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We have a 1 year old Blue Andalusian rooster who got some frostbite on his toes we have brought him in and he is doing a lot better (been in for a 2 weeks now, eating and drinking well walking a little bit) we plan to just keep him inside until were past freezing temps he just doesn't seem to...

Thanks so much! I will share those with them

My son is in a 4h poultry group with one other girl, they are trying to come up with a cute group name but were struggling to come up with ideas...any help :) The group is just for poultry Crystal

It was a blue andalusian she was a young pullet so he could still handle her

south west wyoming

My son's chicken he showed at fair this year and got Junior Grand Champion Showmanship with just jumped the fence and got killed by our neighbors dog :( needless to say he is devastated! I am looking for a better breed to replace it with for showing for next year. He is a smaller framed kiddo...

Our khaki Campbell ducklings are hatching today this one hatched fully early this morning 3 others hatched a little later the first one seems to have a bubble blister things on its beak it's soft I tried to not touch it to much but checked to make sure it has nostrils it does but they are small...

Will the mom let us near them? I was thinking since she tries to bite my hand off any time i get near her (not normal for her when not broody) that she might be the same when they are chicks

We have our first broody hatching chicks in a couple weeks i am wondering if we can take the chicks after they have hatched maybe leave her one or two raise? Were hoping if we take them we can hold them and get them used to being handled we have bought chicks twice before the first ones we got...

We have a broody hen laying on some eggs they are due to hatch the beginning of may they are going to be in an enclosed space but at what point can i let her and the babies out with the other chickens? Do i have to wait until they are completely grown or just when they are a little old like a month?

Would anyone be willing to share pictures of their brood box for a hen hatching eggs in their coop? I have tried searching and only find boxes where people keep chicks but I want to let my duck hatch her own eggs and am thinking I probably should build her some kind of box but can't find...

He was a roo, we had tried the collars before on another rooster but it didn't work enough. I say was because he made his way into the soup pot, sadly one our newest chicks have just started crowing :( its not very often so I am dragging my feet!

We have a drake and duck both khaki campbells, Charlotte (our duck) has been laying for about 3 months now, she has always laid in a nest she has made in the coop every morning, she has never stayed with an egg, just lays and goes. This morning she was hiding outside behind a pallet we had left...

How old were your ducks when they started laying? Mine is 7 months now and still no eggs

Ok this is pip the gray and white speckeled one. We raised him\her from an egg she\he is a mix breed from a local person. Pip is now 6 almost 7 months old right now i havent gotten any eggs because its so cold but up till now we were pretty sure Pip was a big hen. Well yesterday Pip started...