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I decided to start a dual purpose flock for potential meat. We've previously only kept chickens for eggs and have processed a few scrawny cockerels and roos. So far we have 2 Bielefelder girls and a boy (they're only 3 months old). I just ordered 2 more of Bielfelder girls and 5 straight run...

Hello. I don't know how many goat people are here but hopefully somebody can help. Very long story short, my favorite Nigerian Dwarf doe passed away after having 3 kids and 5 days later discovering that a fourth was stuck. I called the vet numerous times and he said that was impossible. I ended...

I'm new to goat breeding as I have only been raising goats (as an adult) since last year. I have 3 Nigerian Dwarf does, two of which are pregnant. The first one is due February 15th based upon when they witnessed her being covered however she had gone in with the buck 2 weeks before that so I'm...

I just hatched out a bunch of new babies yeah, some of which were eggs from a friend that she thought were pure black copper Marans. It looks like one of them is a Black Copper Marans and Silver Laced Wyandotte cross. They're only a couple days old but I sure wonder what they'll look like. I...

My Olive Egger girl sustained a beak injury today and I've never had such a problem. Would love some advice on what I should do versus not do, Etc. I'm in the process of fermenting her some feed so it softer and easier to consume. This just happened about an hour ago and she hasn't eaten yet but...

I recently hatched out some babies and sold a pair to a nice family. The girl is half Buff Orpington/half Welsummer and the boy is pure Welsummer. He texted me today to verify age (8 weeks today) then sent this photo. Have you ever heard of an 8 week old egg layer!? All of their other layers...

A few weeks ago I hatched out some F2 Olive Eggers and some Golden Cuckoo Marans eggs that could have either been fertilized by my Barnevelder that I used to have, my Welsummer or potentially my young Swedish Flower Hen rooster. Most of those were hatched for other people but I kept one that I...

I ordered a few extra chicks last week and received them in the mail, not that I needed any extra but you know how it goes. I ordered a Swedish Flower Hen that died, a Speckled Sussex and a White Cochin. This little one is supposed to be the Cochin but clearly isn't. She started out yellow last...

I've hatched and/or raised almost 90 chicks and wanted to share a recent discovery. Pine shavings suck for baby bedding! That's what I've always used because it's what's recommended but in the past 2 weeks I've lost a 4 day old Speckled Sussex and a 5 day old Swedish Flower Hen to pine shaving...

For the past couple of days I thought my 10 month old Olive Egger was on the verge of going broody as she was sitting in the nest boxes for longer than usual each day just like all my other broody's have before sticking with it. Last night she roosted on the floor next to a very low roost where...

I have an Easter Egger who for the past few days has been running around with her beak open. She seems totally normal, has laid eggs completely regularly (she's my 6 to 7 egg a week champ), has normal energy levels and no odd sounding breathing, no coughing or sneezing or nostril discharge. But...

I have a five-month-old awesomely sweet and beautiful Lavender Ameraucana (surprise) rooster to sell/rehome. I thought for the longest time he was a girl but, I was wrong. I already have two other roosters and I just don't think it's fair to anyone to keep three. I'm more interested in finding...

My husband and son went to the feed store on Sunday for some supplies and I told them if they have any Ameraucana babies left, grab 3 (plus 3 Lavender Orpingtons). They had me text them so they wouldn't forget. Fast forward couple hours and they come home with my chicks and my son asks why I...

I discovered this morning that one of my hens, a Partridge Cochin, appears to have vent gleet. I've read up on how to treat this naturally but wonder if there's anything else that could look like that just to make sure? Her vent and booty feathers are covered in white poop. Yesterday it looked...

I have two broodies, a black australorp and a black copper marans, both on eggs due to hatch 4 days apart (in 4 and in 8 days). I hadn't realized until yesterday that despite giving her only a few eggs, the second now has 17 in her nest! No wonder my egg count has dropped so much. Frequently...

First, this is not an emergency. One of my buff orpingtons went broody at 5.5 month, a few weeks after she started laying. She sat for a week and then I finally got her some fertile hatching eggs because my boys weren't old enough at that point. She sat like a champ but too much so. She...

This coming late winter/early spring we will be venturing into raising meat birds for the first time, but I'm having a difficult time finding recommendations on coop/housing size. We won't be doing Cornish -- either starting with Rangers or even the Meyer's "fry pan bargain" of solely mixed...

A few days ago my sweet Golden Cuckoo Marans, Rowen (23 weeks old), attacked my Welsummer cockerel, Wren (18 weeks old), for no apparent reason that I could see. I was right there but it happened so fast. He may have tried to mate with her but doubtful as I haven't seen him attempt such things...

I had previously posted that my 5 month old Buff Orpington went broody just a few weeks after she started laying. I ended up purchasing 3 fertile eggs because my boys aren't old enough to facilitate such things just yet and received four eggs. I was pretty sure two were not viable but don't have...

I had a super broody 5 month old buff orpington that I ended up buying a few hatching eggs for. She has sat like a champ up until today. She got up a few hours ago and won't sit on the eggs anymore which were due to hatch tomorrow but one is cracked and chrping. I'm not sure what to do because...