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This is a recipe I have been trying to attach to an email to my daughter, but for some reason it will not go through! So I uploaded it to BYC and it seems to work fine here. I expect others might enjoy the recipes. The page is copied from my well-used copy of River Road Recipes! The duck...

This rooster is a white sport from halo's Wheaten Ameracaunas. He is clean-faced, and beautiful. His sister lays blue, blue eggs. He produced 2 nice hatches of Easter Eggers for me; chicks from hens with muffs have muffs. Got some interesting new color patterns from the blue and black olive...

I have a lovely Speckled Sussex pullet that is about 9 months old. She is otherwise completely healthy as far as I can tell, but yesterday I noticed she was carrying her tail off to one side a bit. Today it seems a little more so. I have checked her over - no wounds, no feather loss, no pain...

Just came back from a trip to New Orleans and enjoyed the following story in the local paper, the Times Picayune. http://www.nola.com/food/index.ssf/2010/07/urban_farming_thrives_in_parts.html Then when searching for the story online, I found another about a workshop in the area in 2009...

I posted yesterday about my Barnie hen that is weak - see: https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=345584 - This morning discovered bumblefoot in a second Barnie hen. This evening I thought my 1 yr old Speckled Sussex hen that hatched out eggs 12 days ago seems weak. I have...

I know these are vague signs, but this is all I have at the moment. I came home from an out of town trip late last night and when I went to let the chickens out this a.m. noticed one of my Barnies didn't go out with the others. She just stayed sitting down in the coop and didn't scramble away...

I have 3 precious GCM chicks from pasofinofarm eggs - I am pretty sure 1 is male and 1 is female, but I'm not sure on the third one. Take a look... I'm pretty sure it's a boy on right, girl in middle, but what about the one on the left? Top view, same order ..(These are the most cooperative...

Of the shipped eggs I recently put under a broody, 4 looked developed at days 14 and 16. Three chicks hatched on time - the hen stayed on the nest for at least "full term" on the other egg, then I found her off the nest and the egg cold the following day. I took the egg and put it in an...

I have 10 shipped eggs under a broody hen - 4 blue eggs (Ameraucanas) and 6 brown eggs (Golden Cuckoo Marans). It is day 14. I candled the eggs tonight for the first time. I am pretty sure that I only have 4 developing embryos, 1 Ameraucana and 3 Marans. I would like to have some reassurance...

I ordered eggs to give to a broody hen - gave them to her on Saturday night. All was well - until today when I went to check the eggs to be sure she wasn't laying any more. One accidentally fell out of the nest, but one was missing - no trace of it. Thought a snake must have gotten in there...

I'm thinking of getting PRs or SS from Mt. Healthy by asking my feed store to add a special order for me to their regular order from Mt. Healthy. Has anyone gotten these breeds from them? What is the quality? I got some from Ideal last year and love them - but Ideal is now sold out until May...

I have been missing one Partridge Rock pullet for 5 nights now. The flock free ranges all day, generally stays pretty close to home, and goes to roost at night. I have searched repeatedly for the pullet, but have not yet found her, a nest with eggs, or any signs of violence. I know she is so...

Came home this evening and noticed one Speckled Sussex pullet (6 mos) roosting by herself - odd. Checked her over and she seemed okay. Maybe squinting, but I was holding a flashlight on her to see. Just went out to check on her, and she is still by herself and now the right eye has a lot of...

I thought I would start a new thread on this topic, which was recently mentioned in another thread pertaining to Barnevelders and their feather patterns. I have 4 Barnie pullets, now about 5 1/2 months old, purchased from Ideal. They are lovely, peace-loving birds. They have not yet started...

This rooster is a cross between a blue Plymouth rock roo and Easter Egger hen - from halo's eggs, hatched May 19-20 from a beautiful blue egg. Very beautiful, lustrous black feathers with blue/green iridescence. He has puffy cheeks and a beard. I need to find a new home for him - not the pot...

I have 2 young roosters hatched May 19-20, 2009, from halo's eggs. They are from her blue rock roo and barred rock hens. Nice boys - need their own flocks now! Please PM me if you are interested. I am willing to drive a little to meet you if I need to. Looking for homes - already have a...

I have 2 Columbian Wyandottes that I ordered as day-olds from Ideal this year. They aren't even full grown yet, and I just love the look and feel of them. I'd like to get more next year, and maybe even prettier ones if I can find a good source of chicks or hatching eggs. Any body have...

Okay - I just need to share! I went out just before bed last night to check on the chickens as usual. We have a big, open-sided coop all covered with chicken wire and fiberglas roofing. When I shined my flashlight into the coop to check on the chickens, I saw a BIG chicken snake dangling from...

I need to start unloading some roosters. My hubby is getting anxious about the crowing. The EE is offered free to a good home! Here he is - hatched May 5, 2009. Healthy, strong, colorful!

I had a little problem with feather picking when my pullets were little, and put pine tar on a few of them to discourage it. Now, all the birds are fully feathered, but I still have a few with ugly pine tar stains on their feathers. What is best to get it off? I bought some Dawn (I'm thinking...