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I am thinking about raising up a few meat birds at a time (I live in Royal Oak) but need to know where to have them butchered/processed. Every place I find is more than 45 minutes away from me. We are trying to live as self sufficiently as possible in the city and I don't want to spend all my...

2 nights ago I noticed my 1 year old Delaware acting sluggish so I isolated her. After some observing and examining I concluded she was egg bound. It has been really hot here and she doesn't tolerate it well. So I gave her a warm bath and soak for 20 minutes. 20 minutes later she laid a...

Does anyone keep backyard goats in Royal Oak MI? From what I understand, the MI right to farm act states that if your land was ever used for farming no matter how long ago, then you can keep farm animals that are reasonable for your size lot?? So I'm wondering if anyone keeps goats. I already...

Thanks for the link! The farm where I got my seramas let them free range all year long with no heat source. I'm glad I kept to my instincts and kept them in the house, I certainly don't want them to get sick or worse. I'll be waiting till spring to put them outside.

I have a serama bantam rooster who is about 11 weeks old. He's been in the house all this time and I'm wondering if he needs to be acclimated to the cold here in Michigan or can I just throw him out there? The temp he is used to is 69 degrees and it's MI so today for example, it's 39 degrees...

I have a 1 day old coturnix chick that took 26 hours to get out of it's shell. Once it finally got out, I learned it's feet are curled. I did some research which said to try making *boots* to uncurl the feet. My question is, has anyone done this successfully and how long do you leave the...

I have a 7 month old red-laced wyandotte and she has been laying just about everyday since the end of august, she is my only laying hen....I think. I have 2 hens and the other one is not laying yet, I don't think. Recently I have been finding 2 eggs in the nest box, 1 large, 1 small. I...

There is no fan and I am hand turning them, religiously, 3 times a day. I have a clutch in there that's almost done, doubtful now that they'll hatch successfully. I have raised the temp and lowered the humidity so maybe the next clutch will hatch successfully. wish me luck:)

I have been incubating coturnix quail eggs for a few months now, my first clutch was successful. 2 of those babies are now breeding, they are about 3 months old. So far I have gotten 35 eggs from them, but nothing is hatching. I cracked open 5 eggs over due to hatch this morning out of...

Well, winter is right around the corner here in MI and this will be my first winter with chickens. With the night time temps already getting down into the 50's and 40's are forecasted for this week, I'm wondering how cold is cold enough to lock them in their coop for the night? My chickens...

THANK YOU for the advice to those who responded! I am brand new at this chicken raising thing and had no clue this could happen! I spent half the day researching what could be wrong and found nothing that talked about the long white thing that was hanging from her vent. I even went to the...

good news! She must of been egg bound, got it out and is now acting much better. We'll see what morning brings, but I'm expecting to go out and find my buddy back to herself again.

I forgot to mention her last egg was yesterday and the one before that was last Wednesday, which was her first, so 3 days in between her first 2 eggs.

I have a 5 month old white delaware who's health has been declining rapidly today. The day started off as usual then I noticed she had a long white string type thing hanging from her vent, this is not segmented so I don't believe it to be a worm. Now that white thing is gone, but she has been...