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Hello, It's been a long time since I've posted. I'm looking for some nice egg laying chickens (dual purpose okay) that have good bloodlines, along with some guinea fowl (any type). A small flock of ducks is likely in my future too. The last time I got birds I got runty dual purpose chickens...

Me again. A few months ago I was looking for a home for two silkies and two barred rocks, and my uncle and grandmother decided to take them. The barred rocks did well. The silkies never adjusted, the other chickens didn't let them out much, and they were stressing and becoming flighty. A few...

I have four chickens that I can't take with me when I move. 2 are cute banties, a mother and daughter. Mama Frightful is of an unknown age but lays pretty well. Her baby Pepper I rescued last last winter during a snowstorm and she also lays pretty well. (I got permission to take mama too, and...

Hello, My Grandmother would like to have chickens again. She'll take any breed that is a great brown egg layer and friendly. Black Stars, Red Stars, Australorps, NH Reds, etc. Birds should be 2-3 months old and preferably vaccinated against Marek's. She is willing to spend more for quality...

I ordered 4 NH reds and 4 barred rock day olds to put under my broody hen. Timing was perfect for her cycle. Earlier today I introduced them. Mom was skeptical but I just slid them under one by one. An hour or more later, after some birds pecked her wattle and didnt let go, she started pecking...

I'm so excited :D I've ordered 4 Barred Rock pullets and 4 male New Hampshire Reds. My silkie hen is broody now so the timing should work out perfectly for her to adopt all 8. When these 8 grow up I will slaughter a few for the dinner table and save only the best birds. Then I can let the...

Cuz I just did... I have a mama banty and her 3 day (or so) old peep. Baby would have died last night if I hadn't rescued him/her- it was cold and mama was stupid/neglectful. The other peep already died, and mama had a history of losing babies, which is why the owner was happy for me to take...

At the local stable I heard a chick crying and went to investigate. The tiniest little banty peep was standing by his mama, who was scratching in a stall. There were two peeps which hatched a few days ago, but one disappeared. Mom was seen scratching in the snow earlier with her baby again...

*sigh* My coop is so much trouble. I bought more primer and paint for it than I could afford, and once I painted it, it came out smurf blue! Gah! If I put a sealer on it, will it dull the color? Aren't most sealers amber tinted? Will this just make my coop kinda teal?!?! Basically, I need...

I stupidly placed my coop near the base of a hill (that will teach me to give in to my visiting mother). I'm thinking of pulling it across and into the woods. It's 8x10, no floor, and the base is 4x4s. I would have to reinforce the base with some cross bars, but then what? Hitch it up to my...

I figured I'd do a video on how to gut a guinea. There are plenty of videos out there for poultry, but I have my own way and I wanted to show some of the details that I didn't see in other videos or in the books. Right now there's a medium quality video up. I'm working on getting a higher...

Just a few pics of my birds. ...I hope that shows after 30 minutes of playing with img tags and locations.... Wee guinea resting. Stepping out on their favorite tree. Keeping watch from the same tree. Splashing at the water hole.

My guineas are almost 13 weeks old, so I'm starting to think who to eat first. I have one that has a swollen knee and she's getting gimpier, so I might process her this week rather than having her limp around. I'll probably have to throw out most the leg, but maybe it's just a tendon issue or...

My 6 week old today keets have graduated from the tractor to the coop and run. I have 3/4ths a bag of 20% Purina left but need to plan early for getting my next bag. Plus the 21 birds are going through feed faster and faster. One source told me to reduce them (specifically Jumbo guineas, which...

Hello, I've been on here getting ideas for all kinds of projects, but decided it would be good to have portable fence panels to fence in my chickens. The panels would be constructed of EMT and hardware cloth / welded wire fencing, and be fairly easy to assemble / disassemble / move. I will have...

I have to wait until next year to get my chickens, but I'm still wondering how many of what breed to get I want a dual purpose flock that has some great egg layers and good to great meat birds (though I know they aren't as great as the non dual-purpose birds). Breeds that appeal to me most...

Okay, I went to Lowes today and have some questions: 1. Hardware cloth. All the 1/2x1/2 inch was 20 or 19 gauge. Don't I need 16? What's up with that? The 1/2 x 1 inch stuff (bunny fence) looked to be about 16 or 14 gauge but didn't say what gauge. 2. Plywood- the 1/4" thickness was MUCH...

I've been drawing up plans for a 6x6 coop, and hoping it isn't too large to move. This is for my new place in North Carolina. The bottom will be hardware cloth so they can enjoy the grass (though I worry about excess moisture??) The sides up to 4 feet will be thin plywood framed with 2x4s and...

Hello, I've been wanting chickens for awhile now, and I'm finally going for it I have had guineas in the past (years and years ago), with a mama chicken that had a hard time keeping up with the flock! So, since 25 is the minimum order at the hatchery I wish to buy from, I plan on buying...