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Here is my lone survivor,,she's ,,I think,,buff and has specks of black throughout her,,anyone want to jump in on colors?

Out of all my 6 eggs,,only 1 took,,and here she is...pretty sure it's a buff,,and has spots on her head this am,,now that's she's all dried off :)) Do buff's have spots on them as chicks?

I am now on lock down mode for my 1 single silkie egg..(others never made it,were frozen when I got them,and never took) anyways I added another egg to the incubator making the 2 of them 5 days apart, I am in lock down for the 1st egg,,but I still have to turn the second one 3 times a day..is...

I want to deworm my ducks this spring,and wondered what other people use? I have ivermectin pour on,and have DE in their feed for life..what else can I use?

My incubator is set at 101,I have 6 silkie eggs in there...With a still air incubator is it correct to have the temps a bit higher to 102 -103? I hear different things from different people about having still air and needing a higher temperature..I am set at 101,is this correct ? Thanks,,

Correction,,my silkie eggs have STARTED.not stared... I set up my home made incubator,,waiting patiently for my little silkie babie's! Hoping for some more blacks and painted..we'll see!!

I treated my hens yesterday with ivermcetin and would like to know how long I need to wait until I can incubate the eggs from the hen? I have some people wanting chicks soon,and would like to start it up soon,thanks! I was thinking 10 days,,but that's for the eating withdrawal period,is it the...

I was taking a good look at my hens/rooster today,,trimming nails ect,,when I saw that my rooster looks like he might have scaley leg mites..I checked everyone else,they look fine. but the rooster was a little scaley looking on his foot,,not on the legs though..so I treated everyone and cleaned...

I am registering to show my silkie's,and a couple of my call ducks,in a competition this coming summer. I have a beautiful white rooster(non bearded) and a few hens..what would you recommend being in the show? Rooster or hens? Or both? I want to submit 2 silkies and 2 calls...I will have chicks...

I have 7 silkie hens and 1 rooster,,I have someone offering me a guinea fowl,,I want to take it but not sure if they are good with other hens? I also have 7 ducks,2 mini goats and 1 giant rabbit that all share the outside quarters. They have seperate housing for night. If I house the guinea at...

I am pondering the idea of adding a turkey to my menagerie(hobby farm) I want to know if they are fairly docile with other animals and children... I have 2 mini pygmy goats,6 hens 1 rooster(silkies) 7 ducks(4 being calls) and 1 flemish giant rabbit. I would love to add a turkey but don't...

My little duckling beeker, seems to have broken or injured his wing :( The lwer part where the flight feather will grow in,,seems to stick out and not be in place. I tried to cast it into place but it won't stay put for long,,it slides down ,I worry it could cause more harm. should I leave it...

This morning my hen (silkie chicken) hatched out a call duck egg,the second one hasn't opened yet. Is it safe to let her raise the duckling? or do I intervene? I have a 2.5 week call duck I rescued from an early break(posted it a couple weeks ago) and he's doing great,,can I put him under the...

I had 4 call ducks eggs being sat on by my hen(silkie) and the male duck or something cracked 2 eggs open before they were due to hatch next week!!! they are chirping a bit,,but there's blood,,what do I do!?? I brought them inside and have them in an incubator cause I'm afraid something will...

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Is it unfair to keep a single goose(female) with other farm animals,like ducks,chickens,rabbits?? and are the females as aggressive as ganders generally?

Yesterday we were all out in our(huge) yard,,geese were having their grazing time,which consists of half the day... anyways, we were out with the kids(our 3 yr old girl and 7 yr old son) and out of nowhere, our 'mean' goose just came out of nowhere and attacked my little girl,,to the point of...

Hi all,, I am in a position right now that I have been offered a 8 month old turkey,heritage breed. I have 3 ducks,4 silkies,2 geese and 2 call ducks,,,would adding a turkey in there complicate things? does anyone else have a turkey hanging out in their menagerie?? I would like to take him,but...

Here is the enclosure for daytime,,and the geese are out on the lawn free range for half the day...I have increased the fencing out about 3 feet on the right side of this picture.. Their yard wraps full circle around the green coop/gazebo..on the other side is their pond. This is their...

I am posting a lot these days on my geese! Bare with me! ok,now I'm not sure I want to seperate them from my other birds...I was told that they will be fine with my 4 ducks and 4 hens. Is this true? I don't want to lose anyone,or have any fights ect.. I have built a separate enclosure but now...