Search results for query: *

I've never really asked for anything like this on BYC before but I've made some really good friends here over the years and I know not all of my friends are religious but for any of my friends that pray and are up late tonight. Can you please say an extra prayer for my husband? He has been...

lol, Ok, For someone that has allowed so many broody hens to hatch chicks, you would think I would be a master by now. 😅 I've been working to improve my methods with each hatch but I can't deny that the control I have over my incubator vs broody hens is much more comfortable for me! So, my...

A friend of mine that owns a farm asked me for some backup and I couldn't refuse this sweet Easter Egger baby (she also came with gifts of fresh goat's milk, goat cheese, and even fresh caramel! I can't decline that offer! lol). Initially, I thought we would be mending a slipped tendon and...

Well, I'm a big baby so I'm taking all of my extra quail males to someone else to "take care of" tomorrow morning. The problem is I don't have feather sexable breeds of quail and they don't appear to be producing foam (or I'm doing something wrong). Would it be safe to assume that the quail with...

I'm breaking my own rules this year and I'm going to buy a prefab kit to house quail temporarily rather than building our own (we'll revisit building a nicer setup at a later date). I would love some opinions on kits that others have been satisfied with and possible improvements that I should...

The second most exciting part of incubating and hatching eggs has to be candling! Second only to watching the little chicks pop out of their shells, it is so rewarding to watch the tiny embryos grow and develop from the tiniest blastoderm to a full sized chick that fills the egg! I'm starting...

My neighbor has an older flock, many of the chickens are 7-8 years old and she's starting to see weird ailments. One of her hens is suddenly blind as of yesterday. There were zero symptoms prior to yesterday. She took her hen down from the perch and she started to walk into the back of her...

I'm sorry for posting a picture of a dead thing but what predator does this? This is the second critter I've found like this. It's JUST FUR, there's literally nothing else there. No meat, no bones, and almost no skin. If you move this the fur falls apart like it was shaved. It's not graphic...

I have a lone gosling that hatched and she had a bumpy start to life with a hernia. She's still wobbly but she's significantly improved. The issue I'm having is she will only eat out of my hand. I've tried everything. I tried putting my hand in the feed so she would associate it. I spread it on...

WINNER ANNOUNCED HERE! This contest is brought to you by our BYC Sponsors (click to view & support them) Welcome to the Valentine Puns Contest Series - Barred Rock My World - This is a RANDOM Winner Contest... We love barred chickens! They're like having zebras with feathers! Ok, maybe not...

WINNERS ANNOUNCED HERE! This contest is brought to you by our BYC Sponsors (click to view & support them) Welcome to the Valentine Puns Contest Series - Wattle I Do Without You? - This is a RANDOM Winner Contest... Do you have a favorite chicken? Maybe she's extra friendly and comes running...

WINNERS ANNOUNCED HERE! This contest is brought to you by our BYC Sponsors (click to view & support them) Welcome to the Valentine Puns Contest Series - Don't Chicken Out - This is a RANDOM Winner Contest... No chickens allowed! Peafowl, pigeons, partridges, or parrots, if they have feathers...

WINNERS ANNOUNCED HERE! This contest is brought to you by our BYC Sponsors (click to view & support them) Welcome to the Valentine Puns Contest Series - You're EGGactly Right For Me - They strut, stride, and flaunt with swagger to get their girls' attention. They protect them from predators...

WINNER ANNOUNCED HERE! This contest is brought to you by our BYC Sponsors (click to view & support them) Welcome to the Valentine Puns Contest Series - Egg Me On - This is a RANDOM Winner Contest... Chickens, ducks, turkeys, quail, no matter what type of poultry you keep there's a good...

Winner announced here! These contests are brought to you by our BYC Sponsors (click to view & support them) Welcome to the Valentine Puns Contest Series! "Roses are red, violets are blue, for Valentine's day I want more chickens, and a flock of ducks too." Who says that Valentine's day can't...

I'm really hoping this can occur from an injury and I'm not dealing with something else. All evidence points toward it being from a hawk attack but I wanted to make sure. I have a young roo that suddenly has a crooked tail. A few weeks ago we lost a hen to a hawk and recently I found a pile of...

Winners Announced Here! This contest is brought to you by our BYC Sponsors (click to view & support them) 12th Annual 2021 New Year's Day Hatch-along! Meet My Fur Baby This is a RANDOM Winner Contest... We love hearing about your poultry but we thought it was about time to meet the furry...

A quick guide on how to make your very own meme! The goal of a meme is to be simple, funny, and relatable. You can use any photo editing software on your computer or phone that will add text to a picture or you can use one of many meme generators available online! PLEASE BE AWARE: While easy to...

WINNER ANNOUNCED HERE! This contest is brought to you by our BYC Sponsors (click to view & support them) 12th Annual 2021 New Year's Day Hatch-along! Make A Poultry Meme Contest We love them, we laugh at them, we share them with friends, memes are something that can brighten the cloudiest of...

WINNERS ANNOUNCED HERE! This contest is brought to you by our BYC Sponsors (click to view & support them) 12th Annual 2021 New Year's Day Hatch-along! Holiday "Flat Lay" Photo Contest If you love photography, this is the contest for you! Pull together some bits and bobs, pick a nice...