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I just got some eggs in the mail. As I was placing them into the incubator, I candled to see how bad the aic sacs were. To my surprise, two of the eggs had blood rings! They had only been shipped three days before, but when I cracked open the eggs, there were definate blood rings along with...

I recently acquired 12 black Brahma chicks. They have great leg feathering, and feathering down the middle toe. But as the feathers are growing in, I noticed brown feathers on two of the birds. As new chicks they were black and white, but the new feathers look like a partridge color. What...

My son wants to show NN next year for his 4H project. I am looking for birds bred to the standard, buff, red or black.

I just wanted to say that I got Lakenvelder eggs from little_grey_bantam and they ALL hatched. 100% on shipped eggs! How awesome is that!?!

Snowball needs a bath, but please tell me what you think of him. He is completely white (any yellow/orange you see is squash seeds/strings).

My OEGB eggs tend to hatch a little early, (a day or so), so I decided to peer into the incubator tonight to see if there was any action. Tonight is day 19, the chicks should hatch on Wednesday. I'm not going to do anything with this egg, just see if it progresses. The good news is that blood...

Dinner menu tonight centers around the six quail. I'm thinking something simple, like country fried quail, rice and broccoli as the sides. Any other quail preparation suggestions?

My son showed at the fair this weekend and did well with his Silkie. After he showed, I stuck around to see how others from his school did. Two students showed 5 month old cochin pullets. They are nice birds, great coloration, awesome foot feathering, nice carriage. His comment was that they...

I had 20 birds hatch while I was away. I know what the parents were, but I'm not sure that I am matching up the right bird to the right parents. Here are my pics with my guesses. I can tell you the options are--Serama, OEG, Cochin, Marans, Silkie mix, Speckeld Sussex (or SS and Welsummer mix)...

1 week old Cochin chick with hours old quail chick. Maybe I can't brood them together (don't worry, this was just for the pic. They are NOT housed together!)

I am considering doing a scrappy quilt with a theme of flower prints. I've never done a scrappy quilt before, I've always used the color wheel and had a set parameter for my fabrics. My question is, can I use any flower print without looking at the colors? Is that what scrappy is? How do I...

We have had great success here incubating eggs. So much so, in fact, that we have been asked if we would incubate some eggs for others. They would purchase the eggs, all I would have to do is the candling, lock down, and initial brooding (less than a week). Has anyone ever done this before...

I was looking at buying a pre-fab coop, and came across this one. Any thoughts, pros or cons? Anyone have one? http://cgi.ebay.com/Chicken-Coop-Poultry-Fowl-Hen-House_W0QQitemZ330392782830QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item4cecf1c7ee

Just set my eggs from two auctions. 12 Blue Langshan, OEG, Mille Fleur D'Uccle, Serama, some Jersey Giant mixes. Total of 35 eggs. Candling report on day 3, Tuesday night...

I set some coturnix eggs at 4pm on January 22. I have had consistant temperatures at 100. I candled the eggs at day 7, discarded the eggs that lit up and the one that stunk. So... when will I start hearing peeps?

One of our students has a rooster and really wants a hen. It does not need to be SQ, as the rooster will be his main 4H project bird.