls it off, I've wanted a hen to raise chicks for so long. I can't wait for it to happen. I'm going to give it a couple days then check her to see how many she has under her. She is a chunky little thing so...

Just curious, I am almost out of chick starter and we have a bag of duck food (18%) and turkey food. Neither are medicated. Would it be okay to feed either of these to the chicks?? I'll probably go get some more chick feed tonight, just curious.

Here are my 8 week old BLRWs. At this age can they be accurately sexed? I have a very good idea who are boys and who are girls but is there a possibility at this age they are still a bit tricky tricky? Maybe I will have some nice surprises, because right now I have way more boys than girls...

I posted a thread when my buttons hatched awhile back, well here are some updated pics! I think we have two boys and three girls. Tell me if you think I'm wrong but so far we have two red butts. lol. I also have a question- the white/splashy male, is that a silver pearl? Or what is he? He just...

What is this?? She was not like this yesterday. Is this from cocci?? What could this be? She is 6 weeks old. Just got her last weekend. It is like her insides are now outside of her butt and there is something long and stringy hanging down. I do not think it is a worm, it looks like part of her...

Okay- I lost a 6 month old pullet a month ago. She had been keeping to herself somewhat but no other symptoms (not puffed up or anything). I found her dead in the coop one morning. Weight was good, she wasnt skinny, and no physical signs of illness besides keeping to herself. I hang out with the...

I'm relatively new to chicken breeding and I have some questions I have been having trouble finding answers for. Thank you in advance for reading Let's say I have 10 birds of a rare breed. I have good quality birds of this breed, and I do not necessarily want to add new genes to the mix. (In...

http://news.discovery.com/human/flame-retardants-butter.html Alarming, huh!?

I am going to be getting mandarins shortly. The fiance not only ALLOWED it but is totally excited to get them. I've been googling and googling but I have a few questions that googling has not answered... Breeding a normal male to a white female will (technically) give 50/50 of normal and...

Oh no, I thought you could make polls on here. Oh well I will ask anyways. How many of you worm regularly? How many of you just worm if you see worms or have a reason to believe you are infected? Feel free to explain! And if you use anything like pumpkins or cayenne pepper as well, do share.

Okay something just dawned on me today. Over a month ago, I let the chickens out of the coop to find some of them with feathers missing in a bizarre way. It was like someone had taken to them with a rasor and buzzed off a couple spots. It was only a couple of the roosters who had this so I...

Even if it's a lie, okay!? I was positive this was a boy until today. I got a good look at him and realized he doesn't have any pointy saddle feathers, whereas the other roos have them. His colour also made me think it was a boy, very shiny and 'flamboyant' whereas the females are not. I was...