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I was gifted 5 Toulouse Goose eggs from my husband for Valentine’s Day! Never hatched anything before and I have never used this hand-me-down incubator before either, but I’m giving it a try! I’m very excited, but it is a little nerve wracking. There is a lot that can go wrong. This is day...

Sounds like you have a Romeo and Juliet type situation. I have a few roosters and my hens tend to pick their favorite and stick with him, for the most part. If yours likes the wild one, then she'll keep roosting with him. Fortunately, in my experience, chickens/roosters tend to be "love the...

Ah, a very big chicken with good intentions. I have a few Jersey Giants. They are such nice birds! I'm sure she thought she was helping. The poor thing.

One of my hens had a similar injury to her head and all I needed to do was separate her from the flock. I put her in the brooder box with clean shavings, her own food and water. Mine had part of her head torn too, the feathers never came back on her head, but she healed up nicely and I...

Thanks everyone! My husband uses Mt. Healthy to order his turkeys and they have good chicks, but I only want 6 not 15. :) I think I'll give these folks a try! They have a %95 sexing rate too. I don't need anymore roosters! :)

She's not elderly- in my book, until she has stopped laying, but she is an older chicken. I'm sure chickens, like any animal, have genetic issues with offspring and age but that may not be why your chick died (so sorry for your loss!). Sometimes chicks die. It's sad, but true. I lost 2 out...

Here is is December and I'm already planning for spring. Has anyone ordered chicks from "My Pet Chicken.com"? They offer chicks in small quantities in whatever assortment you choose. You can get one Brahma, one Orpington and one Wyandotte if you want. I was just wondering if anyone has...

My chicks jump or sit on their mother's back now and then. It's adorable actually. I don't think it's a mating behavior at this point. Chickens just like to roost. They like to be up. Mine are about the same age as yours right now and I have 2 that jump/fly up when I reach into the brooder...

Occasionally our hens will do that. I think your chicken is broody. Our Brahma will leave the nest so that other chickens will lay in her box and then sit on them. She'd horde 6-10 other chickens eggs if we let her. She'll lose weight (because she's sitting on eggs and not eating much). When...

I have found that chickens are incredibly resilient! The chicken you are asking about is most likely the least dominant. She will not mind being separated because she can heal without the stress of the others and there is no competition for food. In a week or two you should be able to put her...

Thought I'd take a moment to post an update. My goat, Blarney, has 3 brothers. After building his fence and cleaning out his adjoining barn space, we moved him outside. During the day, our dogs kept him company and in the evening everyone came (Blarney in his crate- during the night). We...

You are going to hear from everyone "cull" it. I have had the same problem and I was a bit offended by how quick people were to say "cull him!" but now that I've had chickens and roosters for several years, I understand. We have a very mean rooster. Attacks me just about every time I get too...

On St. Patrick's day we brought home a darling baby goat we named Blarney. He was rescued by a friend of a friend from an awful situation (I'll spare you the gory details) and once we saw him, it was love at first sight. It is believed that he is probably 4-5 weeks old. Mixed mystery breed...

The things you learn on backyard chickens... one question though. Does feeding chickens meat encourage cannibalism and/or egg eating?

We ordered the Mamouth Bronze... so some "structural failure" does happen. We did have a cold snap early on that I never would have considered to be a factor... they have plenty of heat lamps but you never know. We had a new set up this year and it could have been too drafty for them. We were...

We raise turkeys for Thanksgiving/Christmas and although, they will ultimately end up on somebodies table, it is important to us that our turkeys have happy healthy lives while with us. They have plenty of space to run and when they are old enough- they have a huge outside space to run eat and...

A fox would snatch away and eat the chicken. There would be no sign of it other than maybe a few feathers. I recently caught a young fox. This one, I was later told, was too young to hunt but her mother might have been the reason I was missing a duck. Something must have happened to her mother...

Some dogs cannot help themselves. Instinct takes over. My old dog could never be trusted with the chickens... she was not permitted near them. My new dog is very sweet and can be trusted (with supervision) around the chickens but even he gets overstimulated and that crazed look creeps into his...