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I personally use hanging 5 gallon buckets that I put the ports in and they work great for my chickens. Minimal waste, rodents can’t get in, and every few days I just dump almost a full bag in. I haven’t ever used pvc feeders, but I would imagine it would be difficult to fill them without...

I put an order in for Buff geese with Meyers, so fingers crossed! 🤞🏼 Ordering hatching eggs is a good idea though! Did you order way ahead of time and get on a waiting list or wait until laying season to order eggs that they already had available?

American Buff and then I tried Pilgrims

I am super frustrated with hatcheries right now. Last year I ordered several goslings from Ideal hatchery a few months in advance and they called me the day of and said they didn’t have enough goslings and wouldn’t be getting any more and that was that. It was really frustrating, but I...

I wouldn’t worry too much. I have a hen that lays brown eggs with white speckles all over the outside, which, according to the article, is caused by excess calcium. However, she eats all flock feed with free-choice calcium on the side. It’s been over a year and she still lays the same speckled...

The hen is definitely black with a green iridescence. I have Blue Ameraucanas and they are a noticeably different color than her.

I just recently hatched out my first chicks from my own flock and I got some that were a different color than I expected. I have a Splash Ameraucana rooster (he’s my only rooster) and I hatched out three chicks from my Black Copper Marans eggs (I only have one Marans hen) in order to get some...

I live in Southern Idaho and I look at the KSL classifieds frequently and I’ve seen people selling silkie hatching eggs before in different parts of Utah. Silkies seem to be in high demand this year and a lot of them aren’t the best layers, so that could be one factor in why it’s so hard to find...

I have a Splash Ameraucana rooster that I really like. He was raised up under a flock led by an Old English Game bantam rooster and a bunch of mature hens. He does a great job of watching out for the flock, calls the ladies over for treats, and dances for them when he wants to mate. All of my...

I had a lavender Orpington that got a prolapsed vent last year and I tried the warm soak, cleaning it, pushing it back in, etc. and nothing was working. She would push it back out the second I let her go. I was feeling pretty overwhelmed at the time and decided to do one last attempt and if she...

I have a Black Australorp and I love her to pieces. She is the friendliest of my flock, great layer, and never gets into any fights with the other chickens. I would say they are a great choice for any flock!

I ordered some blue ameraucana from Cackle last year and yours actually looks a lot like mine if they didn’t have the beard and muffs. Yours is quite a bit lighter than mine as well. The muff and beard are what make ameraucana’s so cute, so I can completely understand why you would be upset! I...

So I don’t have even a smidgen of knowledge that a lot of others have on this site, however, I recently lost one of my little bantams to a similar problem. In my case, a family member was feeding a lot of scratch grains and food scraps to my chickens daily and I think it led to a vitamin...

I live at high elevation and we get really cold in the winter. Last winter we had -30 degree days and some bitter cold wind chill on top of that. I use a 5 gallon bucket with a lid on it, nipple waterers all around the bottom, and then I stick a submersible heater in the bucket. I never had any...

So cute! It does look like you have one of each color.