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I have a 50x x 50' aviary w two breeding pairs of peafowl. One peahen is broody with about 7 eggs that will hatch in about a week. How will the adults react to the new peachicks? I also have 4 peachicks a month old from an incubator hatch.and was thinking of letting them loose in the...

Hey, how's it going for everybody? Thinking of raising some jumbo coturnix quail. I have an aviary 50' x 50' with sheds attached. I already have 2 pairs of peafowl in it. The question is can I turn the quail loose with the peafowl? Of course I would add covering for the little guys to hide...

We've got 16 white chinese geese that free range and have a 1/2 ac pond to swim on. We would like to add 6-8 more to the gaggle. How is the best way to introduce new, incubator hatched goslings to the gaggle without them forming their own click?

Question about feeding commercial feed to free range fowl. Ive got free ranging chickens and of course guineas. Right now I fill feeder with all flock feed and let it sit out all day. The fowl have a choice of when and how much they want/need. I've got 11 hens and 4 roosters(2 got to market...

1 out of 15 chickens has this bare back. Its not pecked at, has open wounds or scabs. I've watched the flock and don't see a lot of preening just a different bird occasionally so i don't think it's mites. I also don't think its from the rooster.BUT I could be wrong. Any thoughts and...

Hello, I've got a question concerning changing the position of an egg during incubation. I gathered 25 goose eggs in 2 large egg racks for a GQF 1502. When I put them in, I discovered problems due to how tall the eggs were when placed vertical. I ordered new racks that position the eggs...

Hey All, I had a surprise this morning. One keet hatched and had a featherless wing. It is bald and dark skinned. So my question is will the feathers grow in or should I cull him? Does anybody know what causes this issue? Also could I post this question in the chickens forum?

First year trio of Red Golden Pheasants have been laying like crazy. I've got 10 week old and 6 day old chicks. $25 each plus postage. In Hattiesburg, Mississippi

Is there such a chick? I've gotten various color combinations and pattern combinations. And basically 2types of combs. How can I find out what a show quality looks like and where can I get some eggs or chicks?

Hey, I hope somebody can help identifying this bird. A breeder sent two boxes with pheasants in them. When they arrived there was a one box package but the second package had 2 boxes taped together. Right off the bat you could tell one side was 2-3 times heavier than other. In the 2 box...

Hey, I've read a lot of the threads concerning banding but havent run into one addressing banding free range guineas. My guineas return to the coop every night except when a hen starts sitting. I've lost 4 hens this year for that reason and I've tried locating their nests but haven't been very...

Hello All, I got some Royal Purple keets late last summer and surprise, surprise...they are already laying fertile eggs. They free roam during the day and return to the coop at night. They even return mid day to lay. It seems like multiple hens are using the same nest OR they are great egg...

Hey All, I read in a post of feeding millet and sunflower seeds to guineas. I thought about the millet and believe wild bird feed has a lot of millet in it So my question is there a concern about feeding some wild bird seed to 10 week old keets?

We have 20 White Chinese geese shipped to us last June. They live by our 2 acre pond in a 15 acre pasture. Predators diminished the old gaggle to a foursome. The old gaggle had the run of the backyard and pasture but nested/reproduced under the back porch. The mess was to much and now they are...

We have 20 White Chinese geese shipped to us last June. They live by our 2 acre pond in a 15 acre pasture. Predators diminished the old gaggle to a foursome. The old gaggle had the run of the backyard and pasture but nested/reproduced under the back porch. The mess was to much and now they are...

I have a Samsung tablet running Firefox browser and couldn't load pictures. The status bar would go so far and stop. After numerous attempts to upload, and search the forums, I finally switched my browser to IE and it uploaded without any problems. Hope this will help somebody else.

Hey All, we a gaggle of 24 geese. We're on a farm that has a 2 acre pond that the geese live by. 4 are older geese and the other 20 are 7 month old White Chinese. They're getting frisky and we're wondering how long it takes an egg to develop and laid. We've looked all over the internet but...

My mother-in-law lives in MS and we're down for an extended stay. She has 24 geese with a 2 acre pond. There are 3 Roman tufted and a White Chinese gander that are 5-6 years old and 20 new Chinese geese that are 7 months old.