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The purpose of this thread is #1 so others who are curious about what a batch of Cemani chicks looks like can get an idea ( it’s so hard to find pictures of culls). Also #2 I’d like to hear what others have to say about these chicks or their own experience. Ok so my husband got some Ayam...

I have searched the internet as well as this site high and low for anything resembling this issue and found these old posts. Basically I’m looking for comments, opinions and/or suggestions. OP posted this in 2013 Only reply posted in 2015 So here’s my situation. So I had a Pilgrim gosling...

I tried to get a good picture of what I see in his throat but this is as good as I can get. They are deep in his throat. I tried swabbing the patches off but they do not move. They are white. The picture doesn’t show it clearly but they are somewhat circular like wobbly doughnuts. He can’t seem...

Feeding time this morning we found this lovely girl laying next to the water like this. They have an automatic water and the water is clean. They have feed available 24/7. About a week or two ago I switched this coop to later feed since they are almost 4 months old. I have not seen a single egg...

Hello, I posted a few of my chicks a while back and some of you helped me ID the breed and gender. Now that the rest have grown up a bit I would really appreciate help identifying the breed and confirming the gender. The pictures are of those birds that could be female however I think 2 or 3 of...

Hello, Long story short my husband and I failed to communicate and made different chick purchases for the same time period. Mine were 15 copper marans and his were an assortment of rare breeds. On top of that he managed to hatch some mixed breeds for our freezer. That are around the same age...

Hello, I have a curious Toulouse goose/gander I was wondering if anyone could help me understand his/her behavior and possibly determine gender. For the purpose of simplicity I will refer to it as a gander. I can’t say that it’s male or female for sure but I think it’s a male because it tries...

Hello, So I’ve been thinking about getting serious about my homestead in terms of tracking and planning. So far I keep all information about births, laying records, fertility, issues, interventions, sales and purchases etc. on my smartphone calendar. However my husband has become frustrated...

Last year my husband could not resist the urge to purchase the remaining assorted bantams at our local Tractor Supply. My reaction was “What do we want with an assortment of bantams?” He said he wanted to raise them then release them to live free range on our land. My immediate response was...

Hi, I have been stalking this site for over a year. I look through posts new and old to help me with my hobby farm. I am a retired Army nurse. I am married my husband is a retired Army medic. We have two children a 7 yr old boy and 3 yr old girl. We moved to Florida at the end of my time and...

Hello I have been using this site for over a year when I have questions but this is my first post. Recently we hatched our own mixed breed chicks and after a month and a half we moved them from our brooder to a coop. This is not our first hatch but it is our first problem. Now we had a day of...