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I've only kept Muscovies for a year, but have had two previous hatches with no problems. I just had one hatch out 17 ducklings this last weekend and today I saw her chasing off 5 of them. Any time they tried to rejoin the others she bit at them and chased them off again. Why is she doing this...

Does anyone know of any build along threads for making a wool hen (insulated enclosure used for chicks to warm themselves using their own body heat, used in lieu of, or in supplement to artificial heat sources), or multiple ways of making them? I have checked a couple threads and people have...

I am new to quail and have 24 that I hatched out. They are now about 5 weeks old and seem to be doing well for the most part. I have had problems with the feeders I built from some cheap plastic storage containers not holding enough food (I'm having to fill them two or three times a day. I...

I am new to quail and have 24 that I hatched out. They are now about 5 weeks old and seem to be doing well for the most part. I have had problems with the feeders I built from some cheap plastic storage containers not holding enough food (I'm having to fill them two or three times a day. I...

My chickens appear to have gotten a respiratory issue on top of some worms. I started them on wazine and oxytetracycline in their water yesterday. I am familiar with the 24 days with no eating eggs for the worming cycle, but could these eggs still be hatched out safely? First time thinking of...

I got a hold of some scrap lumber and from what is precut I can make a couple of 4' x 8' tractors two feet high. How many Cornish cross do you think would work in each of them? I would be moving them every day for fresh forage and keeping them in feed during the day.

I always keep oyster shell available, and they get lots of veggie scraps, plus their regular run is pretty large with lots of good green stuff growing in it. Like I said, all my hens are producing well except for the one Easter Egger. Maybe she's just on break.

I did a prophylactic worming a few weeks ago, no mites or lice. I mix some milo in with my feed to stretch it some, but protein intake is still pretty good with scraps figured in and the free ranging they get to do about half the time. And all my other hens are laying well. I guess I am just...

I have an Easter Egger hen just over 1 year old. She started laying just shy of six months, usually giving me four or five eggs a week. About two months ago she stopped laying. She is acting healthy, only has missing feathers on her saddle from my rooster's affections, and has even sat in the...

I had a partridge Plymouth Rock go broody last Thursday and I have her on 14 eggs. My concern is that her nesting box is about two and a half feet off the floor of the coop. Would it be best to move her and the eggs to a nest at ground level or just let her stay put? So far the other hens aren't...

Awesome Maldwin!! I need to get with you and get some eggs. It would be worth the drive up your way. I have been hatching a lot of barnyard mix to sell but really want more Icelandics and an Icelandic roo. Glad yours are doing well!

Just did a candling. Two of my five blue slate turkey eggs were pulled as clears, the other three look to be doing fine. Of the 19 barnyard mix eggs I added last week, 7 were pulled as clears and one as a blood ring. Three from the original batch of chicken eggs were also pulled as blood rings...

Sent two PM's, second to correct my numbers. On March 17 I set 26 Easter Egger, 16 Rhode Island red, 34 barnyard mix, and 5 blue slate turkey. The chicken eggs should hatch on April 7, the turkeys April 14. Today I set 19 barnyard mix to hatch with the turkeys. Total of 100 eggs set. I am...

The comb is really barely there on the two dark ones I looked at. Possibly could be a rose comb in early stage of growth. Haven't had but a couple rose combed birds before.

Tried to get a pic of the wing feathers, they look black with possibly some gray. Comb looks to be a single comb and is yellowish, as are the legs. The light colored bird has some little tufts behind the beak a bit, which is why I was thinking EE.

Cool, I haven't had Wyandotte's before (except for a Silver Laced/ Brahma mixed rooster that was HUGE!) before and was wanting something new. I was hoping I was right on the EE as I really like the hen I have and was wanting a couple more. Thanks for the replies!

Got six chicks out of the pullets bin at TSC, they were rainbow assortment, the leftovers from their other orders. I got two breeds, one I've never had before, the other I think might be, but don't know, a silvery Easter Egger. Best guesses would be appreciated, though I am quite aware...

I had 45 eggs make it to lockdown. 26 healthy chicks are in the brooder now, 2 assists are still in the incubator deciding whether to make it or not, and three others who took too long a break during pipping apparently had the membranes dry out too much ( I wrapped each of the three in a moist...

I am up to 21 chicks hatched, with at least a dozen more pipping! I am so excited to see them coming out! Interestingly the barnyard experiment so far has the advantage to the traditional laying on their sides eggs. 7 of those have hatched so far to only 5 of the upright eggs. I am curious to...

OK, last post of the night. My second place hatcher, a Speckled Sussex. The barred rock won't hold still for a picture. I have five out now. Two barnyard mix, two Speckled Sussex and one Barred Rock. Bed time now. I will check them on my lunch break tomorrow.