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Several days ago I hatched out 5 wild eastern turkeys and all but one turned out perfectly normal and healthy. #5 however, whom my children named "Oops!" was born with a slightly deformed face/head. She is missing one eye, the left, and that side of her head appears slightly caved in. In...

I have two broody hens. Hen #1 (Emma, an EE) has repeatedly tried to sit on eggs, but I really didn't want any more chicks right now. Every morning I would find rocks in her nest and her sitting proudly on her "eggs". I finally felt sorry for her and gave in and let her have 4 eggs. the next...

I have a dozen wild eastern turkey eggs ready to ship tomorrow. I have 2 dozen eggs in the bator and all but two are showing signs of developing. I have one tom covering 4 hens. will ship any extras I gather between now and when this order ships. Shipping charges will be determined when I...

I have no idea which topic to put this under, so hope this one will do or one of the moderators will put it where it belongs. I have shipped adult chickens, but never chicks. Can someone give me some suggestions or "must-do's" on how to do this properly. I read an article on the Internet...

I am overrun with chickens and eggs right now, so I'm offering these first 8+ eggs for just $10.00. Basically, you're paying for shipping and handling. Mr. Jingles, my favorite silkie roo, is the dad, but I have six buff hens with him. I've had very good luck with fertility, but if there are...

Two of my wild eastern hens started laying yesterday.. got two more eggs today. however... they insist on laying them in the mud even though I put fresh hay in their pen yesterday. There is an old dog house in their pen and I also put fresh hay in it, hoping that one of the hens would choose...

This is my first experience with a broody hen and I know very little about what to do with hen and chicks except for what I've read here on BYC. Miss Muffin, my silkie hen sat on an empty nest for two days. I had an order for some of her eggs, and had already shipped the first half of the...

I checked nests this morning... and found a "brown" egg in my silkie pen! The only hens/pullets in this particular coop/run are Miss Mufffin, who lays a very pretty little white egg, 7 chicks which are only a few weeks old and New York, the Aracuana/Silkie Mix I acquired from MagsRags which is...

Can someone tell me... do polish crow? I have never heard any of my polish crow. My oldest pair is nearly 6 months old. I appear to have one cockerel and one pullet. They are not crowing or laying, but both make lots of noise otherwise. I have 7 younger polish, and they too are very vocal...

Remember my little laid-back polish chick my son named after Ted Nugent? Look at him now! Uncle Ted is about 20 weeks old. Isn't he beautiful and yes... if pointed crest feather indicate a male... Nugent is a little roo! This is the most laid-back and friendliest chicken I've ever met. My...

I decided it was time to butcher a couple of my buff orpingtons yesterday. So about 4 in the afternoon, I eliminated 3 of my unwanted roos, hubby skinned them for me and we had supper cooked and on the table by 6:30. I fried them like I have any store bought chicken in the past. However...

Look what I got for $15! The guy had two of them and I talked him out of one. His chickens are actually using the second one, but he promised he'd let me have it when and if he ever left the chicken business. My BO are 20 weeks old so I am hoping the girls will be needing this soon. The...

I've been waiting for the day that Miss Muffin, my buff silkie, would start laying fertile eggs. I was fixing to think that Mr. Jingles wasn't doing his job. But I have 2 beautiful healthy chicks and 8 more in the bator. Yeah!!! Here's the parents and one of the new (2-day-old) chicks...

I wasn't sure where to post this, so decided that this section might work as this involves my family and backyard and the dangers that I have discovered lurking there in just the past two days. I'm actually going to tell you two stories, one with a happy ending, the other tragic. Day before...

I just had to share these photos. This is Sara... my daughter and my best friend. Everyone of my 70 chickens love her. Do you think that if I kiss all my chickens they'd love me too?

Ever seen a pile of Polish? These little guys are only 6 weeks old and love laying under a tree in the afternoon napping. There are 7 laying in this pile, but only three would pose for photos for me. Can you tell me their gender? The first is Nugent (Ted, of course) and I'm pretty sure he's...

hatched 4 cochin eggs... guess how many roos I got? Anybody need a little roo?

I have 12 six-week old EE's and while sitting with them in their pen today, I noticed that one of them is tailless. Not sure why I hadn't noticed this before, but sure enough... this little one does not have a tail! Is this common with EE's??

Of my 16 BO that I raised this year, I ended up with 8 roos. That's about 6 too many. By the first of August, we intend to reduce the number of roos and put some in the freezer. How in the heck am I going to choose which 6 to cull? Any suggestions?

My bobwhites are due to start hatching on Sunday Morning. I had them in a quail tray in the beginning, but couldn't figure out how to turn the little things without risking breaking them, so tossed the tray and laid them in the bator on their sides, rolling them instead of turning each...