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I have the opportunity to adopt a fancy rooster from animal control (checking the breed w/the facility vet but they say it's white with gorgeous colored feathers) - you never know what kind of animals a suburban animal control facility will get! IF I do take him, I need to know if/how I can...

Looking for source (retail or private) for about a dozen brown egg bantam pullets. Specific breed doesn't matter. Can't order bantam pullets from anywhere (straight run only). Will also post @ local feed & co-ops. We're near No IL Univ/DeKalb IL area. I've checked the board for shows &...

Just fyi, none of my Cuckoo Maran eggs hatched. HOWVER! they were ALL fertile & I think it was the incubator &/or the hatcher (me). My daughter informed me after the fact that all of the eggs that hatched in that incubator @ school died w/in 2 weeks of hatching. Doesn't matter - I'm done with...

Don't know what other category to post this in so.... What is the purpose of de-beaking a chicken? Do the beaks grow back? Are there residual issues (more prone to injury or illness after debeaking, etc) with debeaking? Thanks! TammyD NoCentral IL

OK, gang, I'm on day 15 & haven't candled. It's too cold in that room (OLD windows - new ones ordred but had to put towels in the sills yesterday to keep the doggone wind out of my sewing room - doesn't everyone keep incubating eggs in their sewing room? ) & I'm afraid the temp difference...

Anyone ever try converting a "corrugated" steel grain bin into a chicken house? I have 2 grain bins lying on their sides in my (what's supposed to be) arena barn. 1) they're in my way, 2) I need a chicken house. Any suggestions? I was thinking maybe use the top parts of the grain bin (it's...

I've heard of electric mesh poultry fence. It's to keep OUT the predators, not to keep IN the chickens. I have no idea of where to look for this or if it even exists. Anyone know of it? And, if so, have you tried it for predator-proofing? How is it? TIA!! TammyD

Well, the eggs I ordered are in the mail & USPS Priority Mail tracking says they left the Elk Grove Village, IL facility today. It's already after 5pm & I called our PO before they closed & they hadn't rec'd them, yet. So, my eggs are in transit (it's about 2 hrs +/-) from Elk Grove Village to...