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I want a good Dual Purpose Chicken. After doing some reading I decided to make some goals and use the Rhode Islands, Buckeyes and Naked Necks as my main project birds. I will be experimenting on the NNs and will probably use a few other breeds as well. I like the idea of 20% less feathers to...

Once upon a time everyone used to mix their own feed. I have been reading really old poultry raising books, journals and other resources and as a result have decided to start a thread dedicated to feed recipes. I thought you all might find these old recipes useful along with schedules or systems...

I am going to start a thread on this breed as I am raising a few. Purebred and Cross Breeding experiments welcome. Here are some pictures of the chicks…

Okay I decided to start a thread where I can park useful links to free resources for poultry keeping and showing. Hopefully this will prove useful to everyone.

I decided maybe I should make a thread about my family’s flock. We are rebuilding... The Phoenix These 2 girls were hatched in 2020. Both are Bantam Phoenix. We had several other Phoenix pullets hatch and some absolutely stunning sweet roosters both from the hatching eggs and from Cackle...

Project Gojira... We are figuring the F1 Crosses will be this... Various Silkie Bantam Rooster over Light Brahman Hens Various Silkie Bantam Rooster over Sex Link, CX, random breeds and EEs Various Silkie Bantam Rooster over Naked Neck Hens Splash French Maran over Silkie Hens Oriental Stag...

Hi all, I am researching some things and in the process came across this site that has links to USDA reports, journals etc: So I thought I would share in case there is something of interest to folks on the Forum. http://www.ars.usda.gov/Services/docs.htm?docid=1279 Happy reading.

I decided to start this thread for anyone else intrested in finding more out about this breed: 鶉尾(Uzurao) (Quail Tail) (Japanese Small Rumpless). I honestly do not know if these birds are available outside of Asia. 体重；雄６７０ｇ、雌５００ｇ 冠 １枚冠（単冠） 冠、顔、肉垂；鮮赤色 耳朶 ； 白色 脚 ； 黄色 Body weight; male 670g...

In the past all we have ever raised was big birds (even my daughters showmanship 4-H bird was a standard sized hen), but since we have less people to feed eggs to now (kids all grown up) and I think it might be fun to maybe do some breeding just for fun, I am thinking Bantams. So I am thinking...

Hi all :) Name is Laura, I am in CA. Currently I do not have any birds, but we used to have a few birds when my kids where in 4-H. I am considering keeping a few hens again, no rush, have to decide on what I want, and need to decide where to build coop and get stuff togther. So mainly just...