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Question: Do I feed medicated or non-medicated feed? I have seen articles that say do and some that say don't. The only consistent message is protein above 20%. These guys are really cute and fun!

3 beautiful babies! Feeding them game bird starter. 24% protein. Had them out in the sun today and they had a blast. Stayed very close to me the whole time. They ate grass and ran around. Shocked that any hatched considering I took them from someone who robbed a nest from a feral flock that...

Hello, I have successfully hatched chickens and geese over the past 4 years. I'm on day 27 of incubating nine peafowl eggs. I acquired the eggs from a wild flock near me. Took them from somebody who robbed a nest to make omelettes, (Interesting story). All 9 are fertile and developed. I...

"Hettie" Barred rock Hen 1.5 years old

SOOOOO TRUE!

Egg Hatching math..... when starting your flock be prepared for the possibility of a high hatch rate! I bought a large amount of hatching eggs counting on a low hatch rate and ended up having to re- home lots of chicks. The other challange I had was finding homes for my roosters.

Recently, my quail started laying eggs with sift and thin shells. I'm adding oyster shells to her food but it's not helping

need to re home a Cochin frizzle Roo. Very sweet...hatched him myself.....( My neighbors like to sleep later than he does) PM me if interested.

I have a 2 week old Polish frizzle with one watery eye. No congestion, good appetite, energetic....just 1 watery eye for the past week. It's not getting worse either.

Awesome! I have learned SOOOO much from this site. Twice, advice from here saved a few of my chickies! another good site is The Chicken Chick at http://www.the-chicken-chick.com/

Hi This is one of my 8 week old Cochins. I have a Cochin frizzle roo and some hens. I thought this was a hen because she doesn't act like a roo and she is feathered like my other hens. my concern is her comb and wattles have come in large and RED. they are much larger than my other hens and only...