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HEEEEYYY!!! *waves wildly* I'm not new, but haven't been on in ages. I'm pretty sure I don't know anyone here since my prolonged absence, and just in case anyone here does remember me,THANK YOU!! I'm not raising much anymore, just Silkies at the moment, and they're nothing special, just a...

Please see my post here; she's looking worse today, and I don't know what to do for her! https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/871647/dove-with-laying-issues TIA, Stacey

I have two female ringneck doves I keep, and every couple of weeks they each lay a pair of eggs. The past few months, my white one has been having issues when laying eggs. She becomes lethargic for about a day or two, will sit in the bottom of the cage rather than the nest box, and won't feed...

I'm wondering if anyone has experienced this... Back in 2008, I had an issue with my poults getting sick and dying off before two weeks of age. I'm not sure what made me think it, but I suspected that the game starter feed that I was giving them were making them sick, so I stopped giving it...

Does anyone know what breed Farmhouse Eggs uses as laying stock? My husband was surprised at how dark the eggs were when he bought them. I'm guessing that they're Marans since they're the most popular, but since they're not especially dark, I'm wondering if they may be something else. I...

I've gone back to college after 19 years, and am taking Spanish to help with my career choice. One of the things we have to do for a grade is give an oral presentation at the end of the semester. Apparently, I'm the only person in the class who raises chickens, and I would like to give a short...

Please post items for sale in auction format in the appropriate BSA section. Thanks

I'm curious as to how common this is. I have a poult that's about 3 months old, and he's really turning out to be a real beauty. He's mottled black and has deep gray-blue eyes. I know he's a product of one of my blue slates, who I've noticed have a ring of the same blue around the brown iris...

It's been awhile since I've concerned myself with this, so I've forgotten exactly how to determine what color would result from breeding. I have a silver birchen roo in with a gold laced hen. I know the roo is SS, and the hen is G is a given. What colors male and female can I expect? My...

I'm new to Barred Rocks. I have 3 newly hatched chicks, and noticed that one has a less defined head spot than the other two. Can you tell the sex of the chicks from the head spot in Barred Rocks, or is it just one of those things where I'll have to wait and see what I have in a couple of weeks?

I'm wanting to buy some peacock eggs, but don't know of any breeders in my area. I'm not too keen on buying shipped eggs because they're so expensive and I can't afford to risk my money on them. Does anyone know of anyone selling them north of Houston or south of Lufkin? Thanks.

I have a buyer, but I'm not sure what to charge him. They are mixed color heritage turkeys. I'm thinking $11-12.00 per dozen?

I took a large oatmeal container and made my ringnecks a nesting box, then put some shavings in it for them. They've been doing the wing flicking thing and grooming each other, so I figured maybe they're wanting to make baby doves. Right now, they're checking it all out, and playing with the...

I'm trying to find a mate for my ringneck dove. He showed up in the yard last year after being hit by a hawk and has lived at my house ever since. I tried giving him a pigeon companion, but that ended badly with her picking all the feathers out his back and me giving her back to the person I...

I've been raising turkeys for several years now, and I've never noticed this before, but I have a couple of hens that have grown a winter "fuzz". Their heads were pretty much naked all through the spring and summer, with the exception of the normal hairs and tiny feathers, but now that it's...

I'm pretty sure someone else has noticed this, but I just had to share because I thought it was so cool... In the past, I had a black hen hatch a few chicks, some which came out black, some white, and a few with the chipmunk markings. I had another set of chicks hatch about the same time in...

I'm looking for a companion to my white ringneck dove. It doesn't have to be white, but preferably male. I live near Cleveland, TX, but am willing to travel within a reasonable distance to buy it.

Several months back I had a stray white ringneck dove show up while I was out feeding the chickens. It had been hit by a hawk and practically scalped, but was okay otherwise. Since then I got it a cage, read up on what to feed it and how to care for it. Now I have a happy, healthy dove, but...

I have a half-grown Serama that insists she's a turkey. I keep trying to put her in with other chicks her own size, but somehow she keeps figuring out how to get out of the pen and rejoins the young turkeys. She won't be convinced otherwise, and the turkeys accept her in their group. I think...

I just found one of my turkey hens...she's been attacked and is in bad shape. I have what is necessary to fix her up, but my problem is that flies have blown on her, and now she's got tiny little maggots in her wounds. What can I use to kill those off and help remove/kill any remaining eggs?