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I have a questions about black genetics. Obviously it is one of the most dominant genetics factors in chickens, but is it accurate that in a heterogeneous state instead of homogeneous a black chicken bred to a non-black chicken (say gold duckwing) would produce only half black chicks? I ask...

Just wanted to see if anyone has successfully treated a Paratyphoid outbreak in a loft, and what you did to cure it. So here is the background: I got a late start on breeding this year, because is was building a new loft. Up until then I had not noticed many/any problems in my loft. But after...

I have rats living under my pigeon loft, so yesterday I began a RATtle (rat battle) royale, that ends only in death to them. I am in the city (like really in the city, near downtown, more houses than yard in these parts) so I have no predators to speak of except hawks or loose dogs, and my whole...

So this is pretty hypothetical right now because I live in the city, so not only can I not have roosters, is is illegal to butcher any chickens, but has anyone ever tried to breed Rainbow Dixies that are autosexing? I have an interest in one day having my own chickens to eat, even though as of...

I have some homing pigeons I got as young babies and for a little while I kept them in my fancy pigeon loft because the loft with a trap I was still working on. Then I later put the birds in that new loft and trap trained them. After they had been trapped trained for a couple weeks I let them...

This is my second time incubating, and I ordered Serama hatching eggs off of Ebay only reading afterward that apparently Serama eggs are quite hard to hatch, especially when shipped. My last hatch was not shipped but I got 100% hatch, so I was hoping it would tun out ok. I received 14 (ordered...

I got s few Rhodebar eggs in a hatching egg assortment, but unfortunately one was infertile, and so I only had two hatch. I looked at pictures of how to sex them (since this is my first time with an auto sexing breed). The first one is very clearly a boy. He is a light red with cream stripes on...

I have a pair of rollers I am trying to figure out why the won't lay eggs... they have been paired for over a month, have a nest box they have claimed, but they still haven't laid eggs. Is it possible they are both cocks? The one I think is the hen did initially seem a bit "cocky" - but when I...

This spring I found a Brisnea mini on Craigslist for a good deal and bought it. I have hatched chicks under my bantams before but this is my first time using an incubator. I live in the city and can't have a rooster so I bought hatching eggs at a swap meet. The Brisnea only holds seven so I put...

I don't know if this is the best place to post this, but I figure it has to do with genetics. I love reading about poultry genetics, and I mess around with the Chicken Genetics Calculator a lot, and one thing I have gotten "crossing" (on the calculator) certain colors is a "barred mille fleur"...

What ones have you had? Which one is your favorite and why? I have two Rhodebar eggs in the incubator and I've also heard really good things about Bielefelders. I don't think EO Basque hens are considered autosexing, but they are pretty close, right? Those are on my major wish list as well. I'm...

I am curious because several times I have ordered extra females chicks to complete a minimum order and then sold them on Craigslist. They always go really fast because most chicks on there are straight run, and I also find a lot of people (city people especially) like not having to worry about...

So one week ago I got a "pair" of Lahore pigeons. I say pair in quotations because we just went in the loft, caught several to compare pelvic bones and I picked two I liked who appeared to be male and female. When I got them home I put them in a pairing cage to make sure they became a boned pair...

I have a two pigeons who have paired - I don't intend to let them stay a pair, as one is a homer and the other a roller, but they are together right now and have paired... Here is my confusion. I thought I knew which one was male (Homer - I thought) and female (roller - I thought). I saw the...

A little background: I have (15) bantam chickens and (20) pigeons, both of which are pets and a hobby. I am looking for ways to save money on feed and just be more efficient with what I put into them. I don't really want to venture into sprouting my own grains yet, though it sounds like a...

I have a flock of bantams for pets and they are very good layers as well for most of the year. Of course as is to be expected they take the winter off, and in northern Wisconsin that pretty much means late Oct-late Feb. I actually appreciate that they take some time off (and I don't supplement...

I just took my homing pigeons on their first drop after free flying them for awhile by my loft. I only took them about 1/2 a mile away, so I have been worried since my very favorite one (she is so tame and sweet) didn't come back the same day. After doing some research I realized it is "hawk...

My parents have a pet mourning dove named Cocoa that they have had for about 10 years. He is even older than that - some friends of ours rescued him from the mouth of their cat and rehabilitated him. However, one of his wings was dislocated or something (it just hangs down, and he really can't...

Ever since I heard about it, I have been fascinated by the Russian Silver Fox experiment. You should Google it if you aren't familiar with it, but basically they tried to artificially recreate the process of domestication like in dogs, but in silver foxes. They did this by testing the foxes for...

So many breeds started out as some private person breeding for something specific and ended up turning into popular (or not so popular) breeds. I am sure many others created a breed only the have it never gain popularity and then die out. I guess I would consider it a breed if you have...