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Egg color. How come I am getting fewer really dark eggs this year from the same flock as last year. I understand the eggs are darker at the beginning of a cycle, but mine have been generally lighter for the year. I did use a clear bulb over their water bucket last winter. Could that have...

Do hatchlings always have feathering if they are going to be feathered and do clean legged hatchlings always stay clean legged?

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Do hatchlings always have feathering if they are going to be feathered and do clean legged hatchlings always stay clean legged?

How high is your fencing? Gray fox can climb. I just went through a like situation. I forgot a basket of eggs in front of the guinea coop and when I went back the next morning is was empty and undisturbed. I thought I had a senior moment but to check it out I put a couple of old eggs in the...

Keets only need warm water to start with, as they age you can start using cooler and then cold water.

They can hatch themselves but if you want a number of surviving keets , get an incubator. I just saw that you can now get State Of Janoel New 48 egg incubator with automatic egg turner + Bonus from California. I have different incubators and this is my favorite. For those who want a hard...

One of my best Marans hens started setting in a horse feeder. At first she layed off and on, and now not at all. What do I do to get her to stop setting on the empty nest? How about putting her in a crate/pen with a wire bottom and no bedding?

A friend has Serama's and is getting thin shelled eggs. They have oyster shell available, they are about 3 years old. Any suggestions other than adding ground egg shell to their food?

What is the story on cedar shavings, some say you can't use them, other say that they do use them. If it's the oil in the shavings then well dried shavings should be OK, right? Opinions on both sides welcome!

I have a hen that has excessive foot feathering, (like a not so good cochin). Do I cull her out of my breeding or use her to good roosters that need shank feathering?

Sorry meant to post to Black Copper Marans discussion thread.

I have a hen that has excessive foot feathering, (like a not so good cochin). Do I cull her out of my breeding or use her to good roosters that need shank feathering?

Is there a spray or another way to prevent, or lessen spiders in the coop? The cobwebs collect dust look nasty and get you dirty when you are working in the coop. I hate getting a head full of dusty dirty cobwebs when I am working in the pens.

I thought I have a coon problem but this am I found a rooster killed in the pen and blood around but not eaten on at all. Don't coons eat what they kill or at least eat on it some? This was the only pen that did not have a fully wired top,( I'll fix that today). I know I also have a cat...

I have waterers and I noticed that no matter how many nipples I have out for the birds they will rush maddly to open water if it becomes available. It makes me feel bad, like I'm not offering enough water. I like the nipple system because the water is always clean, but am I depriving my birds of...

The temperment varries greatly. Some even act like companion pets. If you have an incubator I could send you some eggs (cost-shipping only)

Three day auction --$20 to start and $1 increments-- Plus the least expensive priority shipping I can find for you. ($11.35 at most) To be shipped on Saturday For arival on Monday March 5 Plus 10+ Mottled Houdan Hatching eggs ( most likely 12). My hens are laying well so I can offer some eggs to...

I agree one gun is not going to fill the bill. The Trifacta is an less expensive answer Don't discount the twenty gauge gun. It's easier to handle and will doeverything a twelve will do. I use a twenty on deer ,bear and turkey the three inch mag has a lot of punch and in two and three quarter...

My wife's mini horse shares room in the building where my guineas are housed. Today I went in to change the water in the horse's heated bucket and was grossed out by seeing a bunch of mice floating in the bucket. (The horse only goes in occasionally.) It had only been a few days since I refilled...