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I will give it a try tmw - they are sprightly little birds. Tricky.

So, as a homeschool project, besides chickens, my daughter and I also hatched a few quail. First time quail owner here - I think I have one male and one female - ignore the pheasant and chickens in the background. Any guesses to the gender? They are tough to photograph, sorry. I appreciate...

Good afternoon, My daughter and I incubated and hatched some backyard chickens eggs from a friend as a homeschool science project. We got these eggs from a friend and we do not know the breed(s). Any guesses at the genders? I fear we have 3 roo 😂. Just my luck. One of them has started getting...

Based on their behavior, I strongly doubt it. They were in hiding with each other. All the signs of a hawk attack. When they fight amongst themselves they still will free range and come to me when called. They weren’t responding to food and were under a bush and a car in the driveway and...

Okay so our biggest issue is goshawks - ferocious, aggressive, and brass goshawks hunt our free range chickens. They will try to murder them right on our porch! We do our very best to deter them. We recently added some guineas (successfully; knock on wood) to our flock. Still not 100 on both...

Thanks everyone!! I swear I hear all kinds of noises from them. Sometimes I swear I have heard both - was hoping two females since the waddles haven’t curled yet. I appreciate all the info!

I let a broody Orpington hatch these guineas (she’s not the best forager but seriously the best mama). These guineas have been awesome (loud, but awesome). Our chickens and these new guineas have gotten along well (they free range). They seem friendly but not too invasive (like chickens)...

so my hen hatched 3/5 guinea eggs I put under her but she wont mother the babies - she left the nest and has been laying in the dirt outside the nest for about 2 hours now... the chicks are still in the nest - able to walk and toddle around - so they are a few days old. Is this normal or will I...

Thank you all for your replies and advice. I think I’m on a hamster wheel here trying to keep my daughter protected while simultaneously allowing her to enjoy her childhood outdoors. Growing up I never remember the tick problem being this bad! It drives me crazy! I really was hoping my...

Thank you so much for the information - so helpful! I just placed the eggs on the 3rd so I have a few weeks to gather as much info as I can and make a decision. Could I let the chicken raise them for 4 weeks til mostly feathered so I don’t have to bring them in or still don’t recommend that...

hi, Long story short, I live in rural PA where ticks are a HUGE problem. We have free range chickens (9 after recent predators), and two broody hens. So I had the maybe not so bright idea to get my hands on some guinea hatching eggs and separated the girls into their own coops and placed...

He hasn’t attacked me yet like the other roos would, he runs to me but doesn’t dance (or challenge I guess) like my other Roos. He gets food from us like the others - but he has those marans talons I don’t want to encounter

Okay so forgive me, I’ve onlu had chickens for a little over 2 years (love them, but still learning). I have 5 and a half week old chicks I was putting out into a small, enclosed, isolated run for the day to get used to being outside and it helps the others get to know them for when they...

Good idea, thank you!!

Well bad news - he started getting sassy today when I was doing work outside. I kept him because I thought he was a female - didn’t sprout tail feathers and quite a small comb for awhile - he tricked me. He’s free to a good home - anyone in central PA?