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Just curious if any folks in the South or Southwest use ice packs in their egg shipments? Its getting close to triple digits here in the SW, and need to ship some eggs up north. I have the small standard gel ice packs but wasn't sure how to pack if I use them...Thanks for any input!

My chicks are 6-7 weeks old (the first two are a week older) and I am stumped on their gender, any thoughts? They are bantam cochins, mille fleur (project) pattern. I posted two pictures of each.... Thank you!!! Chick 1: Chick 2: Chick 3: Chick 4:

Wondering if anyone can shed some light on the sounds/noises that Grey Peacock Pheasants make, particularly during breeding season? I'm aware (really, really aware ) of the screech of the Golden during the breeding season (and Amherst) so anything in comparison to "that" sound would be greatly...

...Or hear anything about it? I bought a bag of the 21 percent GameBird Crumble the other day. The owner of the store was saying it was "organic" and used better products than other but I can find only limited information on it. I wrote Form-a-Feeds (who makes it I guess) and have yet to receive...

.....and that I'd like to have a pair (or trio?) again... Anyone know of/or have good quality, NR Silvers available? If I decide to go for it, I'd have to have shipped next week most likely but that's negotiable.... Thanks!

It's been a few years since I've had Amherst's and quite frankly I have forgotten if they make the loud "screech" like the Golden's during the breeding season? I have a quad of 09's. On a related note, have your first year Goldens screeched? I dont' remember my (first year Golden) doing it last...

...but alas... So, last week we had a predator visit the pens (scaled the 6 foot block fence, trampled the plants around the pens and climbed on top and started to rip up the wire before the dogs scared it off). I reinforced the tops, and had the brainiac idea to add a string of Christmas...

In a nutshell (or eggshell)..I had received a batch of eggs that were scrambled....broken air cells, 5 were smashed etc etc.... Tried setting them in cartons for 48 hours then the turner... All but 3 remained clear...2 looked questionable but the 3rd was dark by the time LD approached. I set...

Hello fellow BYC folks.. Well, this is silly, but I am literally in tears over this. My eggs arrived today, and when I opened it, it was a mess of yellow goo..5 were utterly smashed and the remaining eggs soaked up all the residual "goo" due to the paper towels. (The eggs had been wrapped in...

...not sure if I should post this here, but she is a "hen" after all...She is a 5 month old Red Golden Pheasant hen, and yesterday I found her under a pine bough, on the ground.. Her left leg seems to be injured, she hopped across the run, holding the leg up, then went right back down. I have...

I'm trying to be proactive here, once spring comes and the male Goldens start "screechin" (and the cochin hens start the "egg songs" well, I'm looking at ways to contain the hub-bub a little more. Mind you, Im not looking to to soundproof anything, just need ideas to deaden or reflect the sounds...

Good morning all....saw an ad on a classified ad this morning, and although I dont "need" another pair of Amhersts...well, you know I dont want to post someone elses pictures, but can I post the link for the ad to see what anyone thinks of the hen? I say its a Golden hen (with an Amherst male)...

The Frizzle hen I got about (3-4) weeks ago came with 3 chicks, they looked a few days to a week old at the time (not sure). I was told they were not her's, she went broody on another(s) eggs. Anyway, being in the city, I can only keep hens so was wondering if anyone had any guesses on sex and...

Ok, this may be a silly question but I'll ask anyway. I bought some new, black 15 foot "Garden" hoses from HD...plan was to attach to coupler for ease of watering both pens..anyway, as I'm getting ready to set up this morning, I see on the hose label "do not drink water from this hose" and...

..Just got a big, wooden shipping crate...Its about 44X46X26...no lid, so I'll have to check out HD's cull section..Wondering if anyone else has pictures of how they made theirs into a small coop? I plan to put it inside the chain link dog run....

This past spring my Dark Throated hen laid eggs, and my male was a Yellow Golden. Of course I couldn't resist, and incubated the eggs. The 5 chicks are now about 4-5 months old, and appear similar to my RG youngsters..... Do I have Salmons? Or do I need to breed these back and the resulting...

So, I used to have horses (sadly, no longer) However, I do find myself with an abundance of paste dewormers.. 1.87 Ivermectin. Last week, when I adopted the 3 hens, one had lice so, being somewhat desperate, I treated her topically with the paste (pea sized amount, back of shoulder and under...

Greetings everyone! I'm new here on BYC (although I've lurked for on/off a few years back;) After 2 sad years with no chickens, I am very happy to report we now have 3 hens and 3 chicks (a Frizzle, a Bantam Cochin and a standard Cochin. The chicks are ?? not certain of the mixes/breeds) and I...