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we have 20 8/9 week old coturnix and haven’t gotten eggs yet. Is this normal?

Saturday will be my first time butchering my turkeys. Any tips? I don’t have a plucker. Do I still scald and hand pluck? Thanks y’all!

Hi there, does anyone in Michigan have turkeys for sale? Breed and age don’t matter. Thank you!!

hi there, we got a new batch of chicks in yesterday and one of them has a bald spot. Does anyone know what this is? Thank you!

I just picked up two of these producers pride heat plates that double as a coop warmer. I have 31 more checks coming in the mail tomorrow and I’m looking for a safer alternative to heat lamps. Has anyone used these?

I am looking to free range my flock that is about a-year-old. How do I introduced them to free ranging? Do I just want them out one day and I hope they come back? We have a mix of seven chickens for Muskogee’s in three khaki Campbell ducks

we just butchered 5 of our Muscovy ducks, 2 Pekins, and 1 pekin/Rouen. We have some beautiful duck meat, I got four of the bigger birds quartered and the others whole. Anybody have tips for cooking duck meat? I was thinking using my smoker or instapot but want to take advantage of that crispy...

i just traded a few of my meat chickens for 4 Muscovy hens and a drake. We have 7 chickens and 3 khaki Campbell ducks (2 hens and a drake). My question is can I just add the musvoveys to the run? Will there be fighting between the drakes? The muscovies are super sweet and the lady I got them...

hi there, we have 7 chickens and 3 khaki Campbell’s, a male and two females. We are ordering 18 more chickens and want to free range starting this summer but I’m worried the ducks won’t come back. There is an acre pond behind my house and I’m worried they won’t want to come back to their pool...

hi there, we are expanding our flock of 7 hens by 15 this spring. I would love to start free ranging them, but I’m worried that our hens and 3 ducks who are almost a year old and have lived their whole life in a covered run won’t come back to their coop. Any suggestions? Thank you!

Hey everyone, we are looking to add to our flock. I want a couple different colored Eggers to add to our one Americana left. My main priority is to add breeds that are great layers. In your opinion, what breeds can we get that lay the most eggs? Thanks for the help!

Hey everyone, we are looking to add to our flock. I want a couple different colored Eggers to add to our one Americana left. My main priority is to add breeds that are great layers. In your opinion, what breeds can we get that lay the most eggs? Thanks for the help!

last year, we raised our first flock of turkeys. We were very careful to not put them anywhere near the chickens to the blackhead. I am wondering if I’d be able to raise them together realistically. How common is blackhead and is it worth the risk of putting them together? We live un Michigan...

does anybody have experience letting a broody hen hatch and raise ducklings? We have 2 hens and a drake khaki Campbell’s. They are prep for egg production so I doubt they will go broody. We also have 7 chicken hens in the same run. Do you think I will have a better chance of letting a hen hatch...

Anybody have experience raising meaties in the cold? We live in Michigan, when can they be moved outdoors with no heat? Will they have to be raised indoors?

Hi there, we will be raising 3 batches of 50 Cornish cross next spring/summer. Would I be able to raise say 5-10 Pekins for meat in the same tractor?

we have 7 chickens and 3 are Plymouth rocks. One seems to be loosing feathers and looking rough down to one tail feather. The others are nice and plump. Could this be a 9 month molt? Just curious why it is only one bird. They are 10 months old. I attached some pictures so you can see our one...

hi everyone, I was thinking about getting my wife a customized egg stamp kit for Christmas with our farms name on it. Just before ordering, I read an article about how the rubber stamps, even with food safe ink is dangerous to use on eggs. Does anyone have experience or knowledge on this topic...

well, today we lost our first bird due to predation. We have the top of our pen covered in chicken wire but somehow a small hawk got in and took out one of our Easter eggers that ironically looked like a hawk. I promptly locked the rest of the birds up, opened the pen door and chased the hawk...

building a new roost in our new coop for our 20 birds. I’m thinking an a frame. Want suggestions?