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Anyone ever had a chukar go broody? I couldn't believe this when I first saw it....First couple mornings when I came in to feed & water, I figured I happened to catch her in the process of laying an egg (all the chukars tend to lay their eggs in a couple of spots in the pen) but sure enough...

Picked up 10 CX's from feed store the beginning of April. Nothing out of the ordinary until after about 2 weeks, I noticed one of them was kind of "gimping" around the brooder. Acting like he had a broken leg almost?? Since then it hasn't changed.....He holds his right leg out to the side...

Just wondering if anyone here raises Guinea Hogs. (Actual pigs, not rodents, LOL). They're a smaller heritage breed hog that weighs around 250 lbs when fully grown. Supposed to be fairly docile, good natured and can be raised easily on pasture. Easy keeping, hardy breed of pig, breeds...

Last year I had three roosters with my flock, and everyone got along great. They have a 3 acre pen to free range in, so I think for the most part they had enough room to stay out of each other's hair. Unfortunately my neighbor's dog got in the pen last fall and killed several hens and two of...

Picked up 6 babies from the feed store 2 weeks ago; they'd just gotten them in so they should be right around 2 weeks old. Grabbed 5 black ones with white heads & chests (some darker than others) and one buff-chipmunky colored one. So far a couple of the black ones are starting to look like...

So last April I bought my first-ever batch of baby chicks & have managed to successfully raise (most of) them to maturity with no real major issues. They're about 10 months old now. My flock is mostly production reds, a couple of black sex-links & a handful of feed store EE's- currently two...

Seven of my hens have laid their first eggs in the span of two days!! I posted my first egg pic yesterday in the first egg thread. This morning at about 10:30 I found these (the one on the right is yesterday's): Then this afternoon at 5 PM, I went out and found FOUR more, including this...

I've got a BIG 5 lb restaurant-sized bag of Diamond chopped walnuts and want to know if the chickens can eat it. They're expired, but not rancid or anything....the best-by date is 2006. I'm cleaning my landlord's hunting lodge (has a commercial kitchen) to get it up & running after a 5 year...

So there I was, at 6 AM, walking out the door to go to work. It's early dawn, I hear one of my roos crowing out in the pen and I smile, and head for the car. Then I heard it...."Bawkbawkbawk....baGAWKbaGAWK....bawkbawkbawk....baGAWK" Repeatedly, and loudly. The sound carried just as far as...

Apologies if this is a silly question, this is my first time raising ducks and chickens Today I discovered that my ducks have hit puberty....they were having a real good time with each other by their wading pools and this is the first time I've seen this behavior. I have 3 Rouens (one drake...

I just heard "Picante" one of my EE roos crow for the first time yesterday!!! I am such a proud rooster mama....and I can't wait for my other 2 (possibly 3 to start). I enjoy the sound, crazy as that may seem to some folks LOL. But I'm way off in the country and my chicken pen is a good ways...

I posted a pic of this guy when he was about 4 weeks old ....one person guessed he might be a Japanese Bantam cross and I'm thinking they were pretty darn close Here he is at roughly 8 weeks old (his comb is bigger & redder than my EE roos who are about 11 weeks old! Started getting color...

So far out of 27 chickens (8-11 weeks old) , I have 2 who were pretty easy to peg as roosters as they developed roo traits early. One is a brownish EE the same age as this one and he was pretty obviously roo at 7-8 weeks. This one was slower to develop but his comb is getting redder & redder...

I hope I'm putting this in an appropriate section of the forum......couldn't really figure out where it belonged I've got 12 red pullets from the TSC "Assorted Pullet" bin....so I'm not really sure if they're RIR, or just some variety of commercial egglaying red sex link, or some of both...

Hi all, I was sitting out in the chicken house today studying my growing birds....they're all between 7-10 weeks old now. Like a lot of you I am having fun trying to see if I can pick out which ones are roosters. I've got two pegged due to their early comb/wattle development- my Japanese...

Just curious on what everybody feeds their quail, from "fuzzball" stage on up to maturity?? The breeder I bought my hatchlings from sent me home with a bucket of his feed & reccomended I use a feed available at a local feed store (Kent Feeds' Poultry 27, has 27% protein). They are 12 days...

Just curious as to why they might be doing this? The last few times I've gone out to the pen after sunset to shut all the doors I've found all of my birds (28 chickens and 5 ducks) all clustered in a group in one area, against the wall, practically on top of one another. Temps have been...

Mmkay, the more I read about chickens, the more I learn....and the more I learn, the more I wonder about my 3 white chickens from the pullet bin at Tractor Supply . The bin was clearly labeled "ASSORTED PULLETS" and we all know how reliable THAT is in the first place. The employee at TSC told...

Just bought 15 adults and 100 baby bobwhites. Babies are fine so far. Adults....well, I screwed up. I am really ticked off at myself right now and am wondering if there is any chance of at least fixing my mistake? I messed up, didn't think of the size difference when putting adult quail...

I'm buying 100 baby Bobwhites and 15 adults this weekend (first time raising quail, though I've seen it done by the people I work for) and wanted to check in before I get too carried away with setup. I've read that it's not adviseable to keep quail in the same pen with chickens, and I've got...