Recent content by Iggys Acres

I was interested in some critique. I got this guy with a few hens. If what I'm reading is right, the waddles are a dq for show. Is he worth keeping as a breeder, or should I look for another rooster? Thanks! Side note he's very timid and won't hold still for a photo and pose at the same...

Hello all, So I raised this boy and fell in love. His daddy was a light lemon cuckoo and his mother was either a white or gold lace, any thoughts? I just got in chicks and was going to put him with buff hens when they come of age (he's got a couple barred cochin x buff brahma hens to keep...

Aconi walked thru the forest following a Raven as it flew between the trees above.

Okay that's what I thought. Name: Aconi Gender: Female Clan: None, loner Rank: healer Crush(if any: none Mate(if any): none Pups(if any): none Personality: shy, quiet, fearful, has a playful sarcastic personality if you can gain her trust, very crafty Appearance: brown/grey and white, strange...

(How does one join, I read thru some pages, do you just butt in and go with it? Thanks)

Hello all, I'm trying to consolidate my birds for the winter and have a dilemma maybe ya'll can help me with. I started raising silkies this year and have this left after raising chicks and acquiring young birds and keeping my favorites from the stock. Cage 1 a grey hen from last fall (i...

I had avoided this book because it I had the guide to raising poultry by Leonard S. Mercia, and he had originally written the turkey guide. I was not impressed by his methods of care described in the poultry edition. Can anyone tell me if Don Schrider edited and revised the old edition or...

Thanks for the info. These eggs came from half way across the country so I'm sure that didn't help. We'll see come hatch day.

So this is my first time incubating eggs I ordered thru the mail. I was just wondering if 3 out of 16 was good? 3 having viable chicks growing and 13 being duds? They are about half way done "baking" so praying I get all three babies. I understand shipping is tricky business, I don't blame...

I have hatched birds in the turner, sometimes by mistake with dates, sometimes in a pinch with staggered hatches. A couple problems with this method are 1. some weaker chicks won't hatch because of the egg moving, I also had a couple quail drowned in fluid in the egg when it tilted over. 2. it...

Fescue can effect pregnant horses, but that is like if it is the only food source and lots of it causing late term miscarriages. Its suppose to be great to feed my pet leopard tortoise, with other grass and hays. Have no clue about it being bad for birds?

Found an article that says toms have 76 while hens have 77 chromosomes! http://www.biolbull.org/content/61/2/157.full.pdf And compare them to ducks, so keep your woodduck away from the turkey, lmao! Saw one link say peacocks have 44, but it wasn't a science page and found no proof to back it...

https://sites.google.com/a/larsencreek.com/chicken-orthopedics/leg-braces Same site but a photo of the "chicken chair" mid way down the page. I had a tall narrow yogurt container to use, cut a hole to slip its head thru, covered the sharp edge with tape, then cut a flap out the opposite side...

That's what I thought, the fix it fast part. I kept fooling with him when I could yesterday, putting him facing a corner with his legs under him. I'll make him a "cage" he's doing better, but still scooting. Thanks!

BBB are designed to eat alot and gain weight fast, like a cornish x rock chicken. A tom at 20 weeks, should be a 20# dressed carcass bird, which will take up almost your whole oven (holy cow my first year butching/cooking, but it was good) and it will get alittle bigger if left. You can pray...