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Hi, all. My chickens are on pullet grow-out feed. They eat the big chunks of yellow and red corn, and leave the "dust" looking part of the feed. Problem is, that's leaving a lot in their feeder! When I go to top it off, they just eat the big chunks again. What exactly IS the dusty stuff? Is...

The brown one in front is the bird in question. I have five other chicks, same age, various breeds including one other EE, and they all have smaller, less pink combs and fluffier, more filled-out tails (much like the Australorp in the back). I don't notice much difference in the leg...

Picked up our very first little flock yesterday from the farmers' co-op. From bottom left: Silver-laced Wyandotte, Easter Egger, Silver-laced Wyandotte, Australorp, Easter Egger, and Australorp. My two kids are absolutely smitten. They camped out next to the brooder box last night! It's...

Hi, all. I bought a coop from a friend who was moving, and I'm having a hard time envisioning how I'm going to build a run to accompany it. I have the standard 4' chain link fence all around my yards, and big dogs on two of the three sides, so I don't see much free-ranging in our future. I...

I'd like to revive this thread with a curiosity about the economics of home-grown eggs over time. How come all during the first part of the last century (and well before that, too, I'd guess), raising one's own eggs and chickens was a cost-saver, while now home-growers are lucky to break even...

I had always heard Muscovys were among the best for that, but it's wonderful to have the numbers there. Thanks for sharing! And your website is lovely.

Syble, this is from someone who barely knows a chicken from a pheasant, but those birds are gorgeous! They look like sun and moon chickens together like that, the light golden and silvery gray... I have a question that I thought best to post here. I am going to be building my coop and run here...

Gerry, here's the one I was looking at: http://apa-arkansas.com/

Thanks, y'all, for the replies. It sounds like shows are a world of chicken education all to themselves! I can't wait to be able to see the breeds on my "short list" in person. It's the Arkansas Fall Double Show (I think that's the name of it) that I want to attend. And I've never even *held* a...

Hi, everyone! I'm an enthusiast, not yet a chicken keeper. I'm in the reading-the-books-and-websites phase. But I found out there's a poultry show coming up in my city in November. I'm planning on going to it just for fun, but I'm wondering, too, if I can expect to buy some supplies and pullets...