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Crested Cream Legbar hatching eggs available now. Hardy, beautiful birds that autosex at hatching, so no guessing of gender! $50 dozen plus shipping. Within USA only.

I got a couple of ducklings a few weeks ago at TSC, and one of them was solid jet black. Now, at nearly a month old, s/he is feathering in brown. When s/he was tiny, I thought s/he might be a Cayuga because of the bright, shiny solid black color, but now with the brown coming in, I have no idea...

Hi All, Just picked up these two little cuties at TSC and have no clue what they are! The black one looks much darker than my khaki was at the same age, and I am at a complete loss on the other little one. [/IMG][/IMG]

I have noticed something very odd this spring. Last October, neighbor's dogs nearly wiped out my entire flock. I came home from work to a nightmare...carnage everywhere and out of almost 50 chickens, I only have 6 hens and a couple of roosters left. This spring, I've been hatching (or trying to...

Hi all, I posted about 2 weeks ago, wondering what my little mystery bantams from TSC are. A couple of them got really mixed replies, indicating to me that at that age, it was too difficult to figure out. They are now just over 2 weeks old and starting to feather in enough that I think (hope)...

I had a moment of weakness today at TSC when I remembered that I still had a Christmas gift card....LOL! I picked out 6 assorted bantam chicks because....well, because. Anyway, I am familiar with what my breeds of LF look like as chicks, but really have no experience with the bantam breeds...

Ok, color me confused... I just hatched out some eggs that I got from a man who raises Marans...he said they are Bev Davis/Wade Jeane lines and he's been working on them for 5 years or so. Anyway, I got a little over a dozen BBS Marans eggs (and they were VERY dark, so I'm not questioning the...

Ok, I have a dilemma... Last weekend, I hatched out my first ever batch of eggs in my little incubator in my kitchen. I had 9 go to lockdown, and 8 hatched (5 on day 20, and the other 3 on day 21.) Egg #9 has done nothing. I still have it in the bator, because when I candle it, I swear I think I...

Ok, I have a Farm Innovators incubator (forced air w/fan.) I just put my first batch of eggs in lockdown this evening. I've been doing a dry hatch, and my humidity has been consistently at about 29-30% without adding any water. This evening, I removed the turner, laid a terrycloth dish towel...

Hi All, I'm a little worried about 2 of my sweet girls. I have 3 Red Star pullets that I got as day-old chicks, and they are now 8 months old. They started laying at 18-19 weeks and were ultra-productive from the get-go, laying daily and their eggs quickly reached a very large size. Now this...

I'm starting a new thread about this because I have googled the crap out of it and can't find any answers.... I just bought an All Living Things brand thermometer/hygrometer combo from Petsmart, and the thing did not come with any instructions whatsoever. I have figured out thus far how to set...

Hi all, I have had my Australorps since they were 1 day old, and they will be 20 weeks old this week. One of them was very slow to feather in, and also had chunkier legs than the rest of them, and now he's got a slightly bigger, curvier tail than the others, but that's it. He has never crowed or...

Hi All, Just wanted to share pics of my coop, now that I've painted it!

I have a small flock consisting of 4 Australorps and 4 Red Stars. They are 12 1/2 weeks old now. I took this pic of one of my Red Stars on Wednesday (her 12 week birthday.) She has suddenly gotten a much redder comb and wattles over the last week, and when I pick her up, she flattens herself on...

I am new to chickens and need the voice of experience here! My 8 chicks that I got at TSC as one-day-old's are now 12 weeks today. I have 4 Australorps and 4 Red Sex-link pullets. The 'Lorps were straight-run. I am having a little trouble figuring out if I have a roo or not...one of them is...

Ok, after being delayed time after time due to hideous weather, I finally got the coop finished to the point where the girls can at least move in! I still have some small detail work to do, and of course paint it, but I can do that while they're out picking around the front yard. They are going...

Hi! I just joined BYC, and have had my Peeps for one month! When I brought them home from TSC at one day old, I initially had them in the guest bathtub...well, by the end of week 1, they were escaping! LOL I quickly built this brooder to contain my errant children. Thought I'd share! Katja

Hi Everyone! I recently began lurking here on the BYC board after getting my first chicks, so I decided to go ahead and join. I am a horse trainer by profession. For years, before I had my own farm, I boarded my horses and there were often chickens at the boarding barns. I loved them and...