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  1. agold23

    What colour will this chick be?

    12 day old silkie chick originally came out white/cream coloured but is now developing some grey on the wings! It has grown a lot darker within the past few days. What colour will it grow up to be? Mom is a white silkie hen with white parents and dad is a golden partridge silkie.
    • agold23
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    • 2 week chicks chick free range hatchling silkie silkie chick silkie hatchling silkie hen
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    • Forum: Raising Baby Chicks
  2. ChickChic00

    Barnyard Hatching eggs

    Hi, i didn't know where to post this question. I have 2 Roosters and 18 Hens. Starlight Green Egger-Rooster Lavender Orpington-Rooster Hens- 5 Black Australorps 4 Rhode Island Reds 2 Buff Orpingtons 2 Isa Browns 2 Barred Rocks 2 Delawares 1 Starlight Green Egger I live in TN, I wanted to know...
  3. agold23

    My Guide to Successful Dog/Fowl Free Ranging!

    Hi! Just wanted to share some tips on how I successfully introduced my high prey drive dog to my chickens, for those who may be struggling! Cricket is an Irish wolfhound mixed with Mastiff and lab. She is almost 3 and comes from a very regulated, sheltered home. She is extremely dog reactive...
  4. HeathenHavenHomestead

    Chick integration while free ranging

    Hello, We have 10 - 10 week old chickens that free range. They were kept in a enclosed area but once they ate all the vegetation they started flying over so we decided to start free ranging since we have 40 acres of deep woods and we’re in constant battle with the growth we decided let’s have...
  5. H

    Poison Ivy on eggs?

    Some of our free range hens have laid in an area with poison ivy. I’m extremely allergic so trying to figure out how to get to the eggs is one thing but what I’m curious about is will the oil be on the eggshells and potentially transfer to people when they touch the eggs?
  6. P

    Free range ducks

    Hello! I have 6 Pekin ducks who will soon be ready to be moved outside (free range). Looking for advice on Duck house size/construction and How to go about teaching my babies to go into duck house at night. Duck house/construction.. So I've read they need at least 4sq feet of floor space per...
    • Puzak0917
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    • coop duck house plans farm pond free range free range ducklings free range ducks safety doors
    • Replies: 6
    • Forum: Ducks
  7. Isadora

    Does age matter when starting to free range?

    I just moved my guineas/pullets to their new coop outside. Once they get acclimated and comfortable, I want to start letting them out in the yard a little bit. Initially I'm going to use a movable fence around their coop so they don't venture too far and know to go back home when it gets dark...
  8. buffy-the-eggpile-layer

    Neighbor's Chickens Trying to Join My Flock

    I'm having an issue with my neighbors flock storming my run and eating like they're starving whenever I let my girls out to supervise free range. It wasn't always like this: a few of the neighbor's hens who were always getting bullied would come down and snack/hang out (I also saved one from...
  9. K

    From run to free range

    Hello everyone. I have chickens and ducks who are currently in an enclosed run and coop, we will be moving in two months to a place where they will be able to free range. Any advice how to switched from enclosed to free range? My chickens put themselves up every night already but the ducks...
  10. DuckNana207

    Expanding our flock

    We currently have 3 pekin females, and would like to add some variety to our yard. I would like to get 2 of each of these breeds: Cayuga, Khaki Campbell, Blue Swedish. Also, eventually Welsh Harlequin. My question is, what should I plan on for a male/female ratio? Do I get a M/F pair in each...
    • DuckNana207
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    • expanding free range male vs female multiple breeds together
    • Comments: 2
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  11. psycache

    Suggestions on shrubs for hiding? (Pics)

    I am planning to put a coop along the fence in the picture. Also, my yard is pretty bare, and I want to plant some shrubs for chickens to free range, hide and play around. If they can eat off its fruits even better. What would people recommend?
  12. H

    Muscovy feeding, care, and bullying questions

    Aloha. I free range five hens of different varieties in my backyard, and about 5 months ago my children convinced me to get a pair of Muskovy ducklings. I haven’t yet figured out how people free feed their birds. The minute my birds step away from the feeder, at least 20 wild birds swoop in...
    • Hawaii girl
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    • bullying duck feed free range muscovy territorial
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: Ducks
  13. S

    Feeding free rangers - they don't want layer feed...

    Hi, We have 9 mixed laying hens about 10 months old, a surviving guinea hen and one accidental rooster. I want to check to make sure we are feeding and maintaining them appropriately. They seem amazingly healthy and have provided us with between 7-9 eggs a day since the mid-summer, and are...
  14. brideofchaos

    How to free-range Guinea Fowl?

    Hi all, I have four 2.5-month-old Guineas that Ideal gave me as extra in a chick order in October. I've raised Guineas before and tried to free-range them, but they inevitably either wandered away or got taken by predators. We now have 55 acres in Kentucky (mainly wooded but their run is in...
  15. HappyFluffButts

    What's the Optimum Happy Flock Size?

    If space isn't an issue (i.e. lots of acreage), how many chickens make a happy flock? I'm not looking for a minimum or a maximum, but rather what is the optimum or sweet spot? I'd like to buy some acreage to plant a food forest. To build up the soil and generate income while I wait for the...
  16. Z

    Balance between feed and vegetation

    Hi, I have a flock of chicken, which I provide feed for and are also allowed to graze around within an ample space that is covered with different types of grasses and shrubs. I know that an adult chicken eats between 100 grams to about 120grams. So, if a chicken can graze as they wish, is it ok...
  17. HorsesRMe123

    When can I let my goslings free-range unsupervised?

    My geese are almost 10 weeks old. They are both White Chinese geese. They have their own run and coop that they have access to all day long. At night, we lock them up in their coop since they are still young and we’d be worried if something might snatch them up during the night if they had...
    • HorsesRMe123
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    • baby baby white chinese goslings backyard birds coop free range geese goose gosling goslings poultry
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: Geese
  18. mauired

    Tips for keeping ducks and chickens in a yard with no fence.

    Hello all! I am a new member and this is my first post! I’m going to be buying ducks and chickens in less than a month and I need all the help I can get! I live on a property with no fencing (and probably never will), I am looking to buy four ducks and three chickens (babies) and one adult...
    • mauired
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    • chickens ducks free range wandering
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: Ducks
  19. FortCluck

    Hatching Coturnix Quail with Broody Chicken

    I jumped onto BYC today and the lovely Kdogg (Kelsey) decided she would share a video with me about a broody chicken hatching quail chicks and raising them so that they could free range with the rest of the chickens. Mrs. Tweedy one of my favorite broodies has gone broody AGAIN for the 2nd...
  20. Catbutts

    Is the chicken comb and wattle look redder under the sunlight or it's just me?

    Today I let my hen out and I notice that their comb and wattle look redder! But when they are back in their coop it look pale.
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