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Ok, here's the situation. I just ordered 10 buff cochins and 15 silver leghorns from a hatchery. we will be getting them on the 26th of this month. I want to incubate some of by buff orpington eggs. I calculated it out to where the new hatches would be about 23-24 days younger than the others...

I have a pekin hen and she refuses to use the space provided in the duck house to lay her eggs. She instead lays them in the pool. Any advice on how to get her to lay in a designated place? I put an old metal trashcan on iut's side in there, and put plenty of hay in it... just as a quick fix. I...

I want to get a few ducks and would like to know what duck is best at mothering and hatching her own eggs. I only have one incubator, and i don't want to commit it to ducks every year. I want a breed of duck that will procreate itself. I know muscovies are good but are there any others? I don't...

The title pretty much explains it. I want to get some mallards becauase of their adaptability and their good mothering instincts. Does anyone know if they are legal to keep in New Mexico? The last thing i need is some gov't agency breathing down my neck.

I have two black havana does and a reddish brown buck. I think he's a new Zealand. I know the ideal meat rabbits are Californians or new Zealands. I got the Havanas for free, and i thought i'd get a buck. I heard that havanas grow fast. is this true? Let me know what you think.

It's been a bad couple of days. The arctic blast has cost me some lives. I'm sure I'm not the only one who lost animals to this, so i figured i'd start a discussion on it. It got down to -8 without the windchill. with the windchill i think it got down to -16. Anyway i lost three rabbits, i had...

I have an old goat pen that just opened up. I want to get either pekings or scovies. Which would be easier to contain? I don't want to put a roof over the entire pen. Do peking ducks go broody? What do you think? I'm not worried about the law saying anything... I don't care about that. assuming...

Ok, I have been going thorugh roosters like crazy. In the past year, I have had seven different roos to run with my free range hens. I started with a mutt named Killer. the neighbor's game cock killed him. Next came my NHR named haywood. He was awesome... very nice, took care of his hens... got...

Yesterday, I did my first chicken. Actually it was my roo who stopped taking care of my hens and started beating them up instead. I have about 20 cockerels that i'm going to butcher in the fall, so i needed practice. certain aspects of it were good, some went wrong. The killing was the part that...

I learned this the hard way... I had three goslings. Their parents were great to them, they were free range. I lost two of them to ants. They both died the same way... the soldier ant latched on to their legs, and about five minutes later they died. I think there is another post like this from...

Ok, It's not an emergency... the damage is done. up until today, I have been having issues with eggs being broken open and pecked at, making them unusable. Today, I discovered Blanche, my leghorn, killing and eating chicks that were hatched today. She is the culprit. Should I kill and eat her...

I have a broody toulouse goose on about seven eggs. I feed her at around the same time everyday. Well, today she knew I was coming to feed her... she took the time to cover her nest (how cool is that?). She left the nest to eat, and i'm assuming to swimm and drink also. My question is how long...

I have two pairs of free range toulouse geese. the first pair are named Muriel and Eustace, the second pair are named Abby and Quinn (for reference). They all hang around together, it's safe to say that they are a flock. yesterday I noticed Muriel was making a nest, apparently getting ready to...

I'm starting some chicks on the 7th... anyone want to join me? If you do, PM me... never had a hatching buddy before. Besides, it's only my second time incubating. I will be incubating about 25-30 eggs. They will be cross between hatch game hen and NHR.

I recently got a pair of two year old geese from someone who decided he didn't like them anymore. Everyday, I sit on the tailgate of the truck and watch the geese and chickens. they are all free range. The gander, his name is Quinn by the way, walks up to me, and starts rubbing his bill on my...

I have four pullets that are about three months old. They are fully feathered, and are outside in a roofed dog kennel. How old should they be before I can let them free range? I only have until June before I have to use the kennel for the next batch of chicks. So they will me a maximum age of...

Ok, so I have a pair of toulouse geese... they are free range, have an irrigation ditch to swim in... everything is hunky dory for them. I recently aquired a second pair of toulouse geese a week ago. They have been in the goat pen for a week, just so they understand this is where their home is...

When approching the idea of keeping chickens, which mindset do you subscribe to the most? Choose ONE. -Are you mostly about bringing as many chickens into the world as possible... do you play the numbers game? -Are you concerned with the preservation of an individual breed(s)? -Do you raise...

I am wondering what breed these two chickens are. Simple as that. I think the brown one is known as either a hatch or dutch... I have no idea what the white one is. http://img717.imageshack.us/i/shower005.jpg/ http://img691.imageshack.us/i/shower011.jpg/

I once heard that if you have an injured chicken, it was a good idea to give it warm water with salt and sugar in it. Not in huge ammounts or anything, but enogh to tell they are both there (in the water). I think it messes with the electrolyte process or something. I know there are so may meds...