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I am just sick. I had 27 meat birds in a chicken tractor that had lattice attached to the sides on top of chicken wire. One panel of the lattice has been torn off, 20 the birds are dead in the tractor and 7 are missing. These were large cornish x, about 3 weeks from butcher date. It appears that...

I bought 2 chickens back in the fall and was told they were hens. The person bought a mix of chicks from a hatchery and they were supposed to all be females. As this one got bigger I realized it wasn't. He is already at least 10 lbs and feather footed. He is trying to breed my indian runners so...

My neighbor just called my husband and said he found a wild turkey nest on his property but the mama is no where in sight....he wants to bring us the eggs to put in our incubator but I have never done turkeys before and we did not have a good rate with our incubator the last time we did duck...

My friend's little girls have a bunch of silkies that are around 7 months old. This morning when S went to go let them out and feed and water them they all came running to her but one. Upon inspection she had one eye that was completely crusted shut and the other was open but had puss in it. I...

I recently had 3 broody hens (2 ducks and 1 chicken) hatch out almost 30 babies for me. I'm down to 10 babies now....still trying to sell them too. They are 7 weeks old now. Here's the whole gang....i love it when they give me that look! Here's my two adult pairs, one chocolate pair and one...

I am in Powhatan Va. I have 17 indian runner babies, one batch is 3 weeks old and the other is 4 weeks old (2 broody hens). They are already foraging and swimming with mamas. I have 3 chocolates left and 14 blacks. Straight run only.

We finally took the plunge and built an incubator. Hubby wanted it cabinet style so he built it from scratch for me, it can hold 48 eggs right now but we could possibly add another shelf for a total of 72 eggs! I put chicken and duck eggs in there this morning and it seems to be okay, cross your...

My hubby and I are trying to build a cabinet style incubator. We have everything but the hot water heater thermostat.....question is, what is it for and how do you use it?

Just thought I would share a couple of pics.....the first is my indian runners in their favorite spot lately...under the trampoline where there is a giagantic muddy puddle from where the snow has started to melt. And here is one from my granny's house....she lives on Smith Mountain Lake in Va...

We are getting some property soon and want to build a barn for our goats and we are thinking of incorporating a stall into a coop. We are thinking of space for 20ish chickens eventually. How would you do that? We are building from scratch so any suggestions would be welcome. What size...

I got a six pointer today!!! Soooooooooooo excited, just wanted to share! Anyone else go hunting today?

Okay, newbie here, I need reassurance please. I have broilers that are 5 weeks old. They just don't seem to be that big. I estimate that they are somewhere around 1-2 pounds. They just seem small to me to be butchered in 3 weeks. I have 29 in a tractor that I move every day. I feed them 12 hrs...

I found this website and this lady is amazing! Her place is like six flags for goats! Check out the housing section. www.doubledurangofarm.com

Miss Etta decided to come to dinner last night........ "hey, what's in here?" "mmmmmm, that looks interesting, think I'll join you....." "Chicken alfredo and peas, my favorite! Why yes, I'd love some!" As you can see, a good time was had by all!

My husband and I are looking for Nigerian dwarf goats that come from good milking lines. We are looking to purchase in the spring of the year. We hope to get 3-4 does and would like to find access to a nice buck for breeding as soon as the does are old enough (over 1 yr of age). I am looking to...

We finally finished the tractor for the broilers, they still aren't ready to go in it yet but they will in the next week or so. It started out as a hoop coop (thanks Becca) and then I reminded my husband that I needed a door so this is what he came up with. The hoop is done out of pvc pipe...

Thursday night/friday morning we lost 10 of our 15 birds. I closed the run door and forgot to close the pop door on the coop. Something got in and killed 9 of my 10 light brahmas that were 9 weeks old and one of my broody prone sexlinks. It ate the heads off of 4 and just bit the jugulars and...

10 light brahmas.....can you find them all???

here's my 10 runners and 5 older hens fighting over cheerios and leftover mixed veggies Peekaboo! my ugly barred rock, Big Mama Hubby's favorite chicken, Miss Etta My light brahmas' fuzzy butts

How old are cockerals when they start to crow? I have 10 light brahmas that are around 10 weeks old and I am wondering when the boys will start to try crowing.