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A while ago I ordered turkey hatching eggs, they arrived with slightly detached air cells that moved when they were tilted (they stayed in the general area of the wide end of the egg). I kept them in an egg carton on the pointy end for around 32 hours. They stopped moving as much so I decided to...

Our Salmon Faverolle hen (almost 3 years old) started showing symptoms of an issue a week ago. She stopped eating and drinking, started acting lethargic. She refused to get on the roost at night and acted uncomfortable if put up, but would stay on it. Noticed severe weight loss and head...

Hello, I have a very mixed flock of 16 ducks, four are drakes. Seven members of the flock are Black Swedish mixes. One of them inherited his father's unusual trait, grey eyes. I could not find anything about this or any other ducks with this. I was wondering if this is a mutation or the result...

Hello, We plan to process three jakes tomorrow. They are all heritage. We have to buy a hatchet, a bucket, and some ice. This is my first time and we do not have most of the supplies yet, we can’t afford a plucker or the supplies to make a scalding tank. We plan to stick their heads through a...

Hello, I recently came across this photo: and I was wondering how hard this would be to find and breed into a Polish variety. I also really like the thought of bringing barring into a bird like this and getting barred crested white Polishes. Thinking about the genetics of blue in chickens I...

Hello, I’m very new to quail, don’t have any yet and I plan to get some in a few years as I live with my parents, which also gives me quite a bit of time to research. I will be getting other species once I move out as well, including peafowl, ducks, and pheasants. I’m just stuck on the fence...

Hello, I currently do not have Coturnix quail but plan to raise them a couple years in the future, I have a few questions about them if that’s fine. :frow What size aviary would be appropriate for around 5-10 starting out, also would they be fine with an inside aviary and an outside aviary they...

Hello, this can include waterfowl, galliformes, or if you really want, parrots, parakeets, softbills, or other birds of your choice, for absolutely any reason. Hey, go ahead and stick a mammal or plant in there if you’d like! This is completely for fun so go wild! If anybody’s curious, I think...

Merry Christmas to my dear Experts of Birds, How is it that with your amazing knowledge and expert eye, that you can tell me the entire genome of that peafowl you spotted 400 meters away, that spectacular bronze black-shoulder Indian peahen? Or that chicken, with her beautiful golden eyes and...

Hello, so we have chickens, ducks, and turkeys. So, the issue is that my mother smokes around a pack a day, nicotine. I’m extremely scared this hurts the birds when they breathe in the smoke and if it does, is there is a way to stop it from hurting them? My mother is addicted so I really can’t...

So we have a group of six turkeys. Just like the title, five jakes, one jenny. They’re currently fine, but I know this is gonna be a problem later with fighting and overbreeding. They also hang out in the same yard as chickens and ducks, though they were raised separately and usually keep to...

I’ve been very interested in Vorwerks lately and have been thinking of eventually attempting to create a new breed from them. :jumpy I only know the very basics of genetics and colorization. Such as pigmentation and the structure of DNA but I don’t know nearly enough about the pattern and...

(1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens? Kinda new, definitely not experienced. We got our first birds in early 2018 and have been adding for the past two years and possibly might get more if we can. (2) How many chickens do you have right now? Seventeen, we also have...

I haven’t really seen anything about this on BC but I’ve heard way too many stories about it. This year, in March, we ordered three ducklings to add to our existing flock of 14 ducks. A Chocolate Runner, a Khaki Campbell, and a Welsh Harlequin from Metzer, all hens. We waited till August to get...