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Hi all!! I was wondering if anyone had a color genetics chart for D'uccles. What color pairings are safe to breed together, and which ones would get all muddled if paired together. I'm used to Labrador Retrievers, where they either carry the genetics to produce a color, or they don't. I'm...

I have a little turkey chick who's about three weeks old at this point, it hardly eats or drinks with out encouragement, and looks like it has dried blood in its nostrils. the little one's been separated from the rest. If birds can puke, it has. Brown liquid came out of its mouth. And I have...

I took a couple pictures of the control panel after getting the moisture (as well as the motor that has the model number and brand of the incubator) out but I was wondering if anyone might have any ideas on how to keep the moisture out?

Our chicks are somewhere between 4-5 days old and I just noticed something interesting, it appears that the longest feathers on their wings rest at different places at their sides when their wings are tucked. Might this have something to do with their genders? If not why is it? Some pictures for...

My hens have a large run, but generally nothing to do, they already have feather pulling issues, with the more aggressive hens(mostly the RIR hens and black sexlink hens) pull the tail feathers of the more docile hens (my Easter Eggers), but im afraid it might be getting worse as more are...

So we let my niece take one of our fertile eggs home because she wanted to see if she could get it to hatch,and at the time we still didnt have an incubator, and our hens hadn't gone broody. well she got it to to develop ant it only had a couple days left till hatch, but her littlest son got...

I've read a couple articles that mention getting geese to protect your flock, but nothing really goes into detail. I was wondering if there was any where to find out more? Any opinions? Does it work?

My dad and I have been reading and found some places say to turn the eggs about twice a day while others mention turning them about three to four times a day and I was wondering what would be the most ideal, any thoughts?

I've read a couple articles that mention getting geese to protect your flock, but nothing really goes into detail. I was wondering if there was any where to find out more? Any opinions? Does it work?

Hello I'm Amanda, I love animals and enjoy learning about them. I'm still fairly new at raising chickens so I'm sure I'll plenty of questions for every one in the future. =^-^=