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I have been missing the calls of bobwhites in my neck of the woods for a while now, and I want to raise some. I am reluctant to put them on wire or in my coop, because I don't want to transfer disease to my chickens. I plan on building an aviary for them, and make it as predator proof as is...

I currently have one egg left from a setting of seven white rock bantams. I did add one egg late into the hatch to bring my total up to seven, so it was 2 days behind, and one egg quit day 4. Today was day 23 for the first five, and 21 for the last one. I had not heard peeps or taps for 2 days...

I've heard a lot of good things about Ivomec (not the injectable kind) and since we have mites, I've decided to give it a go. My only concern is that I have a few white bantams. Will Ivomec stain? I know it's only a couple drops on the skin, but I plan to show these birds at the end of the month...

I'm very interested in showing chickens. I have a pair of show quality birds alreay, and I think I'm ready to give it a go. But, I have only showed my birds at the county level, and there we show differently than at APA shows. At the county fair, we take our birds out of the cages and bring them...

I just got a Hovabator, and am now on the hunt for a good Thermometer/Hygrometer. What thermo/hygros have worked the best for you as far as accuracy? Which ones are junk?

I'm prepping my Orp hen for show in mid-July, and the breeder I got her from told me that she was in a molt, and that to force her through it quickly enough for her to be in show shape I need to withold food and keep it dark. My questions are: 1. Has anyone else forced a molt? 2. Does this...

In Feb. I went to a swap and purchased along with some RIR bantams a crossbred layer chick that was supposed to be half Leghorn and half Araucana. We were told that it would lay blue eggs if it was a girl. It feathered out white with some dark blue/black feathers dotted around here or there...

I like my purebreds, but who doesn't love a good mutt breed? I grew up with Sunnyside Hatchery's "Special Browns" and "Special Blacks." These two have to be my favorites. These aren't sex links (the roosters are brown or black like the hens) but they laid the biggest brown eggs I have ever seen...

So, I'm contemplating on buying my first incubator (that didn't cluck and lay eggs), and I saw the Brower Top Hatch. It looks good (washes in the dishwasher, holds any size egg and comes with standard egg turners) however, I was wondering if anyone on BYC has used one or is using one now. I know...

I think it would be a good idea for people to have a thread they can go to to see birds of different breeds that are show quality, either for reference or to help select birds for showing. So come on showpeople, and show off your birds! Add a bit of info as to how old your bird is and what...

Just got the news today that my 4-H is allowing birds older than 6 months of age to be shown, and I am very excited! I am looking for exhibition quality birds to show in the county fair. I am looking for both Large Fowl and Bantams. I am not especially particular on the breeds for the Large...

I recently bought three white polish chicks that are about 5-6 weeks old from a breeder in our area. Brought them home on Saturday, all bright-eyed and chipper, and Monday morning one was a bit lethargic. I came home at about 3:45 and one of the chicks had died. I found blood around the vent...

I have a young rooster hatched in July of 2009, and this morning I went to check on them for frostbite because we've been in the negatives for the past couple of days, and I see his entire head and neck covered with blood, blood spattered over the other chickens, blood all over like a freakin'...

I read somewhere (I think on Feathersite) that Andalusians were not showable. Is this true?

I'm looking to buy chicks to show at my county fair this year. I need a pair of bantams and a pair of standards. They must be hatched on or after Jan 1st of this year, as my 4-H show is an early bird show. They don't need to be here in January, I just want to have everything straightened out...

I'm beginning my search for this year's show birds for 4-H. I need a pair of standard birds and a pair of bantams. I love Plymouth Rocks in both bantam and standard sizes, in pretty much any color; right now I have a White Rock bantam hen I just adore. She's the sweetest, even sweeter than our...

My banty cochin hen went broody this summer on some of our Silver Spangled Hamburg hen's eggs. Since the hens were exposed to our banty Partridge Cochin rooster, we decided to wait and see. Well, out of four eggs, four hatched out. There are two roosters and two pullets, fully feathered and...

I am showing several chickens at my county fair, and all are very promising, except for a Buff Orp pullet. Her feathers are very pretty, but aren't glossy like the other birds in her pen, and she has 3 or 4 tail feathers. One or two feathers are at the top wehre the first tail feathers of a...

I have heard of using super glue instead of stitches on people. I have also heard of people using it on their animals, and I figured it was a good idea. However, can I use it on a two day old injury? It is clean, disinfected, and it is really just a missing patch of skin on my chicken's right...

The other night (Tuesday night) we had some raccoons get at our meat chickens. Four were taken, two more were beyond help and put to sleep, and two were considered curable by my father and I. They are both Cornish X meat birds, about four pounds and 7-8 weeks old. They are eating and drinking...