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My daughter is in love with her white silkies, but is desperately wanting some cuckoo silkies. My Brinsea ships at the end of this coming week and will only hold 7 eggs. We are wanting quality, not quantity.

Oh my... letting everyone out this morning and apparently 4/5 of my Polish are Roos!!!! They all ran out of the coop and took turns trying to crow... It is so pathetic... 4 little bitty guys trying to out compete each other. The funniest thing... they took turns... over and over and over...

My son is having jaw surgery on July 13 and I am trying to get helpful advice. I have been reading up on everything possible, but need food advice!!! He is 16yo, 6'4" and 230lb... I have to find a way to get enough calories in him to keep him going. It is amazing how much he can eat and being on...

My dogs got out today and went to visit my neighbor... we got to talking about the chickens and she said she had one pass away this fall at the ripe old age of 19yo.... Could she be right? I didn't know they lived quite that long...

Just needed to vent somewhere... I have been a diet controlled type 2 diabetic for about a year now... Had to get a recent checkup and now they are putting me on meds.... I hate Meds

Ordered 5 straight run, got 6 and 4 are little roos... Need to find a home for these guys. Willing to meet. Born on May 10-11th

I had a dog attack last Friday and I have had a girl in the bathroom healing. She had abrasions on her back up under her wing. My best scenario is the dogs grabbed a large portion of feathers and ripped them out. She is healing very nicely and is now coming out of the bathtub (pooping on my...

Been following a thread on vines in the coop/run... and someone posting something that made me start thinking. Anyone used thorny vegetation to keep predators out? What if I surrounded my pen with thorny roses, barberry, etc. ?? I know that you can use them for "natural" fencing... I have...

I lost 1 roo and 2 hens 2days ago from dogs that broke through my 6ft privacy fence. I have one larger pullet that is fine and is in the coop... I went ahead and let the babies out with her (they were in the brooder in the coop already) and since she was a little stressed and out of sorts...

I've become a sucker for our little silkies.... They are constantly digging holes in the bedding deeper than they are tall... scratching and looking for bugs. I have become so entertained, that I keep a little stick in the coop (converted horse stall) and help them dig through the bedding to...

I lost a rooster and 2 hens yesterday afternoon while they were free-ranging in the yard. 2 dogs went through my 6 foot privacy fence. I have one that is injured in the bathtub on antibiotics and vitamins/electrolytes. I have one hen (9 weeks) left in the coop along with 19 younger chicks (3-4...

I have 6 and took one of the side and the face... I was originally thinking 2 roos, kind of thinking 3 now that I took the pictures.... They are 3 weeks today. BO 1 BO 2 BO 3 BO 4 BO 5 BO 6

I believe I have 3 roos and 2 hens, but let me see what you think They were born May 10th First 2 pics are of Zazoo... whatever he/she is... STAYS NO MATTER WHAT... I love this guy. Very, very small looking comb coming in ? Hen, don't see a comb ? Hen, don't see a comb ? Roo, see a...

I am about at my wits end with my daughters rooster... he is only about 8 weeks old and is mean, mean, mean. She named him Lucifer... maybe he took it to heart? I need some advice as I don't know what to do anymore. I have NEVER been scared of chickens, roosters, barnyard anything... til now...

Do I need to worry about snakes in my coop? I found a 5ft rat snake or black snake in my coop this morning... (not to mention my 16 yo DS decided to CATCH it and it bit him) I do have some 2 week old bantams out there, but they are in a pen inside the coop with 1/2 inch netting around them. Will...

After viewing all the different links, places, etc I cannt find a NW Tennessee thread and would like to hear from people in this area. There are also lots of posts of people building coops around... some are too airy for us, some are too insulated... I teach school and am off for the...

I didn't know where else to put this, but these questions are for a baby Duck.... (tried posting in the duck forum and didn't get much feedback) Anyway... this baby duck sounds "snotty"... don't know how else to put it. I have put it in a warm tub of water and let it blow out its nose... it did...

I know it happens all the time, but this is the first one I have lost AND my daughters favorite so far... I checked on it at 5am and at 7am it had passed away. Was shipped on Wed. and we got them on Friday.... What is the possibility of losing more after they are about 5 days? They all look...

Please give me advice on how to treat this baby duck. It is a call duck and we got him/her on Thursday. We actually got 4 ducks... 2 cresteds in the big girl pen outside (6weeks old), and a chocolate call about a week old, then this tiny little day old baby call duck. We have the two little...

Just wanted to show off my new babies... after 2 days of worrying all the babies came in safe and sound. Since chicken math plays a big factor... I am hoping I can get some barred rocks before they are old enough to count that I have chickens They were absolutely exhausted!!!! Golden Laced...