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Good morning, My Necked Neck/Turken chicks arrived this morning, they made it all the way from Cackle Hatchery in Missouri to San Diego, CA! This is only my second time getting chicks (the last time about four years ago, and then the baby you can see in my profile picture was about three...

Hello, I posted a couple weeks ago that two of my hens had gone broody and hatched 1 and 2 chicks respectively. Well I came out this morning and the chicks were making a ton of noise, and I checked the water and food, and couldn't figure it out. But then i noticed the chicks' feet were...

We have a small flock of six naked neck hens and 1 naked neck rooster. We've had three for about 1.5 years and the other 4 for about a year. Two of our girls went broody so we thought what the heck, let's see what happens - assuming they'd either abandon the eggs (which they've done before) or...

Hello, our Saanen goat, Gigi, has been milking beautifully for about a month and a half. Yesterday she came down with really bad diarrhea and low appetite. I called the vet who said to try some pepto bismol and see what happens. And to bring a stool sample tomorrow if it doesn't clear up. So...

We purchased a Saanen goat that was pregnant from a person that seemed to have a lot of experience and a large, healthy herd. The deal was she wanted to kid Gigi out at her place, and keep one of the babies. So the day after she gave birth we brought Gigi and the baby home. Everything was...

We originally had three naked neck hens and when those were about 7 months old, added 3 more naked neck hens and a rooster. Up until this morning, one of the older chickens (Gertie) had never allowed the rooster to mate with her. And the rooster was always submissive to her. This morning I...

My six girls hadn't produced a single egg in about three days. I thought maybe the winter hours has finally stopped their egg laying and didn't think too much. Until this morning, when I couldn't locate the sixth girl. I found her laying on a clutch of eggs of about 16 where they sleep! She...

We recently decided to expand our flock from 3 hens to 6 hens and a rooster. We originally acquired the three naked-neck hens around Christmas when they were given to family members who didn't want them. So we estimate they are around 9 months old now. The new chicks (we got them when they...