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Hi, I'm using a new forced air auto-ambulating incubator from China. I live in Los Angeles and we have had overcast fairly damp weather for a desert area but humidity here is generally hard to control when it comes to hatching. The evening of March 12th, I started with both my eggs and a...

I have a hen who lifts her head to breathe, this has been going on for a few weeks and not resolved. Initially I thought it was something caught in her throat? or gape worms? Maybe MG or a respiratory ailment? She's been wormed, she's gone through a round of Denegard for MG, and a round of Avian...

I have a hen now with sour crop. She developed an impacted crop a month or so ago and it has not resolved. I've tried everything from oil and probiotics to vinegar, withholding food, holding her upside down. She's a big, old Brahma, and seems okay except for the big glop stuck in her crop. She...

I recently rescued a turkey hen from an abandoned farm in So. California and she's an absolute mess. Her entire body is covered with crusty patches. I attached a couple of photos (I hope) but she's covered including her legs, chest, ear openings, and at the base of all her feathers. Could this...

She has feathered feet and I'd think Cochin, but I'm not familiar with this feathering pattern. Anyone?

Can you help ID this bunch of 5 week old chicks I received? They are supposed to be 'pure' from the following breeds: Rhodebars Legbars Black/Blue Copper Marans Cochin Brahma Barred Rock Silver Penciled Rocks, Chocolate Orps, Silver Sussex Light Sussex / Corontion Sussex 1. I'm guessing Black...

1. From Meyer's June 3 hatch - top bird Light skin No dicernable comb / wattles yet Great flyer / big wings Very friendly Tuft on head feathered feet I think eventually it will be solid black Even though it's from a hatchery - I'm wondering if this is some kind of cross? Like a Spitzhauben x...

Specifics: Meyer Hatchery Chicks 4 All white with white wings 4 White with a little black on their bodies/wings Some have pink legs Some have yellow legs 4 weeks old Any help appreciated Thanks!

Specifics: I have 6 of these - all very similar Small, possibly Bantam? 4 weeks old Almost no feathering so far tiny white whings Yellow finely furred feet Possibly, Cochin? Specifics: I have 6 of these they are similar to each other but not to the chick above Standard size chick 4 weeks old...

4 weeks old I have 6 of these, they look nearly identical Yellow legs Yellow heads with eyebar Yellow chest/belly Patterned body and wings Very friendly

Chicks are 4 weeks old Feathered feet Pink/Lt. Skin Mottled black and white, but mostly black color In the past day or two they have started sprouting a crest of feathers on their heads They do not have the traditional Crested - Polish/ Houdan/Sultan - head bump Close up of the tuft of...

YELLOW GROUP (Hatchery chicks adopted by a black cochin hen) MOSTLY STRIPED GROUP There should be three or four different breeds in here - I know the green legged birds are EEs YELLOW/BLACK The black and yellow all have feathered feet. 1 is all black - maybe a black...

Many of us are in the thick of chick season and frantically trying to ID the new chicks, while wondering what they will look like as adults. So I thought it might be fun to see a comparison of the same bird — as a chick and as an adult. So I invite you to pull out your photos and show off your...

I've ordered the Meyer Hatchery Rare Egg Layer Assortment (30) and I'm excited that they are set to arrive next week from the June 3rd hatch, I'm curious who else has ordered an Assortment from Meyer, Any assortment — and what your experience has been? What assortment of birds did you get? If...

I need to find a home for a half dozen Bobwhite quail. I received them in a trade for some Seabrights and I really don't know what to do with them. I need the pen for some chicks arriving soon. Anyone? They are very pretty, quiet, pleasant animals.

Okay, I'm tryng to sort out my flock so there are a few issues here. The first: I ordered chicks in Feb., I received "warming" roos with the order and now they are grown and pictured at 28 weeks. I thought they were Barred Rocks but now I'm not sure, they are black and cream/yellow, not...

I have a few hens that are very prone to broodiness. I know that I can't stop them from getting broody, but what methods do you use to stop them from remaining broody? At what point, if there is one, when is it too late to stop them?

I currently have a dozen six week old mixed breed chicks (Australorps, Sex Links, Ameracaunas) in a cage with the Brahma Mama that hatched them. I'm moving around my stock this weekend and since they are nearly on their own anyway, and as the weather is mild here in Southern California, I'm...

I set 30 eggs on May 24th — so today is Day 20 and tomorrow is hatch day!! The eggs are a mix of Golden Sex Link, Black Sex Link and Australorp.. They were delivered in the evening on the 24th so I could easily set them under my three broody hens, giving 10 to each. The hens had been sitting...