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Today was the day that just made me say “enough”. Someone called the city to complain about our roosters — and we don’t keep any!! I don’t want to rat out the people who do, but I also don’t want to be a target because I keep hens. (One of our silkie chicks is starting to look rather manly IMO...

84c per bird, pick up in store. I am soooo jealous. https://www.farmandfleet.com/products/344624-cackle-hatchery-jumbo-cornish-cross-chicken-straight-run-male-and-female.html

Sitting waiting for my son to finish his class, when a lady comes to the car asking if we have lost a rabbit! Now we have this: We’ve posted on lost pet forums, and talked to employees of the store. s/he can live in the house or brooder shed in a cage at night. We have an appropriate waterer...

The “Specimens” are 2 weeks old. There is NO way in the world to tell gender yet. But I’m going to try to post weekly photo updates until they tell us who they are. I got a closeup of Specimen 2: But Specimen 1 wouldn’t cooperate until I had them in together in the sun (S1 is in front in the...

I searched for this question, but I see a lot more info about bantam hens with standard roosters. So here goes: Assuming they get along, are there any issues with having a silkie rooster cover smallish standard hens? Specifically technical mating issues — can they do it? My littlest coturnix...

I’m getting started right now. White chocolate macadamia cookie for dinner, with a watermelon daiquiri as the salad course, sitting on the patio in the afternoon sun. And a polite note to the family “y’all are welcome to warm up any leftovers you want.” Tomorrow is a day of fishing and grilling...

Martin Greenbird and Mercedes Turkey. My first time with turkeys since my parents had them. So excited!

First, I wouldn’t give cricket a boost up to get mealworms. :lau (*In my defense, she’s becoming a worm-hog, and so lazy she just rolls over when I go to lift/push her up.) Then, I invaded Big Mama’s personal nest space to get a picture. There’s nothing cuter than a puddle of quail. :love

Processed a jumbo pekin duck with paraffin wax for the first time today. It worked so well! Super easy to do, and left a gorgeous bird for roasting — almost no little feathers left behind. I’ve seen some good info on BYC about duck waxing, so I’m just trying to add to the experience base. Here...

This is Cricket. Cricket has become so lazy she won’t jump or walk up to her little spot on my knee (only a few inches by hopping up). She complains and pecks my pants until she gets picked up. No leg or joint problems — she’ll run like heck if she thinks there’s a treat. Today I only gave...

A friend sent this picture of a frequent visitor to her backyard. She cannot get any closer. Sorry, there are no closeup pictures forthcoming. This is not super important -- just curiosity. I can identify it as a chicken, probably female. Judging from the stuff next to her, her back is about 3...

My lost pullet Taco has returned!!! She went walkabout yesterday — the coop door was left unlatched. :duc We called, searched, and offered “cookies” to no avail. We have rear neighbors who don’t tend to return birds that stray into their yard so we thought she was gone. I went through the night...

I picked up a 40 gallon Critter Cage on Craigslist for $10 today! :celebrate This will be our button pair’s house. Another pair will get an “apartment” in the living room (a 20 gallon long tank) set up similarly.

Starting tomorrow I’m going to try incubating a variety of eggs from grocery stores in my area. First will be chicken, then duck, then quail. (I know the chicken eggs are unremarkable, and it’s been done before, but we’re trying to keep things interesting around here, and the kiddo’s request was...

Seems like yesterday our Swedish Flower hens were little fuzzies running around the brooder bin. Today I came out to the shed to find this: (Next to a quail egg for size comparison) Wasn’t expecting eggs for a while yet. I guess the short days aren't fully stopping the process.

Not only don't I know how to pronounce them -- I can't get the darn things out of the shells in halves. I almost get there, then they break as I'm pulling them out. Help!

Three days into incubation of shipped button quail eggs, I realized the turner was plugged into an outlet controlled by a light switch that has been variably on and off the whole time. This is exactly the situation this emoji was made for: :barnie :barnie:barnie And maybe this one: :he Ah...

Over the past few months I’ve noticed a common piece of advice is “Don’t name birds you’ll be eating or you’ll get too attached”. It’s interesting to me, having grown up where we named everything (though often the calves were named Chuck or Loaf and the lambs were called Choppy”). Now with my...

You, yes you with the chicken t-shirt. And you, the one with a framed picture of your sweet little duckling on your desk.... or is that a pattern for sewing your turkey a custom sweater? At some point you’ve probably said or done something that later made you realize you’re in a special...

My son's housepet quail, Bean, died this weekend -- she was abducted by a cat from her dust bath and we think there were internal injuries. After 3 nights of only getting a few hours of sleep playing nurse to Bean, my sleep-deprived self agreed that a pair of button quail would be appropriate...