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i started this thread to move disscussion off the valuable https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/961881/informal-survey-what-do-you-feed-and-why/0_50 knock yourself out

Flock Starter Promo Here is an opportunity to get a nice variety of farmyard chickens for your backyard. We have matched a variety of colored birds and a variety of egg colors. You get 8 birds 4-6 weeks old Straight Run, Our choice of 2 Rhode Island Red or Buff Orpington 2 Jersey Giants or BBS...

I am really mystified by the "natural" thing. 1. what part of natural is introducing something that is not part of an animals diet into their diet natural? 2. if a chemical is not part of an animal's diet, then whether it was produced by a plant or by a test tube, is there a difference as it...

After reading the following website, http://www.feedipedia.org/node/66 Quote: Fresh poultry manure is about 30% crude protein on a dry basis, about half of which derives from uric acid. For ruminants the digestibility of the crude protein is close to 80% and that of the organic matter about...

i have a pr of coturnix that are 12 weeks old and have not had a problem with them until now. A bit over week ago I hatched 110 quail chicks from 3 separate sources, A few days later the chicks started dying. 5-10 per day. Some look wet. others not. there noses are clear and their poop is...

So I have a problem. I hatched 4 Jersey Giants and 9 Orpingtons. They were not leg banded and are now 3 month old and in the same pen. to make matters worse, they are blue-black-splash. Has anyone got any tips to tell them apart before they are old enough to breed? Thanks

The Chicken Mission For those of you who don’t know me on this site, I am a crazy chicken man with crazy ideas. It’s a long story and my Getting The Flock Out of Here Thread will explain it if you want the whole story but as a quick summary I am an Australian and I live between the continents...

I am in need of Australorp Eggs to ship to me on August 26 Eggs should be only 2-3 days old when shipped. I am after 24-36 but will take lots of 12 from multiple sources. Thanks Oz

I was pondering the question above its a shame to not take advantage of a ducks warm bum any thoughts??

Greetings I am posting a lengthy discussion and a potential article on vaccinating a back yard flock. Here goes. Vaccinations – My Research On How To Go About Vaccinating A Backyard Flock Almost everything I have seen on vaccinations is based on regimen built on vaccinating chicks from...

Ok ladies and gentlemen its just 9 weeks until Getting the Flock out of here - part three Part one was a great success and Part 2 saw almost 300 eggs from the USA travel 7500 miles. I need the following to complete the master plan: Still on the list are 24 Barred Rock - heritage...

I am teaming up with BYC user JerseyHen to bring some sort of eggs each time she comes to LA and see if we can study shipped eggs without the USPS getting involved - see what is really caused by them and what damage is essentially unavoidable. After some discussion between us, we decided to...

It all started with on Nov 4. I was sitting watching the sun rise over the bay and Mount Kanlaon when our wonderful maid, Analou informed me we were out of eggs. I gave her a few pesos to run to the sari sari store to buy 4 eggs for our breakfast. While she was gone, the morning parade of...

I totally blame you people. I was once a mild mannered guy who slept well and went about life in a normal, if not sedentary way. Then I started reading BYC. So... I am planing to build a cabinet bator and I have been thinking long and hard about the auto turner. Then I saw a post for a...

I am looking for a total of 48 hatching eggs for pick up December 21/22. I am ok with clutches of 8 or less if i can get them on a drive by. The most important things are: The eggs are laid on or after dec 18. Thanks PM me if you have eggs laying in SoCal

I am looking for a total of 48 hatching eggs for pick up December 21/22. I am ok with clutches of 8 or less if i can get them on a drive by. The most important things are: The eggs are laid on or after dec 18. Thanks PM me if you have eggs laying in SoCal

I am looking for a total of 48 hatching eggs for pick up December 21/22. I am ok with clutches of 8 or less if i can get them on a drive by. The most important things are: The eggs are laid on or after dec 18. Thanks PM me if you have eggs laying in SoCal

I am getting the flock out of here and trying to develop a guinea breeding program in the Philippines. I want to label my fowl with leg bands so i can tell one batch from another as they grow and also to help me with sexing. My plan is to use colored bands on their leg. So my question is, what...

Hi all. Thanks in advance for advice. What is the ideal ratio of tom tom turkeys to hens. I was just offered 6 hens. I currently have one tome and one hen.

So I have got the bug. The chicken bug that is. I just spent a leisurely 3 hours on eBay looking at.... eggs. One of the sellers posts: Please note: We DO NOT mark the packages Live, Eggs, Fragile etc. We have been told by the post office by doing this the package could be mishandled on...