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I just ordered a dozen hatching eggs from their newer 'Livin' on the Edge' assortment. I was just curious if anyone else has purchased hatching eggs from this assortment and if so, what did you end up getting?

I picked up three EE chicks from a farm supply store about six weeks ago. One seems to be developing a crest, or maybe has frizzling just on her head? All the feathers on her head are swooping forward. I've never known an EE to have a crest, or for a chicken to have frizzling on just her head...

Okay so I'm a total newbie to this hatching thing. In fact, I'm in the progress of my first hatch. Two babies totally hatched out of seven and four eggs have pips! I have three eggs of my Olive Egger Nutmeg, three eggs of my Olive Egger Esme, and one egg of my EE Hazel in the incubator for a...

This is my first time incubating eggs and they're hatching! I noticed the first pip last night (day 19). This morning I woke up and went to check on the eggs right away and found THIS. There are several other pips and I'm anxiously awaiting the arrival of more babies. I'm trying not to hover...

I go gaga over pretty eggs and I can't be the only one :D This is a thread to show off those beauties and take pride in the hard work your girls put into creating them. Show us your most beautiful eggs and feel free to tell us about the talented hens that laid them. I'll start: My Olive...

Hi all, I set seven eggs in my new incubator four days ago. Six are OE/BCM and one is an EE/BCM. I'm interested to see what color egg the OE/BCM crosses produce. Does anyone have an F2 eggs they'd like to post? I'd love to see some dark green ones! :)

Last night when I went out to lock the girls up for the night, I noticed that my two favorite hens were missing. Naturally, I started panicking, and my husband and I went out with flashlights searching around our eleven acres. We found nothing. This morning, I got back at it, hoping I would find...

My flock has been infected with either coryza, or mycoplasma... though all signs are leaning towards coryza at this point. I don't plan to sell any of my birds in the future, so I've decided to keep my flock closed rather than cull everyone. I've had the whole flock on Duramycin-10 for the last...

My flock is currently battling either Mycoplasma or Coryza. Honestly I don't know at this point, but they are ill. One of my hens is missing feathers on her chest, and belly, and has red, hot patches on the bare portion of her body. Is this due to one of the illnesses I mentioned, or a whole...

So I brought six new hens into my healthy flock.... obviously, a massive mistake. Today (four days later), I found my favorite hen with her face so swollen that she can't open her eyes, ocular and nasal discharge, and wheezing. Took her to the vet, and the vet confirmed exactly what I didn't...

I drove an hour and a half to pick up six, six month old hens from a woman that ended up being two hours late to meet me. I was anxious to get home after waiting so long, so I put the hens in my car and hurried back home. Got them home and out of the car and saw that one hen didn't look so...

I picked up six new laying hens today to add to my existing flock. Drove an hour and a half down there, the woman ended up being an hour late, and by the time she got there, I was rather disappointed in the appearance of the chickens. They just didn't look as fluffy, and upbeat as my chickens. I...

I moved our six week old pekin ducks to our pond yesterday. They've since moved in, and refuse to go back to the coop... but that's a whole other issue. This morning I noticed a large dead catfish floating in the area that they've taken up residence in, near the cattails and reeds. Is it okay to...

Hey y'all, I need some advice. I have six, two month old pekin ducks that live in our chicken coop. We have a pond that obviously the ducks would love to play in.... if they knew it existed. Also it would alleviate me having to refill their water so many times per day. I didn't have much time to...

I have eleven, 9 week old pullets, and six, 6 week old ducks that I need to integrate with my four hens because they're outgrowing their current living area. I raised them from chicks/ducklings inside a brooder in our house, then moved them to a fenced off part of the big chicken coop about...

Hello all! This happened last year, but I haven't started posting on BYC until the last few days. Just wanted to share this - last summer I was sitting in the back yard of our old house, drinking a glass of wine, with the chickens around my feet. My favorite girl, Sassafras (who also happens to...

I just got a new shipment of chick in today, and I noticed fuzz missing, and some scaling/scabbing on a little Sumatra chick. My first thought was that the other sixteen chicks bullied her on their two day trip from the hatchery to the post office, but then I saw her itching her face and became...

This morning I picked up a fresh batch of chicks from the post office, yay! Anyone else get new chicks within the last few days? Show me your pics!

Hello everyone! Raising chickens has been a dream of mine for what seems like forever. This year my husband and I finally got some! We have five Plymouth Barred Rock pullets, and I absolutely adore them! They're three months old now and while I love them all, I must admit, I do have a...