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Hello! I'm hoping you can help me identify my "meal maker" chick from Meyer Hatchery. I got two black chicks...I'm pretty sure this one is the Sumatra I ordered: But I don't know what this one is: It is the same size as the Sumatra and my Polish chick (whereas my Americana...

Just got two ducklings from the feed store - a Swedish Blue and a Khaki Campbell. They are maybe a week old. We had two ducklings last year, but they were about 3 weeks old when we got them. These two new ones won't quit crying and they are so loud! There are the two of them, they have feed...

I have a wolf/husky mix, about 2 years old. Has a sensitive stomach - has to be on grain free food. The past couple of days he has started throwing up his stomach contents whenever he drinks water. If he eats and doesn't drink, he keeps food down just fine. Stool, appetite, and activity...

to humanely euthanize a duck? Aflac has a prolaspe and it is pretty serious. No vets around here treat farm animals and it would be another two days before I could get her somewhere. It does not appear to be treatable and I don't want her to suffer.

So I got three yellow chicks as part of my "assorted brown egg layers" from Meyer hatchery (though it is possible one is a "meal maker" as I ordered one of those too). One was obviously a rooster from about 3-4 weeks on...he is currently in my freezer. However today I noticed one of the other...

So since the weather is getting cold there won't be too much fun stuff to do with the birds until spring. So I thought I'd start my wish list of what to order for the new chicks! We are considering trying a few meat breeds this upcoming year as well as layers. I'd also like to add a few...

So our latest rooster went off to the butcher...and the remaining carcass is only about 3.5 pounds. Last time I had a small bird I simply boiled the meat off, picked the bones out, and added it to soup. Any suggestions on what to do with this guy? He was a young bird (about 15 weeks) so...

So we are doing chickens on the low, and of course I have the worst luck ordering sexed pullets. I have what I think is a white rock roo that started crowing this week. At first it was just a squawk but now he is full on cock-a-doodling. It's two weeks until I can get him in to the butchers -...

It seems like since we moved the chickens outdoors we have had nothing but predator problems. We are in a suburban area, so most likely culprits are coons, possums, cats and skunks. Something has been breaking into the coop at night. Totally gutted two chickens. I have taken to locking them...

I have three birds of potential laying age - an EE, a Pekin duck, and a Swedish duck. Saturday morning I found a large, whitish egg that I think came from one of the ducks. Nothing yesterday. This morning when I went out there were two eggs - one about the size of the first and one smaller...

I have a Pekin, a Swedish Black, and an Easter Egger, all about 20 weeks old now. Found this in the coop this morning: Fresh out of the coop. On the left, freshly washed and next to an extra-large, store bought white chicken egg. I'm thinking it was one of the ducks, any way to know...

So I got a shipment of assorted brown layers 3 weeks ago, some looked like this: I was told they were RIR. They now look like this (in background): Newest baby came in, is either my "meal maker" chick or my rare breed assorted chick. Was told also RIR, but she is much darker with a...

Ordered 5 assorted "rare" breeds (all pullets) from Meyer plus a meal maker. One died in transit. Any guesses? There are two of this one, plus the one that died in transit looked the same as well: #2 #3 #4

So my lone remaining EE pullet, Pekin, and Swedish Black are all about 19ish weeks now. No eggs yet, but hopefully soon. I don't know if the ducks will lay this summer (I read some won't until the following year?) but I'm hoping for a pretty blue egg at any moment....

So I ordered the brown-egg layers special from Meyer - supposedly pullets of course. However, I am starting to worry that one is a rooster. No idea of the breed, other than it is supposedly a brown egg layer. Started out as a light yellow chick, all white feathers where it has feathers now...

Had them about a week now: These ones are light yellow fluff, solid white feathers coming in. Orange/yellow feet. The appear bigger than the others and are the noisiest when picked up. These are the ones I thought sort of looked like the golden buff chick pics on Meyer. They are an even...

Title says it all. My EEs are now about 17 weeks. Two have pea combs and one has a single comb. The single combed one has turned pink over the last week or so, the pea combs not so much yet. Does that mean we are getting close to eggs? We just moved them to an outdoor run, so want to make...

So the kids found a baby blue jay today...fell out of the nest. No real feathers yet, just fuzz. No blue at all yet and naked on the neck and shoulders, so not old enough to be away from mom. Nest is a good 20 feet up and I have no way to get at it. If I leave him out the cat will get him...

11-12 week old Easter Egger Rooster looking for a home. Was supposed to be a pullet. We live in town and can't have a rooster. I'm near Cleveland, Ohio.

So I have two ducks, a Pekin and a Swedish. Based on quacks I think the Pekin is a girl and the Swedish a boy, but I really don't know (they were straight run random ducklings from the feed store). I also have 3 Easter Egger pullets about the same age (and one roo, sigh. Anyone need a roo?)...