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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?

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

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...

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...

New to meat breeds. What's the best breed to raise, by best I mean best (not fastest)? I plan on letting them free range after brooder and up until slaughter.

Have 6 RIR that are about 6 months old and have not laid yet. We are patiently waiting for them to lay, but we are experiencing some behavioral problems from our flock (Dubbed by the kids, "The Flock of Witches"). The hens are not overly violent towards us, however 2 often challenge our...

Interested in adding some gamebirds to my small scale poultry project. Anyone had any experience using a broody hen (Mines a silkie) to hatch Quail or Chukar eggs? Also any tips after hatch? (since Quail and Chukar need higher protein feed and drown practically by looking at water.)

Do they exist and if so where can one find them? I live in the Pacific NW US.

Landlords German Shepard, who is normally penned up when the chickens are out, got a hold of one of my pullets today. Got her out of his mouth and inspected carefully, seems she was just playing, but pullet does have a non-bleeding puncture wound under her left wing close to her left leg and now...

Hello, Have a silkie who is surrounded by standard sized chickens and needs a friend her size. I have been researching, but would like some advice. It has to be a hen, my landlord won't allow Roos. Here is a list of what I have come up with. -Modern Game Hen (4-H for kids and one of the...

Hi All, I am beyond frustrated with a group of RIR I purchased about 3 weeks ago! All are of laying age 5 months (or at least thats what I was told at time of purchase, i'm fairly green, but grew up around layers). Their coop is large enough, i have made sure their feed needs are met (17%...