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I am wondering If I can introduce a female silkie into the coturnix quail flock. I have 10 quail in an 8x8 pen on the ground, and want to add a female silkie to hatch out quail eggs. Can I do this? Thanks!

So I’m curious about adding my new pullets to the established flock. I’ve got 7 birds outside and 8 in the brooder we’ve got a long time but I want to be ready. If I’m supposed to keep new birds in the coop for a couple days how do I get my veterans in and out? I don’t have the space for a...

:frowHello, Hola, Hallo, Ciao, Marhaba, Nǐ hǎo! Greetings from the flock! To introduce their caretaker, I have been raising chickens since 2015, originally in the high elevation of Wyoming until life happened and now we're settled on the east coast in Pennsylvania! We're just getting our flock...

Hey guys. So I have this broody hen who wants to be a mama. My set up is....interesting. they have a pretty big coop which is surrounded my a decent sized kennel. My flock size used to be 14 but I lost 2. Due to where we live, it is hard to make a separate area for her to do her thing safely...

Sesame and Goldie hanging out

In the past few days I've come to realize how much BYC (BackYardChickens) is like a flock of chickens. The BYC Staff Members are like the human owners. They spend time and effort into working here to improve and upgrade the "coop". They provide a safe, knowledge stuffed, family friendly website...

Hi! We had so much fun with 2019 Flock journey that I wanted to continue it for the new year! Totally open for chatting, chicken updates, and general Flock gossip! Enjoy and let the new year of chicken was begin!! :jumpy

I'm not sure which is happening to three of my chickens, so I want to solve both problems at once. Here's the situation behind this: Due to a recurring problem of high humidity inside the isolated, non-heated coop (hydrometer shows 72-78% - the walls and windows are covered in frost), I...

Hello Everyone! Our neighbor raised 4 turkeys this spring. The males are are very friendly and tame. There are 3 males and 1 female. Will the female be injured in the spring by the males? They are very large, and I'm afraid the might hurt her. She is too skittish to put a saddle on. Any...

I’m doing a project for my business and marketing class, where we make our own businesses. My business is a chicken farm, because I’m that crazy chicken lady now :wee I gotta make a PowerPoint presentation about the costs for running the business, and why it’s going to succeed in this area— all...

Hey all! I'm a new duck momma of 2 Pekin drakes ( almost positive both are drakes ) they are I believe 10 weeks old. I'm ordering 10 Ducklings tomorrow to add to my flock! Breeds include Cayuga, Rouen, Welsh Harlequin, buff & black swedish..should all 10 be hens? That would make for a 1:5 Drake...

Hi Everyone, What are your favorite apps for managing your flock? Everything from expenses, to hatching, to egg money income, and tracking number of eggs laid!

Hello, I am from Southeastern New Mexico. No we are not part of Mexico we are the 48th state in the union. I have a beautiful wife, a 2 year old step son and expecting my first child in January, ironically my wife is petrified of chickens especially roosters lol. We currently have a flock of 17...

So apparently now have 1 silkie cockerel:idunnoas well as a cochin that is working on crowing at the moment. Total, I will have 4 regular sized girls and 2 banty hens (2 toms too, but I don't count them because they could care less about the whole thing lol). Can I keep the cochin and the silkie...

It is with chagrin that I am posting my feathery friends for adoption due to preparations for a major life changing event. Indian Runner Ducks & Drakes, PT Tested with flock history, Pick up only, Austin, Texas near ACC Northridge campus. Re-homing fee is $20 for males and $30 for females...

I took this video when my feed store had first started selling chicks for this year. I hope y'all enjoy the video.

I have an adult male and female guinea. I had a small flock but gradually lost a the others over the years. Those two have been alone for a while and while they do fine together, they'd likely do better in a group. I picked up 6 keets and raised them in a brooder, then put them in a temporary...

Hello all! I got my first chicks back in 2017. I currently have 15 chickens & 2 ducks! Breeds I have: black sexlink, blue australorp, buff laced polish, Rhode Island Red, olive eggers, whiting true blue, Welsummer, Japanese bantams (roosters), silkies, and an Easter egger. Duck breeds: mallard...

Here are some pictures of my flock. They were all supposed to be pullets but as you can clearly see I ended up with one cockerel (Thanks TSC!). He is beautiful and very protective of his ladies! The 3 sapphire's are laying, sporadically. Still waiting on the WLH's to start. They are all about...