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What is a good cheap incubator?

I agree with the consensus and think this is how I will setup the hutches. One structure, Three Compartments, side by side #1 Quail (2-3 Male, 10-15 Females) #2 Rabbit & Cavy Does (2 of Each) #3 Rabbit & Cavy Buck (1 of Each) Structure #2 will be two compartments side by side #1...

RIR= Raptor of the chicken world. I have never been attacked by any other breed of chicken!

Sounds to me like there are a lot of different personalities out there among the flocks. I will likely try a few different ones and rehome or cull anybody who speaks out too much. Chicken Flock Totalitarian style;)

"Cavy" is the proper term for guinea pigs. My brother-in-law is from Peru and "Cavy" is a traditional part of their diet. In fact as much as 50% of the animal protein consumed in Peru is from "Cavies". Sound gross to the American pallette, but my family is from Indonesia & Europe, so I am up for...

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Planning on keeping rabbits, Cavy and Quail for eggs and meat. I am constructing a hutch that is multi-level and will have multiple chambers and I plan to house each in a different pen. Anyone done something similar and are there any issues with doing this?

Any good resources for A&M or Jumbo chicks?

I think there cool. They look like a vulture!

Dark meats fine with me. I want low maintenance and good feed/weigh gain ratio. I also want eggs, so I plan to incubate and eat.

NN do ok with cold? I don't have room in my coop to accommodate a heat lamp.

Want quail as a backyard meat animal + eggs. What breed, how old, how many, space requirements?

My silkies where incredibly loud, second only to the RIR. The silkies would wake me up and both were hens! I had terrible luck with my welsummers both were psycho killers (extreme feather pickers!!!!). Our barred rock only made noise if you picked them up. Keep the suggestions coming though I...

So long story short is I had a flock of hens which I had to sell off because we moved from the farm where we lived and I moved into a residential neighborhood where I was told I couldn't do chickens. After moving I started doing some research and discovered that I can have chickens, but have to...

So I put eggs under her, she sits on them for a while. Leaves the nest and forgets them, then freaks out 13 hours later. She then goes in sits on them again and proceeds to roll the so often she cracks them all. She then forgets about them and she wants to be in the coop with my pullets. So...

The reason why I asked is that there was a scientist who decided to crossbreed a ton of different domestic fowl and see what happened. It was discovered that Guniea and Peafowl could and Guniea and Chickens could as well. These offspring are sterile, but a hybrid of species. This has also been...

Live in PDX. Want RIW to complement my RIR flock. Looking for Hens, no Roos. Fertile Eggs and Chicks ok.

Can Ratites crossbreed?

I have a new silkie that is 11 months old I got a few days ago. Since I got her, I have allowed her to free range, but instead of free ranging the day away (like our other Silkie) she sits next to the coop and waits to get in. She gets up occasionally to eat or drink and frantically look for a...

I traded a welsummer pullet for another Silkie (she's a buff and totally cute). Thanks all!!!