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my peahen laid 6 eggs a month or so ago. she then went into decline. She appears to be healthy, bright alert- just doesnt get around right. When i first googled this it seemed like a calcium deficiency. I gave her calcium pills, and crushed calcium and fed it to her in a syringe. That seemed to...

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Hello, I recently moved to the Gettysburg PA area and looking for some older ready to lay chickens within an hours drive (to pick up) I am open to a variety of breeds and like the friendlies rather than flighty varieties. I have lots of assorted breeds in the past, and due to my move have to...

I heard commotion in the coop, and till i grabbed my shoes by the door and flashlight and ran down to the barn (about 50 ft away) there were 3 dead pigeons and one seriously injured stunned rooster, and one other injured pigeon...... I'm guessing i was between 3-4 minutes getting to the barn...

i'll try again. maybe more people will bother to reply- thanks to the one person that did......... I guess my questions or comments just arent that interesting which is why I hardly ever post anything..... how many hours of daylight are needed to continue egg production and at how many "watts"...

Hi chicken friends... How long can I keep eggs before I incubate them ? And how do I store them to increase fertility until I do ? I just got a lovely assortment of fertile eggs.... but i dont want to incubate them now, I'd like to wait a few months. I know the fertility rate goes down and...

Hello - I'm looking for Guinea hen eggs to hatch......... After buying and trying to acclimate and free range mature guineas every year who end up living at the neighbors; I am giving up and going to try hatching eggs. If you have any for sale please contact me. The can be any kind; mutts are...

Hello Feathered Friends- I have 3 male and 3 female year old Indian peacocks for sale from last springs hatch. They are very nice birds and friendly hearty birds- we hatched 8 and have 8 ! We have 11 in total flock and expect a hatch again this year; so I'd like to sell some to good homes...

Any help please on experienced weasle hunters would be appreciated ! We have battled and fought these little &%&^$$%$$ and several times the clean out our coop and pigeons too ! No matter how we patch holes or try to secure it- they can sqeeze in... they pierce a hole in the neck and suck...

Hi Chicken Friends- We rescued some 1 yr old egg layers (shaver sex-links I think) that were being "thrown out" they are the saddest bunch of semi-featherless things you would ever see ! But they are comign along nicely and growing feathers, their combs are getting some color (before they were...