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The tittle says it all! we just Finished our pigeon loft, it’s 8x6 and 8 ft tall. I’m looking for inspiration for the inside, including perches and nesting boxes. The cut out portion on the top will be ventilation, but the 6”x8” hole will be the pop door for them to fly in and out. All the eaves...

I just picked up 10 French pearl guinea keets (3 are for my neighbor). I know the basics, but is there anything in particular that I should know? I’ll be building them a hoop coop (hope I can finish it in 8 weeks before they go outside). And they will have a 30x10 run that will be covered with...

So some of you may have seen my broody calico Cochin thread, well here we go again! so I have 5 out of 6 bantams broody right now (‘tis the season) And I was going to toss all of the eggs because I have a broody with 5 chicks right now, but I forgot to collect them and remembered last night. So...

i had a broody bantam calico cochin with 6 chicks that she hatched may 11, lately she has been getting very agressive and attacking my hand, she never did that when her chicks were younger. well she and her chicks are in a very large dog crate that is roughly 4'x2.5' feet, so she has lots of...

My broody hen just hatched out 7 chicks 3 days ago! 1 chick was killed by a mouse (the rest of the chicks along with the mom were moved into a safe cage in a mouse free pole barn.)now I’m trying to figure out what breeds i have. I think i have it pretty narrowed down. the rooster is a calico...

So my neighbor has 5 chicks. 4 of them have this wierd lump on the side of their necks. It’s almost like a crop, but it’s not in the right spot. It’s the most pronounced on his 2 RIR chicks. I have raised 100+ chicks over the years and have never seen this. what is it?

One of my calicos went broody! Yesterday was her first full day so they should hatch if all goes as planned on or very near Mother’s Day! I put 8 eggs under her, at least 2 of which are pure calico Cochins. And 2 of them are EE bantam x calico Cochin bantam. And the other 4 could be from a...

So last night I noticed this calico Cochin in the feed fish with 2 eggs and I knew she was broody. She was outside and well in a feed dish! So I moved her into a cage in the storage room of another coop. Today I opened the door and she was pressed down against the eggs and she was puffing you...

I thought i would make a thread for everyone to show off your houseplants. feel free to post pics of your houseplants or houseplant setups, with a list of all of your houseplants! here are my small houseplants, I just built this setup, one shelf for seedlings and one for houseplants. I have...

I know we have some plant enthusiasts her so i thought i would ask here. So, I plan on planting a few daffodil bulbs in some 8 inch pots, to sell in the spring when they bloom, my idea was to get a 4 tired mini greenhouse off amazon to overwinter the pots in, will this keep the bulbs warm...

So. Recently I just lost 2 of my 4 ducks and I want to get two more ducklings to replace them, and I realized I have had a broody hen in the layer flock for almost a month now, she is an Easter egger and has never shown any aggression towards me when I gather the eggs under her, so I am thinking...

I was moving my bantam flock to the coop and noticed this little lady gas a huge lump on her face, normally with something this bad I would put the chicken down, but she is just too cute! She also had heavy breathing, but that could have been from the stress of moving her, any help appreciated!

with my chickens I cycle out after they reach 2 years old, I was wondering if and when ducks start to drop they’re egg output? I have 2 1 and a half year old khakis, and 2 1 year old pekins, as the weeks go by the khakis get more and more friendly, but I’d like to replace the pekins In A year...

so i had a chick come down with cocci, so i got corid powder, i was told by a fellow member to use the severe outbreak dosing even if it is moderate, so Im going to put 1.5 teaspoons of corid in 1 gal of water correct? but it says i have to make new daily? my 12 7 wk old bantams do not drink a...

I went out to the brooder and noticed that this 7 wk old gold neck d'uccle is laying down and not moving much, she appears to be having balance issues, what do you think is wrong with her? she is very alert, looking around and making half peeps half squawks. she is seperated in a tub in the...

I have 5 1 Year old layers, 2 red sex links, 1 Black sex link, 1 white leghorn, 1 amber link for Sale, these girls aren't the friendliest chickens ever, but I am getting 5 eggs a day for 6 days, then 4 eggs on the 7th day! i hate too see such wonderful layers go, but they're in a new coop that...

After six year raising over 100 all different breeds of chickens, I got My first Broody! she is a red sexlink and they are not known for going broody, I would have thought one of my Bo's, Australorps or brahmas would go broody! this girl is smart, i have 5 chickens in a small coop that i...

so, I’m on my way to pick up 4 bantam calico Cochins to replace 4 chicks that my neighbors cat killed, I have a couple questions though. Calico Cochin is just another name for Mille Fleur right? So I plan on keeping 4 calico’s and 1 ee, 1 silver sebright, 1 gold neck d’uccle, and 1 mottled...

so, last week a stray cat (which the neighbors “adopted” ) came into my barn and grabbed two of my 3 week old bantam chicks (a gold sebright and a blue Wyandotte- which I was almost positive was a cockerel), I wasn’t that sad because I wasn’t attached to those two because I knew one was already...

the stray cat that our neighbors "Adopted" got into our barn last week and took 4 of my bantams (frizzled cochin, blue cochin, blue wyandotte, gold seabright ) I am looking for some bantams to replace those 4, no silkies. if you are in Michigan (or very close) i am willing to drive to come and...