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Hi, I have 8 turkey hens that started laying this spring. They are almost a yr old. Im in FL and its warm now. There were three toms with them but I removed one since he is becoming aggressive toward us and fighting the other two calm males. So there are two males w the hens and I have seen them...

I have a pair of Isabel Cuckoo English Orp Chicks. They are still feathering in. The pattern looks correct so far, but pretty light. I was reading about the Isabel Cuckoo pattern and the author said at some point, one may need to cross back to a Crele Orpington if they were getting a lighter...

Hi I have 3 guinea keets right now all the same age. Two are all white, one is lavender. In the future, if I crossed lavender with white what would I get? In chickens lavender is autosomal recessive but in guineas is "lavender" really blue or is it truly lavender like in chickens? Is the white...

I see this rooster at the feed store. He is a nice boy. I think he might be like a Mascot as opposed to for sale. If he was, I would have bought him lol.. I was wondering if he is a standard Polish breed or a Polish mix or something else. One of the workers didnt seem to know when I asked. I...

I hatched a couple of Isabel Cuckoo Chicks. I know with regular cuckoos the bigger head spots can indicate males and the darker chicks female. I dont know how to tell with the Isabel Cuckoos. One is obviously a lot lighter and one has a little partridge markings along with the lavender yellowish...

DH surprised me w some silkie chicks and 3 guinea keets this morning. The feed store said the keets are 1 lavender and 2 white. One of the white ones has a brown spot on his head like a cuckoo chick lol. Can anyone tell me if any of these are pied or if you agree w the feed store coloring etc...

I made some brooders last year for chicks. They were solid plywood and also hardware cloth framed in with wood and a few feet off the ground. I had some roosters in there since I don't have any chicks right now. One rooster (the smaller one is totally gone and the other large rooster is missing...

Here are some of my frugal nest boxes. I get them from Sam's Club or other stores that let you take boxes or cardboard. Make sure to ask at your local store to make sure it okay first. I do have several coops and permanent nest boxes that dh built for my girls but I use these in case I need...

I am making an incubator from a wine cooler. I am wondering if I could put a radiant heat panel (the ones for reptile cages) in for the heat source? Has anyone done this? I have a reptile thermostat that is compatible with the radiant heat panels. The dimensions of the inside of the wine...

How do you know the difference between broad breasted bronze vs the regular bronze. I had 3 (no variety name tags on the bins) from the feed store but something got our tom so now I just have the two hens. They are about 8 mos now and they literally waddle when the walk they are so fat and one...

Dh brought 3 of these home when they were a few days old around Easter. I am thinking they are probably all hens. They all look the same but one is a little larger but thier snoods are all still the same size. I haven't seen them displaying yet or heard any gobbling. Does this mean they are...

I've been thinking about getting a dairy goat and another goat as a companion for awhile now. I have been doing some research on them. I am thinking a Nubian or LaMancha would be good in our hot climate. We have about 3 1/2 acres and lots of grass etc. I have a large outbuilding with a...

I wormed most of my chickens in the spring but since some hens, that were being kept in their broody pens, were either broody or had tiny chicks I didn't worm those. Now I just found one of the mother hens who still has some chicks with her, that aren't quite 2 mos old, had a round worm in her...

Can a hawk carry off a full grown LF rooster? One of my Marans roos went missing the other morning about 6am. I was sleeping still but my oldest son said he heard hawks screaming and our guineas going crazy right around 6am. I don't know why he didn't wake me up grrr. Anyhow, one of my other...

My little phx hen who is about a year old went over her run a few days ago and back into the woods where I don't usually let them freerange. The next day she was hunched over and would not come out of the coop to eat. I felt her crop and it felt pretty full but not super hard. I couldn't find...

How long can you save guinea eggs to incubate and still have good fertility? I have heard they will have 40 eggs in a nest between a group before sitting on them so I was wondering how long I could save them before setting them? Thanks

HI I had two hens go broody and hatch out 15 chicks between them. They all hatched out in the last few days. I am going to let the moms raise them because they are key west chickens and do a fine job of mothering. There are 2 other grown hens and one roo in the flock. They are all getting along...

Hi, last time my muscovy laid eggs she laid 12 and then sat on them for awhile and then gave up. Now I found 7 eggs in the duckhouse she shares with a few males (yes I know I need more girls!) She doesn't seem to be interested in her eggs right now. So I would like to incubate them because I...

Hi I bred 2 of my rabbits to a lionhead male. I saw the male mate one female but never the other. I took the first female out after they mated and left the second one overnight with him in hopes he would mate her. Now the second female gave birth to 7 babies. The first female never did give...

One of my rabbits had babies. The mother is a black netherland dwarf (short hair). The father is a blue lionhead with long hair. The babies are still pretty bald and just wondering genetically, what the babies will be colorwise and fur-length wise. Will it be 50% black and 50% blue like with...