Hey everyone, I incubated some eggs from my hens. The incubator broke during incubation and only 1 hatched. I had a late egg I started 4 days after the others which was malpositioned and pipped externally last night because it was unable to pip internally. I proceeded to start the assisted...
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We had a dog attack last night and early this morning. Found my rooster last night in the mouth of said dog, brought him in and secured the coop and run. He had all of his wing span feathers and tail feathers out. Brought him out this morning to see his ladies. Seems to be doing...
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I thought I hade a white rock hen, but am now noticing this strawberry blonde color seeping into her feathers. I thought it was dirt at first but it's the coloration of her feathers. Does anyone know if she is really a white rock or guesses as to what her breed might be? Just super curious!
Hi, my question concerns my Rooster, he is almost 12 weeks old and hasn't crowed yet... Like at all. Nothing but normal chicken noises so far. He was supposed to be a hen and I've heard that some chickens who look like roosters surprise people and start laying eggs. I'm hoping that's the case...
I am constructing my first coop an am trying to account for everything. I am going to be doing the deep litter method but am unsure as to how to construct the floor of my raised coop to do so. I am thinking I need to have something in between the bedding and wood floor in order to ward off...
Hi, I need help deciding what breed of birds this pullet and roo are. I thought black copper marans but they don't have any copper, only gray really. Let me know what you think! I don't need help with the cuckoo marans or barred rock, unless you can tell me definitively what she is. She has...
So I have a pair of white rock pullets that were purchased at the same time, should be the same age, possibly sharing same mother. One is huge and the other is the smallest bird I have out of 7. She is definitely the last in pecking order and doesn't seem to care so much for doing normal chicken...
Hi! I'd like some educated guesses as to the genders of my ducks. Pretty sure ones a male, the little one. It looks like it might be getting a curly tail feather but maybe I'm just reading them wrong haha.
Has anyone ever seen black and white verticle stripes on a Cuckoo Marans birds beak before? I just noticed them coming in the other day, I took lots of photos. Also is this going to be a roo? She/He is about 7 weeks now.
Hey, so I just noticed my chicks mouth filling up with water or drool, then she swallowed it. Then she did it again but the drool fell out. She has scissor beak and a missing right eye, she's about 3 weeks old and still in the brooder. I've been checking get weight every couple days and she's...
I've gotten 7 chicks and 2 ducks for my first backyard flock. I've been waiting patiently since 2nd grade when we incubated chicks in class, to own my own birds! I'm now 33 so quite a wait. But I didn't think to get the breed names or do any research beforehand. I just picked a variety of the...