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In March I had a broody Jersey Giant so ordered 15 assorted chicks from Meyer some "rare breeds" some not. In it were 3 blue pullets. I had taken screen shots of the breeds ready to ship on the day of my order to help me ID what I had received and by process of elimation I have done that...

I want to add Marraduna Basque hens to my flock. I ordered from Sandhill last year but they were unable to fill my order. Since, I have been looking for breeders and have struck out with the exception of GFF which offers them both on ebay and on their website. I am curious to know if...

I received a shipment of Assorted American breeds that included both Black Javas and Black Jersey Giant. They hatched August 7. I am still unsure if this is a Giant or a Java. Java's were used as a foundation for Giants and they passed along their feather, leg, foot, ear and eye color. Here is...

Hatched the first week in August, these birds came to me from Sand Hill Preservation. Sand Hill only sends straight run and I had asked for "Assorted American" So these guys arrived as the most unique chicks I had seen and were labled as Blue Giants. As chicks they were indeed blue with...

I need help discerning my black java chicks from my black giant chicks. They are still pretty close in size, they all have black legs and feet with yellow soles. Also it is difficult to tell the pullets from the cockerels with some of these guys. When they were 6 weeks old I separated what...

Just curious. I have a broody hen and I would love for her to help raise some of the 25+ chicks that I am expecting from Sandhill Preservation. My thought was to have her and a brooder in the same coop and giver her all of them after about a week of the chicks brooding indoors. I have...

In April I received 17 Assorted Dorking Chicks from Sandhill this is how they were labeled 5 Light Grey....what look to me like Silver Grey 5 Dark Grey 4 Colored Sandill says there is some variance in color with these 3 Black I have a pair :) but am having trouble figuring out who is my...

This girl was a solid chocolate brown, no pattern at all in the assorted brown egg layer brooder at the feed store. She has grown to be this beautiful pullet but I don't know what she is. Any ideas? I think it is a crele (sp) pattern or gold laced red if that is even a thing?

I thought I was pretty well-versed in Breed ID but I selected a chocolate brown chick from the Brown Egg Layers bin...she was the only one... what breeds hatch chocolate brown? Thank you!

At bedtime, my 2.5 y/o California Grey hen who lays Jumbo eggs about 3 days a week was puffed, isolated and had yolk coming from her vent: I brought her in, gave her a bath and flushed the vent repeatedly with cool water. She passed what looked like some tiny shell fragments while in the...

I had a flock of about 35...20 of them chicks from this winter/spring when I had an illness outbreak. I culled all sick birds, bleached the daylights out of the pen where all of the affected birds had lived and sent my patient 0 to UCD for necropsy. The diagnosis came back MG and Coryza and I...

I had a flock of about 35...20 of them chicks from this winter/spring when I had an illness outbreak. I culled all sick birds, bleached the daylights out of the pen where all of the affected birds had lived and sent my patient 0 to UCD for necropsy. The diagnosis came back MG and Coryza and I...

I got this little girl out of the "Misc Feather Legged Bantams" bin. She is about 9 weeks old and I don't know her breed or feather pattern. Can you help? Thanks in Advance!

I bought a quart of buttermilk that said "cultured" on the carton. Then re-read the fermenting instructions and they said "Make sure it has live cultures" I searched the label and found no reference to live culture so now I don't know if it will hurt or help to add it. My fermentation is going...

Hi! I thought it might be useful to have local threads where people could post what they have available and in what form...hatching eggs, chicks, juvies etc. I invision people posting what they have now and editing as time passes. Post pics of your breeders and please be honest about their...

long story short I have a singleton hatchling. Silkie/D'Uccle I am going to try to graft it to a broody but if that doesn't work I will have a lonely only. Looking to line up prospects for playmates for it. Willing to take anything 1-2 weeks old and if you require I will buy two. I am in...

1) What type of bird , age and weight (does the chicken seem or feel lighter or thinner than the others.) She is an OE. Penedesenca/Creme Legbar, she is 8 mos old. She looks smaller than she was a month ago and I can feel her keep bone 2) What is the behavior, exactly. No real behavior...

I have a total of 19 pullets and hens 6 hatched spring 2012 and 13 hatched spring/summer 2013.My flock includes chicks and roosters as well so I have been feeding something they all can eat. Here is the thing, I have gone from getting 7-10 eggs a day, sometimes as many as 13 to getting 2-4 My...

When I click on Java to read the reviews, this is the message I get. Insufficient Permissions You do not have permission to view this product Logout and try again with an administrative account, or contact a site administrator for support. I am able to access all other breeds whose...

On my first hatch I made the soft hearted/soft headed decision to help a chick out. He had pipped on a Thursday night and finally was out on Saturday night. I did most of the work for him. So there he was all quivering in the bator and I made the next choice...dropper feeding him. He was...