Hello I have 11 3-week old baby males currently running around and I need them gone as soon as possible!I ordered some chicks online and the hatchery decided to send me extra males for warmth and now im stuck with them I think they are speckled sussex but I'm not quite sure as its still a...
Hey I was curious to see if you could grow out freedom rangers and perhaps breed them with a dual-purpose chicken to produce a fast growing meat and egg chicken? Can I even keep a freedom ranger this long without it getting overweight? I figured it would be interesting to try and breed them with...
Hello, have not been on in quite a while and wow this site has sure changed a lot. But the reason I came back is because I have a sick 5 week old speckled sussex. I have 2 of them in with a silkie and the other sussex is doing great. It started about 3 weeks ago when i saw bloody poop in the...
Hey I have not been on in a while but I need to know what is the best type of bobwhite for meat.I would also like to know the space requirements to raising them to about 24 weeks to butcher them. I am planning on ordering about 100 eggs and with any luck im hoping 50 or more will hatch out. They...
Hello, Have not been on in a while but when I saw my poor Nibbles eye today I went here as fast as I could.He is acting as like his usual self and eating and drinking fine but one side of his face were is eye use to be is swollen and the caruncles have a yellowish look to them and I am pretty...
Ok so I went on vacation for about a week and in that time I had a person check up on the ducks and what-not.They did not clean the coop which made the poop get all solid and frozen making it really cold for the ducks to put there feet on it and sleep.The person did not get payed btw.So anyways...
Hi,I am gonna be making an outdoor aviary this summer and am wondering what I can have in it with these cold New England winters.Its going to be about 8x8x8 in my backyard or maybe front yard,and will be planting lots of shrubs and bushes in it (non-toxic of course!).I will be having quail on...
Hello,I have a giant muscovy male that needs to go!He is not aggresive to humans but has been attacking his son (nibbles) a lot lately and since we only have 2 female ducks I just think hes not worth having here.He is a but skittish around humans but does come within petting distance.He has a...
Hello,I have a giant muscovy male that needs to go!He is not aggresive to humans but has been attacking his son (nibbles) a lot lately and since we only have 2 female ducks I just think hes not worth having here.He is a but skittish around humans but does come within petting distance.He has a...
Hello,I have a free silkie and EE cross rooster.He has the feet of a silkie and his feathers are a bit softer then most chickens.He is pure white and is starting to get long tail feathers.He is not that big,maybe 2-3 pounds or so.He is a great flock protector alerting the girls if there is a...
Hey all,I have been raising coturnix quail for about a year now and finally have got the hang of them.I will be getting much more (about 20 or so) very soon and building a bigger pen for them for selling there eggs at some local farmers markets.This will take a lot of time and energy I realize...
Hey all,I'm building an aviary that's about 10x10 ft for a pair of mandarins or maybe wood ducks or some other awesom species or ornamental duck.Anyways I'm gonna have a pair of them and for fun was thinking I could get a couple of quail and put them in there. I have a good variety of adults...
Hey all,I saw an add on Craigslist and found out there is a guy selling 6-7 week old coturnix quail for $3.50.Is this a decent price?He said they would be available around mid april which should give me plenty of time to get the new breeding pen set up.Speaking of which I thought I could make...
Hi,I am looking for 2 female muscovy's as mates for my drakes.My other two got attacked by a dog sadly but we fixed and reinforced the run so nothing can get in now.Pm if you have them, thanks!
Hey all,I have a beautiful hatchery quality buff silkie rooster that needs a good home! Hes about 5 months old and is very sweet,he is currently living in the basement, with me petting him every day hes gradually becoming a lot tamer.I have raised him since he was a chick and I can tell you he...
Hey all,I have a sweet 5 month old rooster that needs a new home.I can't have him because about a week ago I found out he was a rooster and we already have one.I got him from a lady from a swap 5 months ago and he is not show quality or anything like that but if you are looking for a nice pet...
So I have run into a problem.I have 2 muscovy's one is Jim and the the other is Nibbles (Jim's son).I would love for both of them to have a female as a mate because first of all,I love fresh duck eggs and second of all it would make them happier.The problem is,is that feed is getting expensive...
Hey,not to sure were to put this but I really like the ways oriental game fowl look like.I have golden phoinex hen who sorta looks like them and I love her.I am going to be ordering ducks from Ideal anyways so I thought I could throw in a few pullets with them.So anyway I live in MA and it gets...