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My chickens are free ranged all the time in a mobile coop and get shut in at night. That hasn't been working for us as of lately. We have lost several to wondering dogs and other predators lately. So im considering building an 8ft wide x 8ft tall run all the way around my garden. Which is...

So sadly I messed up. I bought 2 new chickens olive egger pullets and only quarantined a week (this was 2 months ago). Moved them into the flock, Then a few days later 1 olive egger started having raspy breaths. I took it back to quarantine. But it was too late. Before I know it the whole flock...

I know when you are making a breed of chickens, you breed two chickens together. And then breed together the offspring that have desired traits over and over for 12 generations to stabilize the breed. Is this also true for ducks? I have probably a hair brain idea to breed a blue duck of my own...

This may be a very silly question, but I want to understand the chicken calculator. The genetic calculator. I have all pure breed chickens, and if I want to cross say a marans, with a salmon faverolle, how do you know what genes to enter for each breed. Also how can I learn about breeding for...

I'm hoping this is vitamin B deficiency and not mareks! This rooster and a hen was laying around, and then stumbling around. I isolated them, The hen died but the rooster is staying the same. Hatched May 18th they are coming up on 12 weeks old. I'm giving them probiotics on their food, which is...

This lavender orpington is not growing feathers and is really small. I've been giving it extra vitamins with a dropper since I noticed it was behind the others. That's been weeks and still nothing.... what can I do to help? It's about 4 weeks old. It's the one in the back.

Yesterday I was assisting a CCL chick that pipped in the non air cell end. Finding poop in the egg I thought that must mean its don absorbing. I started moving a little fast and nicked a vein, I thought she was a goner and was beating myself up. So much blood, I put corn starch and placed the...

Been assisting a hatch that pipped in the non aircell end. And I found poop in the egg. So I assumed it had absorbed completely and then went to haste. Pretty sure it's going to die after hitting a vein... man that sucks.

I'm seeking advice on whether I should leave my eggs up right in the turner with the turner off or if I should take out the Turner and lay them on there side for lockdown. Normally I'd take out the turner. But this is my first shipping eggs experience and all of the air sacks have saddled or...

Someone just gave me salmon faverolle eggs which I've always wanted some. I have a crested cream legbar flock. Could I breed the two and make my own strand of Easter Eggers? Just thinking ahead. Lol picture of my CCL

I bought a dozen opal legbar splits hatching eggs shipped for new Jersey to Ohio. And I dint know about detached air cells. I left them air sack up on the counter 24 hours. Then I put all the eggs 19 in total in the incubator in the turning tray, she was kind and shipped extra. And candled on...

I let a brown African breed with my embden goose. She laid a cluch of eggs and has been sitting on it for 35 days. When should I take the eggs from her because they died or something. I figured they would have hatched by now. Shes really aggressive and wont let me even come close.

Just for fun hatched out some crested cream crossed with buff orpington. Man I'm in love with how they are feathering out! An nice buff, light gray and tan, wild print. All look to be getting a Crest too:clapfingers crossed for a light green egg. 3 different chicks all look extremely similar...

I'd like to cross my cream legbar rooster to another breed. I'd like the offspring to be good duel purpose breed, auto sexing at hatch. And be attractive. I was thinking maybe lavender orpington. Because I'd like to have some lavender birds. But I need help with the genetics, would the offspring...

I have a crested cream legbar and a Easter egger roosters. And my hens include, buff orpington, barred rock, CCL, EE, black australorp, blue marans, isa brown, welsummer, blue laced red wyandotte, lake shore layers, light brahma, and black sex link. We sent 124 eggs to a friend for hatching...

New babies! Parents are cayuga and welsh harlequin drakes And buff , welsh, cayuga, khaki hens I am hoping for a grey/blue mutt duck. I have 5 this hatch but more in the incubator. Im keeping my fingers crossed this guy feathers out grey! He is like a grey green brown color. Never had one like...

So I have a crested cream legbar rooster and he is a real s.o.b. he sneaks up behind me and pecks me in the butt. Charges me every time I'm near the coop. Just a real turd! I always told my husband, he has wild eyes and he looks like a demon and acts like one too. Well a good friend of mine said...

I've got my fingers cross that this embedded goose is a goose and not a gander. She/he is 11 months old. What do you guys think.

Heres the original post that I posted back in June! https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/ducks-arent-laying-eggs.1319296/ But the ducklings still arnt laying, there isn't 18 ducks anymore. I got rid of all the ducklings that were drakes. So theres now 11 hens and 2 drake's. Theres still 4...

I got some free chickens and have been nursing them back to health. They were cared for by a very old woman, who kept 3 roosters and 6 hens in a 10ft by 4 ft run. That was mounds of poop and fed them a flock block. She passed and the chickens need a new home. When I got them they all had their...