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I was wondering if anyone else has a hard time with Welsummer chicks? We've tried several years and several hatcheris and Welsummers just seem to not be as hardy. We never have this much mortality with any other breed, and we've had at least 30 or 40 different breeds through the years. From...

I just received my first group of Muscovy. They were supposed to be unrelated, but as it turns out, they're all siblings. So I was planning on keeping all the females a getting an unrelated male to breed them with. I live in Mohave County, AZ. Anyone semi close to me??? Thank you

Can anyone tell me what these goslings are? They were given to us as a wedding gift and were said to come from a feed store, and we're told they're Embden. But they don't look like Embden to me. They are approximately 6 weeks old. TIA!

I have a Phoenix that likes to go broody as any time she sees a clutch of eggs. This year I decided I wanted her to hatch some out for me so I left a clutch of eggs in one of the nest boxes for a few days, and sure enough, she started to brood them. I thought, I wonder if anyone else will take...

We have chickens, ducks and turkeys. We feed Purena Flock Raiser, but I was wondering if there were any other feeds out there that might be a bit more economic. Layer feed is quite a bit cheaper than flock raiser, and game bird feed is way more expensive. I would also like to find out if I can...

While I was at work today, my husband got things set up to process our thanksgiving turkey and when I got home he was collecting eggs. He had 3 blue ones and told me which hen he saw getting out of the box. I was super excited because all my easter eggers were laying really pretty blue eggs...

Someone gave me a bunch of what was supposed to be Cayuga eggs to hatch. But three of the little guys do not look like Cayugas. Anyone know what they are? He said he dad them separated by breed, but he also has Runners, Cayuga, Golden, Khaki Campbell, and white crested.

We got this duck from a friend who's dog killed the rest of the flock. She said she's a Pekin, but her bill is spotted. And she's on the small side for a Pekin. This is the egg she lays

I just discovered my black breasted red Phoenix sitting on a clutch of 5 eggs. She is serial broody. We have never let her hatch eggs before. They are her owns and when candled are developing nicely. The dad is most likely a French black copper marans. He was the leader of the pack. However...

I regularly put DE in their dust bathing spots, but every time I do, they move to a different spot. They do not like the DE. I have close to 80 birds and their run is huge. I put some DE in all the nest boxes too. But now they have lice. How can I get them to dust bathed in the DE? Do I need to...

He is 11 weeks old.

I got a dozen Pekin eggs from a friend today and put them in the incubator. I was supposed to be getting some Cayuga eggs from some one else, but I never heard back from him. I've hatched chicken eggs several times before, but this is the first time I've tried duck eggs. The incubator has a...

A few years ago I had a cockerel like this, but worse. His crop was much larger. He was always hungry but nothing but skin and bones and grew way slower than all the other chicks. We ended culling him. Now this hen has a big crop, but she's growing normal, but still feels skin and bones. Should...

I have a few chickens that I'm pretty sure I know what they are and would just like some confirmation. Since I'm on my phone, I have to post the pics separate. They are full breeds as I got them in the surprise box from Cackle. They are 3 months old. The roosters are already crowing and I'm...

I'm thinking Toms. They are two months old

Will the poults be sex linked? Doesn anyone have any pics?

Chick 1 Chick 2 (the feather legged one that's probably a cockerel)

I got the surprise package from cackle and I have all but 2 identified. I think the one and only bantam is a seabright but I'm not sure. and the other one I'm clueless. The app isn't letting me add pics, hang on.....

I think I've got most of them figured out but these ones I'm not sure. Breed one, the two yellow ones are the same. They have feathered legs. Breed two Breed three:they have green legs. This one is a bantam

I've had this itch for a few years now and I think I might finally take the plunge. Anyone have any tips or would like to share their failures and successes?