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I recently fell into the poultry hobby because I decided to incubate supermarket quail eggs. It was interesting. Of 15 eggs, 4 hatched. Two of the hatchlings died in sad circumstances, but I have two beauties that are growing nicely in the brooder. One was splay-legged and curl toed, and I was...

Hello, I am new to this page. I am wondering what kind of breed my chickens I bought from Cal-Ranch are. They are under the assorted rare breeds category and costed a fortune!! A WHOPPING $6.99 PER CHICK!! When i got them they were golden with white feathers. But I’ve had them for a week now and...

(1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens? No, I got my first chickens around 10 years ago, and I instantly fell in love! (2) How many chickens do you have right now? Nearly 30 + a handful in the incubator. (3) What breeds do you have? Err...mutts? lol This group/flock...

Hi Everyone, new here and looking for some advice for my 13 ladies. I posted a thread here. https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/extremely-cold-weather-please-help.1444125/#post-23977938

Hi all, I have just joined this amazing helpful community, after having so many questions as a noob chicken owner, for example, is my Erina actually and Eric? What the heck is that in the poop? And, Can I introduce my dogs to my chickens? If so how? I found that this website had the most...

I have slowly started introducing the new ducks. at first I let the new guys quarantine then showed them to each other so they could see them but not be with them. next I let them outside together and my less dominant duck kept going back and forth with the the new guys and his friend. After...

Hello. I was born a farm girl. My experience raising chickens only started six years ago when I bought six Easter Eggers specifically for their blue eggs. Since then I have tried my hand at hatching, learned to use a syringe to reduce water belly & even tried to graft a chickens head. The...

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(1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens? I have button quails. I first got them 6 months ago. (2) How many chickens do you have right now? I have 20 button quail right now, 3 are in a brooder. (3) What breeds do you have? Button quail (4) What are your favorite...

Hi, y'all!! My family used to have chickens when I was a lot younger, and we are soon getting them again! We did a pretty good amount of research and took care of them pretty well, but there is always room for improvement! I don't remember a lot, which is why I'm here to do my own research as...

Hey y’all! I’m new to the site and still somewhat new to chickens as we’ve only had our flock for about 9 months. Anyways, I’m wondering if any of you can help me come up with a fun and catchy name for my farm? I hope to have everything up and running, so to speak, by spring and would love to...

Hello all! I decided to join the forum because so many times over the last few months when I google topics regarding chickens, something on this forum pops up. So I figured why not go right to the source. Last November, we purchased our homestead located on 13 acres and one of our first...

Hello! My name is Ashley and I'm from Wisconsin. My husband and I have been saving to move somewhere with some acreage to start our homestead for a few years, this July we finally moved to a seven acre home and are slowly making plans to create the homestead we want. (1) Are you new to...

Hi I'm new. Ive been frecuenting this forum for like a week seeing how a lot of people have amazing tips for taking care of our feather babies. But only 3 days ago I had to come here searching for answers to see why my duckling was having these very scary and worry some symptoms. I just posted a...

Was relaxing at home when I heard a knock on the front door. Opened it up to see a man standing on our porch. He asked if I owned chickens and said there was one loose in the front yard. I slip on shoes and step outside. That’s not one of my chickens. I try to catch the chicken when my neighbor...

(1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens? My family has had chickens for at least 7 years. Can’t remember exactly when we got our first flock. (2) How many chickens do you have right now? We have 18 chickens, just acquired a new one today. (3) What breeds do you have? Oh...

Hello! (1) I adopted 6 ducklings 2 months ago. (2) One did not survive, unfortunately, so I have 5 now. (3) They are Pekin ducks (4) They are extremely affectionate and funny. (5) In addition to raising ducks, I'm an artist, and historic costumer. (6) I'm the mom of a 13 year old...

Hi! I’m Cortney and I have no idea what I’m doing. I have just started to try to homestead (started gardening in March but that’s as far into it as I am) and I’m looking to add chickens next. I have zero idea where to even begin with adding chickens, so I’m just looking for those with decent...

(1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens? I'm a complete Chicken Virgin; I have some close friends that raised chickens for many years and I've had an interest in it - my area never allowed them before unfortunately - HOWEVER I'm currently in the midst of moving into a new...

Hi there! I am soo glad that I have finally joined BYC. I have used valuable information off of BYC for over 3 years for my wildlife rescue center in South Africa. I take in wild bird’s eggs all the time and need advice on homemade incubators and hatching eggs every now and again. I also want to...