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I haven't considered rhea until you mentioned it. If they are as good or better at egg production when compared to emu/ostrich, and if they can thrive in hot, humid climates, I'd certainly consider them.

Hi Y'all. I have been a member here for some time but do a lot more reading than posting. I have a small hobby farm in Deep South Alabama and love my birds. I've had goats, turkeys, ducks, and peafowl in the past, but had to let them go when I was travelling 40 weeks of the year for my job. I...

Hey, ya'll. I have a problem and need some advice, please. I had a hen sitting on a clutch of eggs in the corner of my barn. I didn't know she was sitting on eggs until yesterday when my wife found a few hatched chicks running around. I would have left her alone, but she was in a really bad...

Thanks! I was hoping that I had at least one hen, as I'd like to breed them in the future. Oh well. I guess I'll just have a good excuse to get some more birds!

I have suspected that the IB is a male because of the reddish brown wing feathers, but what gives it away on the pied bird?

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Sorry about the way the image codes are displayed. I'm not sure what I did wrong. I tried posting the IMG links from my photobucket account. I'll keep playing with it and see if I can fix the errors.

Hi, y'all. My wife and I acquired a pair of peafowl back in January. We were told at that time that they were about a year old, but the lady we bought them from had no idea whether they were males or females. I'm hoping that somebody here can help me figure out whether I have cocks, hens, or...

Howdy, ya'll. I'm in Deep South Alabama and have been raising free-range chickens for about a year now. We've got about 25 chickens, three goats, a guinea, a duck, and two peafowl on three acres in the middle of nowhere. I'm looking forward to learning a lot from you folks, and maybe I can...