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Hello all! It's been a while since I last posted on here, but I wanted to share some exciting news! I am developing a new breed of chicken! I am calling them Canterbury Cresteds, after my hometown of Canterbury Connecticut! The breed will include a mix of silkie, serama, polish crested, ayam...

Hello again. I'm in need of some help. I have been hatching out chicks and haven't had issues in the past, but recently I started getting into some of the more exotic breeds and the chicks keep dying on me. They start out fine - eating, drinking and running around like perfectly healthy chicks...

Hello all! I'm new to breeding silkies and I need help identifying the colors of the new chicks that just hatched. I've searched all over for some sort of silkie chick color chart, but the best I've found is a chart of adult colors, which doesn't help me with babies. Can you guys tell what...

(This is not an ad. I'm looking for advice) I have a royal palm tom who I'm thinking of selling. He looks a bit rough right now cause he's been fighting with my other boys, but he's a nice bird. I'm wondering if anyone can tell me what a breeding age royal palm tom is worth, please?

I have a large brooder with about 13 young pullets in it in my house. They vary in age from 3 weeks to 2 months. They were all fine right along and have shown no signs of anything like splay leg or the like since hatching. However, last week, one of them suddenly seemed to be having difficulty...

Hello all. I just hatched out a bunch of silkie mix chicks and we wound up with one that's really strange. It has NO BUTT! It has a vent, but no tail and it's back stops just past it's wings! There should be a good half inch more body there, but there isn't. It seems otherwise healthy. It's...

Hey all. Looking for advice on a medical issue one of my turkey poults seems to be having. She had club foot when we got her, which I managed to correct by making her a tape boot. About 3 days ago, I noticed she was spending a lot of time sitting and seemed in pain when walking, so I checked her...

Hey all. I hatched out my first serama bantams a few months back (Yay!). I got a hen and a roo. I'm rather perplexed, however. The rooster just started... well... I /think/ it's a crow?? He kinda sounds like something out of a horror movie. Listen to the recording and please let me know if my...

I have a one month old emu chick who has been doing very well so far, but today his chirps sound off (very soft and a bit scratchy) and his stool is much more watery than usual. He seems alright otherwise. Should I be concerned?

Hey guys. I have a sick pullet I need advice on. We just put her and the other pullets out with the main flock for the first time 2 days ago. The others all seem fine, but Goliath (named because she was roughly twice the size of a normal chick at hatch) is really sick. She has a high fever (just...

Does anyone know a reputable place in the USA, preferably on the east coast, that sells ostriches or ostrich hatching eggs? I'm getting ready to actually buy my first ostrich for my ranch, but most of the places I find in my google searches either seem sketchy, don't sell live birds or hatching...

So after the tragedy of losing all but one of our first batch of chicks, I went and bought our one Jersey Giant chick 8 friends from tractor supply. We got a mix of breeds and they were all looking great and growing fine until I checked on them yesterday morning. They're a month old now. When I...

I'm so excited to tell you all that we got our first eggs for our new farm! No, they're not ratites (can't afford ostrich, Emu or Rhea eggs just yet), but these will (hopefully) be the first chickens I've had since I was 8!!! I bought a dozen Black Jersey Giant eggs off eBay. Boy, was I ever...

My name is Nicholas Whalley. I grew up on a farm until the age of 11 and have been bouncing around from apartment to apartment ever since. I hate the apartment life and have always wanted a farm of my own. It's been a long road to get here, but I am FINALLY buying a beautiful place down in...