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I had a 2 year old, healthy, active, friendly Pilgrim female die suddenly this evening; she was doing her thing all day with the flock, went into her pen, and passed sometime in the last 2 hours. Droppings look fine. Food isn't moldy. Same plants in the yard as always. Not egg bound. Elements...

2.5 week old Call Ducks. The one second from the right had a dark ring around its eye, and before we could start Veterycin eye wash in the past few days, the others are now developing eye gunk. They get Mazuri waterfowl crumbles with fresh water and head dunking water. Still have a brooder...

I have a one week old white Call Duckling (Frankie) that's struggling. Hatch generally went well. Did an assist hole, but it pipped externally and was out pretty quickly over night. First 24 hours it was flipping on its back, but had high energy and a day later was eating and drinking heartily...

My 7 one y.o. Sweetgrass girls are starting to pick up on laying. One really wants to sit (I'm desperately hoping to not hatch or raise poults). One is trying to nest, but we seem to have multiple egg eaters (we also have 5 toms; 3 need to be processed soon). Any recommendations would be greatly...

Hi all, I put my first set of White Call and BEI eggs in my NR360 last night. I'd rather have a cabinet, and I know these can be tough. I set a 28 day cycle with 45-50% humidity. I plan to candle at days 7 and 20, for development and air cells. I've seen comments for lockdown to start at day...

Got back into town late last night after a 17 day international trip. Checked on the flock this morning. Had a semi experienced sitter. My Lavender Orpington is missing feathers on her neck and has a very messy bottom. My Swedish Flower Hen looks like a hot mess from head to tail. The outside...

My husband is out of town at a conference. I had a shoulder procedure this morning. So, obviously, now is the first time for a non chick chicken emergency (I've experienced minor new chick things, but nothing in the older flock yet). My 17 week old cockerel is wheezing when he crows. He's...

What would you do? I've been working a lot the last 2-3 weeks. My husband has been collecting eggs, and thought the ducks stopped laying. It's our first winter with poultry; chickens are doing great. We either have 2 or 3 new layers (hoping the Cayuga isn't laying white). I found 26 eggs in a...

After several weeks of reading, asking questions, and hitting up the local camera store, I'm almost ready. I'd love anyone's thoughts! Enjoy photographing: wildlife, birds, flowers, gardening, travel, family Waiting on shipping: R6 Mark II and RF24-105mm F4 L IS USM , 2 more Canon batteries...

Hello! I have seven 9.5 week old chicks ready to move from their brooder tent to a pen within our coop to start meeting our 6 month olds. They've been off heat and at house temp (65) for a week. The coop is insulated. It's our first winter, and I'm so nervous. 30s during the day and low 20s...

I'd like a nice camera for wildlife. Any recommendations before Black Friday would be greatly appreciated! We have the animals on the homestead. We're also going to the western Amazon and the Galapagos in a few months, and have a lot of travel in the next 2 years. Ideally something that could...

I am looking for quality hatching eggs or shipped chicks that are show quality Buff Orpingtons. I'm hoping to find some that can realistically compete against the very large Blacks I see winning in the Midwest. Is this a possibility?

These 8 are headed to our very first poultry show tomorrow! We're excited. It's a small one; we were traveling during our area's two large fall shows. Wishing we'd had time to work on the iron in the water!

One of my 5.5 month old pullets had her leg tucked under her today. Initially she was sitting oddly and then she was standing on one leg. While observing her,interest in the pumpkin I put out seemed high. Feet looked free of bumble, vent, eyes, etc were clean. She's in a small dog kennel to...

It's getting to be that time! This is our 1st year with turkeys, and we have 5 jakes coming up on 6 months in November. We're also ok with waiting until December. The plan is to process 3. What things do you look for when deciding who to keep for breeding and who to eat? Sweetgrass coloring and...

We had a house sitter while we were gone for 11 days. She found our first pullet eggs, but did miss 3 duck eggs. They were buried under shavings when I got home. We had several freezes while away. They've been in the fridge since I found them yesterday. Not knowing when they were laid, should I...

I am struggling with the calculator; Self Buff keeps coming up as something else. If I added some Self Buffs to my Sweetgrass, what color options could I end up with? Sweetgrass are b'b' cgcg. Self Buff are listed as "The genotype of our self buff is black winged bronze based with brown...

I brought home 8 five month old bantam ducks this afternoon, and let them swim in a kiddie pool that was slightly less than half full. They got out after 45 minutes or so, and the pool was removed. They're in a pen on pine shavings. When I checked on them this evening, they were still very wet...

I'm transitioning my ducks off Mazuri Starter Crumble and oats. I have 3 medium hens and 2 female geese. I also now have 8 bantams; 4 drakes and 4 hens (kept separately). I'm hoping for eggs eventually. The bantams will be in breeding pens come spring. Do I transition them all to maintenance...

We picked up some show quality White Calls (Spring 2022) at the Wisconsin International Poultry Show from Lou Horton. Very excited to be getting into bantams! Meet Luna, Myrtle, Draco, and Lupin.