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Hello, everyone. :) We are looking to buy a male & female pair, very young if possible to maximize training/interaction/bonding/etc, of fancy pigeons. Preferably an archangel or fantail pair, or any male/female of unusual coloring. Do any of you who happen to breed pigeons/doves plan to be at...

Hey all.. One of our hens, Tiramisu, our Speckled Sussex, started being sick Tuesday night. She was laying down in a corner, head down, feather a little ruffled, and lethargic. We bought her Polyvisol (no iron) drops and fed 2 drops to her yesterday at morning and evening, and have had her...

Hello all! My little "Australian Black" (a Silkie x ???) hen from a tractor store last April, Jet, is still having difficulty. When I brought her home, she had rickets, and while she healed up from it, she has re-injured herself about 4-5 times. When I kept her caged up as per common advice on...

Hey all! What would the going price be for a dozen 2z eggs? Thank you much! We're getting 5 eggs a day. I just boiled up 14 and have 12 left over- enough to start offsetting the cost of feed. ^^ I'm loving the eggciting stuff going on over here!

Hey all! Will making the bottom of a chicken coop with a sheet of rubber or linoleum be alright for the chickens? We've got a straight wood floor and we're planning on destroying the ammonia smell there (despite decent humidity control and about to buy Sweet PDZ or Stall Dry depending on what...

Hey all, Got a question for you. Amberbock (our amber sex link) laid an egg and began announcing it. We took the egg out, congratulated her and patted her. All the girls had already been said hello to, watered & fed this morning and everyone was happy. Then after we took the egg out, my EE...

Hey all! My 6 girls go through a freezer-bag full of feed thrice a day (almost 24 lbs of feed, shell & grit- almost 8 lbs of feed, 4z grit and 8z shell...). Is this too much? Is it too little?? It seems to be enough for them for now, but they seem to be running out of feed more and my 50lb...

Hey all! I've got a question. This is the second time I've discovered tiny (pinhead-sized) little tan/beige bugs on me. Only one the first time and only one a second time but heavy enough that I could feel it crawling on me and sure enough, there was one. Both times were immediately after I...

Hey all! I read that it means a chicken needs extra protein when they pluck/eat other chickens' feathers, but poor Jet's gotten her entire back and neck all raggedy from Red plucking/nomming on the feathers! (Chai gets the idea to try it once in a while.) Is there anything I can do to help...

Hey all! Jet (got her as a week-older in April) is acting odd. Yesterday she was doing just fine, all eager to come out of her coop to see me. Today my fiance told me she's been sitting around nonstop and hasn't really done anything. I've: -checked her crop (feels full and squishy) -poked...

Hey all! One of my girls- not sure if she's just hot or something- was letting her wings slouch slightly outward last night. This normal or is she getting sick? :< She's been active as usual otherwise.

Hey all! I'm specifically looking for any black sex link chicken photos you've got. I'm trying to figure out my mystery chick's parentage. Jet was touted as an "Australian Black" by the seller to the tractor supply store in NH when I got her. She was a solid black chick, black polydactyl...

Hello all! So my mystery chick who I'm pretty sure is a Silkie x ??? , is going 'brawk-brawk-bra-brawwwkkkk' and is far more vocal than my other girls. Her vent looks like theirs so I'm thinking if she's a he, then he's growing really slowly (compared to Stormy, who had definitely male bits in...

Hey all! I'm absolutely fascinated with my Easter Eggers, Chai and Java. They are just so beautiful. Easter Eggers I understand to be the 'colors-didn't-make-it' Ameraucana (which in turn are semi-linked to the Auraucanas of South America, etc). Does anyone have a concise list of actual gene...

Hey all! I want to bring my girls onto Layers' feed/pellets/oyster shell supplement when they're ready. Thing is, I lost my notes on -when- they'll be ready! -Red, about 16 weeks going on 17 weeks now -Jet, about 15 weeks going on 16 now -Chai & Tiramisu (from you), about 18 or 19 weeks now...

@Mods: Kindly delete this thread; I've found a home for Stormy.

Oh cr----- Stormy might be a boy. Do pullet Cochins have shiny feathers at the base of their tails? Stormy's is an iridescent teal/greenish color (can't tell which for sure). S/he just chirps like crazy; has a pinkish comb and when I first got this little one, didn't have a bump when I vent...

Hey all! Lookit what I found! I thought, if it wasn't generated by someone here already, this is a great resource to use! Also, if it -was- generated by someone, great idea! I've added the Nashua NH listing...

Hey all! So my lowest-of-the-pecking-order and currently getting bigger than the others, Stormy (blue Cochin), is a sweetie. She was picked on a LOT by the top girl, Chai (my EE girl- lavender with red mottling on her feathers and a brown head). Stormy's a complete sweetie and generally avoids...

Hello, all! Well, I got this girl from the local tractor supply company. The service clerk said that they were called "Australian Blacks", which as far as she and I have found thus far, seems not to exist on the internet but were supposedly great layers and a lot of fun. Jet is also a...