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I have Cornish Cross chicks who are being brooded with my Broad Breasted White turkeys.. They are coming up on 3 weeks of age, and are growing INSANELY fast. I am supplementing their feed with additional calcium, in the form of powdered oyster shell in an attempt to help prevent any leg...

I have 2 young cayuga mix ducks (along with my 10 adults). They are just about fully feathered, with a couple little fuzz tuffs here and there. Wings are almost completely grown out too... A bit over a week ago one of the youngsters started limping... Over the course of a week, the limp has...

A few days ago I came home with 4 new hens. I got them in the afternoon, so I left them in the kennel for a couple hours, and placed them on the roosts when it got dark. The next day, I noticed one of the girls was limping. I didn't think much of it at first, thinking maybe she 'pulled'...

One of my best broodies (CeeCee) decided 3 weeks ago she was in the mood to hatch her some eggs... I gave her some ceramic ones, and she has been sitting on them faithfully. I was unable to find any 'newborn' chicks, but someone offered me 2 ducklings that were 24 hours old. I brought them...

I wanted to know... Has ANYONE ever bred a BBW hen to a Heritage Tom? How did the poults turn out? Did they grow like the BBW's or slowly, like the Heritage?

I have a pair of Chinese Geese. A Goose named Lucy, and a Gander named Jake. Lucy used to belong to a very good friend, and when they left for a week to go visit family, a fox came in and slaughtered 3 of their 4 geese and all 5 ducks they had... Lucy escaped with her life, due to sitting...

I wanted to know what the difference is between the two strains? Anyone know if there is a difference between the time they mature and start laying? Egg size? Length of laying? Bird size? Any info would be appreciated.... Thank you :)

We are wanting to move to Canada SO BADLY. We've been talking about it for YEARS! Finally going to do it in spring of 2014. I wish I could do it sooner! I wanted to ask any of you who reside in Canada, how is the job market there? I am a School Bus Driver, and Hubby is a Disaster Restoration...

I am looking to purchase Lavender and Splash Ameraucana chicks or hatching eggs. (Chicks Preferred) Please let me know if you have any, and what you are asking for them! Thanks a million!

Here is the situation... I wanted to start raising meat rabbits for my family. So I found someone who had flemish & california bunnies. I have nice, spacious cages for them, and I am all set up.... This person wanted to trade me a bunny for one of my laying hens, so I thought, SURE! He was...

Does anyone know if there is a way to tell the gender on Day old Silkies? These will be the first Silkies I will have, and would like to know where I stand on the gender. It's OK if not, but I thought I would ask. :) Thanks in advance!

I wanted to ask if anyone has any photos of Buff Sebbie goslings. We just had some babies shipped, and I am majorly freaking out that my "buff" is actually a white. Will post some photos to share, but thought I would see if anyone had anything to share. Thank you in advance! :)

Stillie (My 3 year old White Leghorn girl) is one of the sweetest, friendliest birds I have. I raised her since she was a teeny, tiny peep, but she is NOT your average leghorn! She is HUGE! AND, she has SPURS like a rooster.!!! LoL Is this normal.??? I would be worried that she is a Roo...

I vividly remember a few people bragging what wonderful mousers their chickens are, and here we are thinking "What's WRONG with our birds???" LOL Without our knowledge, the mouse population BOOMED at my best friends house over the winter.!!! EEEK..!!! Soooooo..... We set 20+ traps around...

Hi! I am SO sorry to bug you guys, but tomorrow, or the day after, I am getting a shipment of 165 chicks. I am getting 85 Golden comets, 20 Black Stars, 30 Barred Rocks, and 30 Australorps. Most of the chicks are already spoken for, but I am FREAKING OUT about being able to tell the Black...

I have not been on in a while, but needed a place to Vent, and share... Oh, what a HORRIBLE week!!!! I have a nice, large coop, easily big enough to house 40+ birds comfortably in the winter (1/3 of the coop even has a SECOND FLOOR, and there are MORE than enough roosts above THAT for over 50...

If the world was coming to an end, and I had to buy only one food to keep my chickens alive and healthy for years, and one that would stay good for years while in storage, what would that food be.?

Mid-Summer, my 2 year old RIR decided to go Broody. "Cool!" I thought, "No incubator, and I get chicks! Yes!" So, being the "Genius" that I am (Not really, totally kidding), I put 6 "special" eggs under her... 21 days later, Tada!!! 6 chicks pop out! Broody was officially named: Mama-Belle...

Hubby and Myself have been thinking a lot about moving out in the middle of Bum Fudge Egypt. We live in Alaska, and remote land is dirt cheap. We are tired of dealing with people, tired of living in a city, (and we live in a remote town on an acre of land with plenty of room.!!!) Here is what we...

I have 30+ hens, and just got 2 Brown Turkey babies. They are about 2 months old. I have a Heat lamp in the coop for them, and they go outside on occasion, but prefer to stay indoors mostly (I am in Alaska, and it is getting cold). Because I just got a few additional hens at the same time as...