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Picked up some olive egger chicks from tractor supply over the summer and from what I remember they were supposed to be all pullets. But we all know how that is. Anyway, one of them has a silkie feather gene! I dont know how common it is, but its totally an olive egger type- not a silkie at all...

My Spitz hen is less than a year old, lays eggs, and this morning when i let them out i noticed a golfball sized bloody mass coming out of her vent. I didnt touch it, but she’s acting very normal and almost unbothered. If its a prolapse what steps should i take? Or is it some sort of tumor?? Ive...

I need help treating these creepy crawlies. I gave her ivermectin about 2wks ago and thought they had gone away buts its possible I wasnt observant enough or need to do a second round. Theyre fast moving and creepy. to view the video in high quality, select the three dots in the upper right...

WELL ladies and gentlemen. Im going to tell you a story. Tonight i went to lock up my chickens in the pouring rain. After doing so and getting soaked, i noticed one of the eggs from my broody call duck rolled out from under her so i went to check it out. The egg was cold and broken nearly in...

Hi all, this is my little call duckling who hatched in march, almost a month old. Since it hatched its been low energy, and had difficulty breathing through it's nares. I didnt think much of it because it eats and drinks and it didnt seem to get worse so i thought maybe it would pass...

OK here's the dealio. I work at a Marina docking and fueling boats during the warmer months. At this marina there are a plentiful supply of mallards and boats. Mallards like to make nests on boats. Boat owners would like to use their boats, and can be careless when it comes to nature. This is a...

Ok so first off I'm confused, I just got my eggs today and almost all 22 of them had detached /saddle cells :( so I put them in cartons to sit (aircell up) until tomorrow. My question is can I keep them in the carton or maybe at a 45-50 degree angle during incubation until lockdown or earlier...

Is there a size difference between show/breeder quality and pet quality??? and how big are they compared to your average hen? Looking into getting some but I don't want my mom to be upset if they are bigger then expected. Thanks! Pics would be helpful!

I'd really like to start breeding my pair of rabbits, but I was wondering if it is too cold (we live in Maryland). If I bred them in the next week they would be born in mid March and its supposed to be in the 50's (*F) here's the March weather report for our area ...

Gauze. Gauze is the BEST thing to have when you think you should intervene. It is suggested not to ever help chicks out but under certain circumstances (like hatching call ducks) help may be needed. You should always ask the BYC members for advice first. But back to the point, a lot of times...

I always thought it would be cool to get one from my hens and I did today! I think it came from my one of my red sexlinks. it wasn't in the coop and I'm glad my goat didnt step on it lol. though they dont usually have yolks has anyone ever hatched one out??? I would try but I dont have a roo...

I have a large dark brown doe (i have no idea on the breed..) and a harlequin/netherland dwarf buck and i seperated them after they bred and their cages are about 20ft apart. She built a nest and everything but she still hasnt had babies and its been about a week since she made the nest. this...

I want to build a floating duck raft out of logs (I have plenty because of a big storm recently) I'm thinking 4x4, 4x5, or 5x5 would be a good size range.. and then somehow rope them together and put a piece of plywood on top and then attach a dog igloo in the middle (nesting and protection from...

Ok so I have noticed that a lot of ads on craigslist and a lot of people have muscovies. here the problem (with me :P) is I (no offense) think they are really ugly. They have warts, they have ugly colors and they are big, why do people like these ducks? Is it because they are quiet? are they...

I used to always want a really cool brooder, and then I expanded my mind and realized almost anything can be one. old shelves, baby cribs, aquariums.etc., etc.... Now I have realized this applies to almost everything...So now to the point, anything that holds water can be a nice tub for ducks...

I have 18 eggs I set on the fifth, I am hatching for a friend of a friend and I have no idea what the breeds are. he gave me 9 guinea and 9 chicken. there is a really big egg in there that looks like a single yolk when I candled it. and there are some beautiful blue-green ones too that MUST be...

I put two silkie eggs in the incubator, and one died because the incubator got too hot :'( they were about a week apart. the other one somehow survived and is now in my brooder. But thats not the cool part. a chick that was a lot older that I was keeping with my quail gets along with him...

I have some jumbo cot chicks, three, one of which is really feathering out... so what age should I be able to tell?? what are some signs?

These are my 4 new mallard duckteens. and this is them playing

I didn't know if I should put this in Behaviors and egg laying or here.. anyway my silkie hen (and yes I know silkies are "poor" layers but..) hasn't layed in like 5 days so I felt her abdomen and I felt what felt like and egg. I tried to like massage it out but I accidentally broke it, it was...