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I have been looking for an incubator. I have seen about every brand of incubator available and read every review, on here and elsewhere, and I am interested in the Incuview and the tried and true Hovabator Genesis 1588. Due to a hectic family and work life, I need something that handles all...

We had three different birds go broody about 3-4 weeks ago. Since then we have found 2 chicks dead in the coop that looked like they had just hatched. Today I found one that was still alive but barely. We rushed her inside got her under a heat lamp and I dabbed a little warm sugar water on...

So last fall I had two birds killed off in what I think was a power fight for the top bird in the coop. I am fairly certain that my speckled sussex (who at one time was the bottom bird in the flock) took out one of my buff orpingtons (who was the number 2 bird) and my silver laced wyandotte...

Recently someone told me that unhatched eggs are poisonous to dogs.....has anyone ever heard this?

My Black Austrolorp, Audrey, went broody finally and everything went smooth except one of our Pekins decided she wanted to go broody at the same time and kept pushing Audrey off her eggs. This would have been fine if the Pekin would have stuck with it but she was only into it as long as she...

Since April the wife and I have been looking for a house and finally we found the right one. Three bedroom, one bath, sitting on just over 5 acres, pole barn, multiple outbuildings and close to school for me and work for the wife. The run I originally built two years ago has gotten too small...

As an early birthday present for my wife I picked her up a pair of grey call ducks this past Saturday and the woman asked if I wanted one that was born crippled.....I couldn't help myself he just looked so pitiful. He can scoot around on his belly using his beak, legs and tail, but he can't...

Ok, so I am in the process of building my own incubator and today I was thinking about the placement of the thermostat. Based on the fact that heat rises, wouldn't it make more sense to put your heat source at the bottom of the incubator so that it will naturally rise toward the eggs above...

Monday I processed a RIR roo (he was about 20 weeks old). He sat in the fridge in salt water for two days and then in buttermilk and a spice mix until last night. After frying him up the skin was so tough you couldn't even stick a fork in him. The meat tasted very good, but that skin ruined...

So, here is the situation: I have the following mix of chickens 1 speckled sussex, 1 black australorp, 1 silver laced wyandotte, 2 white rocks, 2 partridge rocks, 2 buff orpingtons, 2 pekin ducks, two khaki campbells and one egyptian fayoumis rooster. The only birds that are currently laying...

I know that the breed is known to mature quickly, but should a roo at about 14 weeks be able to inseminate? Today I saw him mount one of my Buff Orps at least 3 times and I was wondering if I should be expecting fertilized eggs or if he is just....trying out the equipment. So I guess what I am...

I have what I think are two Khaki Campbell's, but I am not positive. They look very similar to the pictures I have seen online except that what I am pretty sure is the drake (being a duck hunter I am very familiar with the humming throaty call of a drake) has a bluish beak and dark brown almost...

I have a pair of guineas that are about 7 weeks old. I am positive one is a male (based on his call in comparison to the male calls I have heard online) and the other I was fairly certain is a female. Today while I was mowing the yard I saw the two guineas bumping up against each other. As I...

So, I cheated a bit and bought two hens that were already laying instead of waiting on my younger birds to lay. The two Buff Orpingtons have been here for just shy of a week now and they seem to have worked out their position in the flock. The lady I bought them from said they were between a...

I am debating on whether or not I should clip wings on my Pekin ducks. We have a pond about 100 yards behind out house that I would like for the ducks to use, but between the coop and the pond is 100 yards of waist high grass. I am concerned about predators hiding in the grass and grabbing...

Bird #1.... Another picture of bird #1...... This one I am pretty sure is a Australorp in the background with mystery bird #1...any opinions to the contrary?.... This one is one of my older birds...and for the life of me I can't remember what breed it was!..... And finally, I believe...

Is there a way to tell the difference between an indian runner and a khaki campbells? I picked up two ducklings yesterday, when I called asking about runners they said they had some. When I got there the guy said all they had were campbells ducklings and pekins. I know what the pekin...

I have two chicks (not sure which breed it is) that seem to sleep with their butts up in the air and faces buried in the bedding. Is this common with chicks? The first few times I saw them doing it I nudged them and they kind of shook their heads like I had woken them up and then stumble away...

My name is Chris Brown and I am currently living in Kentucky, but I am originally from Southern Illinois. Been wanting to try my hand at chickens for a while now...and finally talked the wife into it this year! My Dad used to raise exotic breed chickens, but gave it up before I was old enough...