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I got a mix of hens and turns out five lay brown eggs along with our single olive egger. Does anyone in the KC area have laying-age or near-laying-age or near-end-of-laying age colored egg layers? Green, blue, pink, peach (cemani and silkie color), and even white would be nice. Doesn't have to...

I was given an egg from a barred rock female with what looks (and acts) like a Sussex rooster. We have a little mostly-cream baby out of the egg today. Is this a cross that would be sex-linked, and if so, how can ID it as male or female? thanks!

Hi! I'd like to add something different to our flock of pet birds. Right now we've got 8 chickens (4 laying hens, 4 opinionated lawn ornaments) and five ducks (one drake, four hens). We live on about a quarter acre and they've got free range of the back yard all day, with a scotch collie...

I'm planning to get a horizontal storage shed and convert it into a coop. Put it up on some cinderblocks, add a chain and a wedge to securely lift the top and provide ventilation, place some perches in it, and cut a few holes then cover them with translucent plastic to provide some light. I can...

It's that time of year again! Our grape vines and our flowering bushes out front are attracting them. For chicken fun? Set out a spectracide bag-a-bug. As each bag fills, toss it in the freezer. We get some high-protein chicken treats from that! Take a cup, put a piece of ice in it and a little...

Our little girl died this winter despite spending most of a month inside with us, surgery on her foot, etc. She was a sweetheart, and I'd like to add another Cayuga to the flock. She was a cross with silver eggs, and I'd be fine with another cross with tinted eggs, but a black/dark egg would be...

Hello everyone! We've got a flock of 8 girls and a pair of hen ducks and a bitty drake. Our mix includes 2 easter eggers, australorp, creme legbar, Jersey Giant (named Chicken Little, of course), Black Copper Maran, ayam cemani, and a silkie. Our ducks are a pair of magpie hens named Splodge and...