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I don't wash the eggs that i sell. I feel pretty confident that would shorten their shelf life, and i want my eggs to stay as fresh as possible for as long as possible for my customers. But lately, i've been having more problems than usual with marks of authenticity on my eggs. In the past, i...

This beautiful fella was sold to me as a chick, and i was told he was an Australorp. Obviously he isn't. He's small, easy temperament, and he crows like a kazoo. I don't have any use for him in my flock and would like to give him away or sell him, but i would like to have good information on...

I live in Southeast Texas, where it's very humid all the time - especially in the summer. We're barely above sea level here, if that makes a difference. A few years ago, i did quite a bit of dry hatching, with really good results - nearly 100% hatch rates every time. I just started hatching...

I have a friend who raises the same chickens i do - dual purpose breeds - white rocks - easter eggers - whathaveyou..... But for several generations now, her chickens all end up with naked necks - completely featherless all the way around the neck. All of them. It seems like i have read...

Usually it my rule when incubating, that once there's a pip, i stay out of the incubator for at least two days. I usually also move the eggs from the turner, to egg cartons on day 18, for hatching. Well, i thought today was day 18, but when i opened the incubator, i found that two of them had...

My sister-in-law has fallen in love with quail and wants to see them running wild in the woods. So she has this scheme to keep a breeding pair and raise their babies to be released in the woods near her dad's home, hoping that they can develop a population out there. I raise Buff Orpingtons...

Hubby and i are throwing around some ideas and wonder if folks would be attracted to a local hatchery that would deliver day-old chicks to your door. Would that be preferable to ordering chicks through the mail from a bigger-name hatchery? How much extra would you expect to pay for delivery...

When i got my scovies, i didn't know how much they enjoy their daily walk. I had a male and 3 females, and they went for walks a LONG way from home. And sadly, i've now lost my drake and one female. So as we regroup and reinforce our property to keep the ducks home, i'm looking at getting...

I have been wanting to get Muscovies for a while, and i just found someone in my area who happens to be incubating Muscovy eggs that are due to hatch this week, so i'm going to go get some once they hatch. I'm so excited, but i want to make sure i do this right. I have hatched and raised lots...

I am getting ready to put down a pullet whom i suspect to have some sort of respiratory disease. I was told that there is a way to tell in necropsy whether or not she really did have it. Is that true? How do i do it? I appreciate any help you can give me. Thanks!

It looks like i am about to do some butchering by myself (ug), and i would like to do the outside part (the killing and plucking) and then take a whole bunch of birds inside and do the gutting all at once. I know i will be dealing with rigor, but is there any other reason not to do it this way...

I found my 20 week old cockerel standing on my porch in the dark a few minutes ago. He was standing there completely still, and kind of maybe gasping for air every 3 to 5 seconds. Also, his voice isn't working. He actually voluntarily showed me his throat, opened his mouth toward the...

Back in September, i saved up my pennies and spent a small chunk of money on leg bands for my flock. I bought the numbered spiral bandettes, i think they're called. They're plastic and wrap around the chicken's leg. I also bought the little colored spirals for my chicks because i thought i...

I know that someone on here collected a bunch of info over time from BYC members and put it all in a list to show how much different folks are charging for their eggs around the country. But i can't seem to find it. Anyone know where it is? Thanks!

I have a little B.O. pullet, about 16 weeks old, who got carried off by a neighbor's dog today. She doesn't have any visible wounds, though i think she may have some cracked ribs or something to that effect. But she also has a broken top beak, which is why i'm writing. I haven't dealt with...

I can't wait. I purposely set 7 eggs under my broody at the same time i set 24 eggs in my incubator. I am waiting for one more chick to hatch, and then i am going to transfer them to my broody. I really think it will work. This is the most studious broody i think i have ever had. She didn't...

I have chicks hatching in the incubator right now. I marked one of the eggs as having come from my black sex link. The rooster involved had to be either a RIR or a RIRxBO. I just watched the chick hatch, and it is completely blonde! Is this possible? Did i just mark it wrong?

Can y'all identify the hens in the header of this website? http://www.moorlandspoultry.co.uk/chicken-starter-kits.html I'm talking about the ones with kind of a tan color and an interesting pattern in the feathers.

Hi, Yesterday, i lost 16, 5 week-old chicks without a trace. I know that they were here during the day, but when i came home from church they were all gone. They were free ranging with the big girls, so the predator(s) would not have had to break into anything. What i can't figure out is...

I've just discovered that my rooster has bumble foot in both feet, and i have read Ruth's wonderful tutorial on fixing it. Thank you, Ruth! Awesome! Should i do one foot at a time? Or do both feet and get it over with? I am heavily inclined to do both feet at once so he can get back to...