Hey everyone... So I'm doing some research and thinking about getting my flock certified... I raise cochin bantams and have a couple sillkies, a Japanese bantam, and just got into buff orpington bantams... I'm think about eventually selling eggs for consumption and for hatching along with...
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I am not an expert with chickens but I feel I know a good deal about them, I grew up on a farm so I know my way around poultry... as far as waterfowl goes... not so much. So I have a question when it comes to my ducklings... I have a pair of 6 week old mallard duckling hens. I...
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I have a brooder with 3 porcelain d'uccle bantams and 3 buff orpington bantams that are about 3 weeks old. In another brooder (tote) I have 11 cochin barnyard color mixs and 7 bearded silkie chicks... the silkies are only about 4 days old and the cochins are a little over a week and a...
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I have a guinea hen whose hornlet or horn or whatever you call it on the top of the head is split in half. The horn has a crack from top to bottom that shows on both sides.. It looks like it did bleed at some point but is now just a little dark along the crack (guessing dried blood). So...
So the other day I was home from work doing stuff around the house when my Guinea Hens and Chickens started going crazy. Usually the Guineas go crazy seeing a wild turkey or a deer or a leaf going in the wind but I heard my roo doing his alarm call which is rare. So I look out my window and...
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I wanted to pass this along because this idea on pintrest could have easily killed my hen.. My fiancé loves pintrest and found a post where you use string to hang a cabbage head off the ground and the birds love it because it's like a yummy tetherball .... here is the issue... if...
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So I have a gold laced cochin hen who is missing feathers... I know a few of my hens are missing feathers on there backs and heads due to my barred cochin rooster being a little rough (I plan to either rehome him or cull him as he is just too rough on them). I am kinda worried about...
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My name is JK but on here you can either call me JK or Hillaire as that is the name of my chicken "farm". I started raising cochin bantams about a year ago. My grandfather used to raise them and after he passed away I decided to keep the hobby going. Currently I have 10 hens and 2...