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So we have a poultry farm here outside of Spokane Washington, We sell eating eggs, hatching eggs, chicks, ducklings and young poultry. We started small and now have grown so fast and have tripled in size. It is the end of the chick season here and before the next season starts we are going to...

I have around 500 birds now and growing everyday, I breed, sell egg's (both fertile and eating) and sell chicks and ducklings. Silly Sally is a 3 year old hen who is a brown sexlink who has for the last 3 months been broody. She goes to all the nesting boxes and takes all the plastic eggs and...

So we were given a chick about 10 weeks ago from our local feed store who is handicapped. We have now over 280 chickens right now and growing everyday. We also believe everything should be given a second chance in life so we took this little chick in and named him Curly. Curly has severely...

It has been a very wet winter here in Spokane Washington area this year and I clean my coops every month like clock work but this last winter it has been very wet and I have not been able to do full clean outs like I do. Well it came around and bit me, Yep that's right it bit me good! I have...

So I have been told that by adding a goose or geese to your chicken flocks will help protect your chickens, is this true? I have had ducks in with my chickens and they have pulled feathers out of my birds really bad, will this happen with a goose or geese? Will any of this accrue with the ducks...

well as promised here are the new little babies there is a little over 90! We have: Lavender Orpington's Barred Rock's Buff Orpington's Black silkies White silkies White leghorns Brown leghorns Light Brahmanas Amber links Rhode Island reds Americanas Maran's Black ostrolopes Golden links Oh...

I am so excited and can't wait for my chicks to hatch! I am driving my German Shepard crazy by going in the chick room and looking through the clear plastic lid to see if anything is happening as she has come to believe that they are hers and every chick that we have or bring home belong to her...

I have been raising Poultry for almost 50 years now and what works for me not might work for someone else.... I have done shows, Judging, Fairs, FFA, 4H, Seminars, Breeder and a seller of both eggs and birds. In reading different searches online I have come across Back Yard Chickens and thought...

I am looking for Brown egg layers heavy breed hatching eggs ASAP, I would need them shipped to me here in Washington State. I don't care if they are mixed breeds just as long as the Large egg layers and Brown eggs. Good production would be great too! If you can help that would be awesome Thanks!

I have been raising chickens for 48 years now and this is a first for me... In my large chicken run I have 2 coops a small one that houses my older girls who are set in their ways and a much larger coop for the other chicken and ducks, a total of 100 birds all together. My run is made of 1'...

I am getting my new chick order ready for my new layers and I have come across the Lavender Orpington and wanting a couple really bad. I am realistic with my hard earned money and can not justify paying $20.00 per bird plus shipping for a chicken. Does anyone know of a breeder or a hatchery that...

Thought I would share what happened: As I was putting away my chickens and ducks as I do every night and doing my head count 3 or 4 times just to make sure I don't miss anyone of my 100 hens and 20 ducks my heart sank as I kept being off by one. After counting at least 8-9 times I started to...

So I have a few chickens who have a habit of pecking other chickens, I have tried pine tar, blue kote and now anti pecking for chickens. I was out today putting the anti pecking lotion on the chickens who needed it and along comes Silly Sally to peck on a fresh lotion chicken. I am waiting to...

Today I had a Hawk fly down and take a chunk out of one of my hens today and was trying to keep the other chickens from pecking it more even after I have put lots of stuff on it. I found some Chicken Saddle patterns of line today but I am not one that sews. Is there any one out there that makes...

We put a lot of time, care and love from day one into our feathered babies, We watch them grow, learn and play. They all have their names and crazy personality and away to make us laugh, They give us comfort in holding them, they listen to us talk when we are happy or sad. So when we have to...

So last night one of my Campbell drakes was trying to breed out side the pool and his "pee pee" was hanging out dangling down and my Chickens and other Ducks thought it was a worm and it was pecked pretty bad. I put them all away last night in the coops but when I went out today he was pecked...

so I purchased 6 female adult ducks yesterday and noticed that one of the Hens has a huge raw patch when she holds her wings out after swimming in the duck pools, I did not notice the sores until I got home with them and had contacted the person who I bought them from. She has stated that she...

I have not come across any information on how high, space, proper wood types to use for roost in the chicken coop and runs? Any information out there to share with all the new chicken peeps?

I have purchased these ducklings 4 blue Swedish and 4 Campbell who are 3 weeks old now and I have noticed that one of my blue Swedish is bull legged on the one side. I have been searching for in information on leg problems with this breed or just ducks in general and no such luck. I have raised...

I have new chickens this year and I have not had chickens in a long time so I need advice or thoughts from others... Some of my brown egg layers just started to lay eggs and I know that new eggs come out all shapes and sizes but I have never had chickens that have laid an egg yoke and whites...