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I don’t have any broody hens so I started collecting eggs from a newly laying guinea to incubate. It’s snowing here in Michigan so any egg I get has been sitting in a cold barn. Would they likely be hatchsble if they’ve gotten chilled overnight and how long can I wait to put in the...

thanks for the advice.....sounds good...

I just had a peacock die, seemingly without symptoms. The person doing the necropsy said he was too lean and that this may have caused his death at the end of this cold winter. I know he had access to plenty of food and I alternate various chicken layer brands which are basically the same; all...

My barn has a cement floor with 2 X 4 roosts. Of course under the roosts, there's a pile of manure that builds up. I spread straw all over the floor about 12 inches thick which gets flattened by the time I clean--twice a year. I've noticed that the manure, as it ages, just dries to a powder...

I read somewhere you could "tame" an aggressive roo by holding him in your arms and just walking around with him as you do you chores (one-handed of course). Do this for about 10 to 15 minutes and also raise and lower him holding him with both hands. My guess is that this establishes you as...

I tossed some grape tomatoes to feed one of my hens who was sitting on a nest and later in the day when I went to pick up her egg---she had moved the tomatoes inside her nest to sit on. I've also seen some acorns lately in nests of my free-ranging birds.

Greetings fellow bird keepers!.....I'm new to the forum and excited about learning, sharing and helping whenever possible. I think I have an ideal set-up of a small barn with an attached flight pen for peas and female guineas to live in year round. Chickens (RIR) and some silkies are let out...