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Wanted: White or Silver-laced hatching eggs (no other color varieties) Large Fowl on (no bantams) Looking for show lines, not generic hatchery birds 2-3 dozen THANKS!!

Morning all! I have been scouring the web for photos or descriptions to tell the difference in females but I am only finding information on cockerals and that is easy enough. Might someone be able to point out to me how to tell if an Ameraucana pullet is Wheaten or Blue Wheaten?

We are incubating for the first time and have been playing with the temp and humidity in our new Farm Innovator circulated air incubator. We have them temp good, but removed ALL water frm the reseviors (THE DIRECTIONS CALLED FOR ADDING WATER) because the humidty on the dial read 70%. It is now...

Well, thanks to one great BYC member, our family has gotten hooked on raising our own poultry and we went ahead and ordered 50 more chicks (53 actually since they tossed in a few extra). We should be processing around the beginning of December and would love to hear if any others are doing a...

Our rooster Javier has been having an eye issue (no respiratory involved or anything else so no worries on the infectious disease front and besides, they haven't been exposed to any other birds that could have given them something). It starting with him getting something in his left eye and...

Our son started into 4H this last year and took in a few hatchery chicks-nothing fancy and they were a good start but he wanted to do something more next time so he saved his money and started looking for what he wanted. He eventually found that he really liked the BC Marans and we were blessed...

Just curious if anyone has ordered from a hatchery and gotten any birds that lay nice, dark eggs? Or a bird that really was French Standard bred as many of the sites purport?

We have never shown an animal before and while we have had chickens for a long time, we have never learned much about what the breed standards are. I have ordered the 2010 APA Standard of Perfection book but it will not be here before the forms are due so I am hoping for some help in picking...

Hi all! Maybe you could help settle a mild debate I am having with my mother. We have 1 week old chicks in a brooder box in her unfinished basement. The box is about 3x3x5 and is equipped with a thermometer, water, grit, feed, everything they need. I placed the heat light (250w) on one end...