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I noticed that my silkie's feathers were looking different on her back, but I checked and they just seemed a little sparse. Today she has a big bald patch. I have three bantam hens. They live indoors, but I try to let them out every day. I have never seen any bullying other than when I...

I was perusing the calendar contest thread and thumbs upping pictures that I liked when it suddenly greyed out and I couldn't do it any more. Is there a limit? It's carried over onto other threads I'm looking at now.

Here is Beauty (as in Black Beauty) she came to me via craigslist. I know nothing about her other than she's approx 16-18 weeks old, and a bantam. She has a very green sheen to her feathers, and it looks like a black comb and only slight reds spots on her wattles, but black soles on her feet...

Are they the same thing? I mean, my head is already spinning trying to piece out BB, Bb, B-, b-, etc, but will a B (used here for barring, b is recessive but FOR WHAT, buff? or is it another modifier of the coat, not color?) ALWAYS produce barring, or could it produce not great barring? (I have...

My husband and I rescued a rambunctious terrier September of last year. We love him even though he really is a terror. If he gets out he just runs down the street right ahead of you and never turns around. He tears everything up. He digs and barks. But, he's literally the friendliest dog we...

I come from a dog show and horse show world, where pedigree is everything. You can't show your dog in the AKC without papers, etc. Now, with chickens, that seems like it's not the case(?). Can I just take my silkie and if she's a good type, then she'll do well and vice versa?

This weekend I got three chicks from a fellow BYC member. She sent me home with a runty Silkie that she was keeping with the babies. (he is an assisted hatch and has had a hard chickie life) He's fairly bony but completely healthy. He runs around, scratched the ground, eats his foot, and stands...

I can't find info online for Oklahoma, I might just be searching the wrong things. I want to get 7-8 maximum Japanese quail. I was told when I went to buy feed that I need a permit, but I can't find ANY info on the wildlife and land management website for Oklahoma.

Okay, I've read all 12 pages of the Quail Feed thread, but I was still left with one question....do I ever take them OFF the Startena (or other Game Bird Starter with close to or at 30% protein)? I'm not going to eat them, just keep them as pets. Everything I read seemed to say "hatch to...

C & C stands for cubes and coroplast, generally called "cavy cages" and used for guinea pigs. Here's a link to a store that sells them commercially, I'd be making mine. http://www.guineapigcagesstore.com/ I plan on making the sides of the coroplast a little bit higher than the customary 6...

I have two mini australian shepherds that would really benefit from some herding. However, we don't really have anything within a few hours that offers duck herding, and sheep would be out of the question for these two. So, next year I'm going to get a few of our own ducks. The problem is, I...

Well, I'm new the the forum. No chicks yet (ducks will actually be my first foray). I'll get started next year when a hatchery near me with Indian Runner ducklings starts hatching again. (February is the projected date!) so for now I'm just creeping on the forums and hatching babies vicariously...

I'm obsessed with duckies, specifically Indian Runners. I will be a duck mom next year, but until then I have to live vicariously through you guys! I've been through all the runner threads and I need more! Let's see your babies, your adults, and all your funny stories. :)