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I have a two(ish) year old Ga Noi cock who has severe bumblefoot in one of his back toes. I have no idea how he managed this but it is nonetheless there. The entire toe is badly swollen and I very much doubt anything can be done but remove the toe. I would usually have my vet deal with it...

OK, so it's still only December, but I'm already excited for one of my favorite yearly poultry events - the PPBA winter show in Modesto! Last year was my third year going and it was an absolute blast - I purchased some wonderful birds, spoke to some great poultrypeople, and of course got a...

My Naked Neck X Polish cock JJ came up with some unusual symptoms about three days ago. When he attempts to walk, he stumbles forward until his legs are behind him and he falls on his breast and face. He has been eating very little, only defacated a few times, and has been gasping the past 24...

So recently I was trying to find some old studies I forgot to bookmark regarding high calcium fed to cockerels, but instead ran across the subject of carbonated water as it effects birds in hot climates. I thought I would share these with the group. Now mind I'm no scientist and I didn't even...

Hello! I'm seeking advice regarding Silver Penciled Rocks. I'm currently seeking a breed to work with and breed to the Standard of Perfection - I have several other projects but none are SOP, they're more oriented towards the pet market - sex link Silkies, Olive Eggers, a project color variety...

Tumbler pigeons for sale. Unsexed, only because I haven't a clue how to sex them. All of them are at least 6 months of age and some may be a few years. I was given them by a breeder a while back, however I have decided to focus fully on Fantails and so do not have the room for all of these...

This is Deb, my only female Guinea. I got her from a friend who got her from a local breeder. Not sure what she is. She's maybe 1-1.5 years of age.

Norman the Rooster The handsome man himself Norman came to me through some very strange and altogether unlikely circumstances. His story is rather long, so bear with me. I can only be thankful that it's my ownership he ended up in. As some folks around here know, I am very fortunate to work...

I've got a few coops I'd like to put metal popholes on. Like the kind they use for automatic doors, sans the automatic part (my job doesn't pay THAT much). Anyone know the cheapest place I can get one of good quality?

I'd like to get a custom leg band for my rooster, Norman, with his name and my phone number printed on it. Preferably metal. Anyone know a place that sells these but doesn't want to make me order 50 of them?

FOR SALE: English Crele Orpingtons, pure Fancy Chick lines, purchased as day olds direct from Fancy Chick around a year and a half ago. One cock, four hens. $100 each or $400 for all five. They are molting right now (and the hens have had a bit too much loving from the male) but when in full...

Hi guys, I have a genetics question. I've been casually studying peafowl genetics for a while now but I still haven't had the epiphany of understanding I had a while back with chicken genetics. I'm curious what exactly I might get from a pairing. A few years back I got a pair of peas. My first...

I saw one of these on one of my turkeys about 3-4 months ago. It disappeared before I could catch it and I never found any more. I assumed it was just some kind of freakishly large common poultry louse. Then I found these on one of my peafowl today. Realizing it was the same thing, I just...

Let's say you have one homozygote and one heterozygote blue egg layer. No brown egg genes involved, one is, say, a pure Ameraucana and the other is a hybrid of Ameraucana and a white egg layer, let's say Leghorn since they lay such a chalk white egg. Would their egg shell colors be different...

I've seen a huge trend of people (including many experienced keepers and breeders) using products such as Frontline on their birds to treat mites and lice. I've been dubious of the safety of such treatments since I first heard about them, and talking to a few experts has definitely made me even...

To start off, yes I know if this is true it would be one in a million. Which is why I'm skeptical about it to start off with. But, logistics of it aside, my instinct is telling me that's what I've got. My workplace got in 35 Golden Laced Wyandotte chicks shipped in a few days ago. They...

As my remaining 7 Partridge have come into their first spring, it has become apparent that I had a terrible gender imbalance - 5 males and only 2 females. So it is time for 3 of these little boys to make that one-way trip to freezer camp. I've made Partridge once before using a somewhat fancy...

Hey there everybody. I've had these girls on my hands for about 9 months now, making them 12-13 months of age. I got them "for fun" and only this year have I discovered how much I enjoy the breed and now begun to breed them. Four of my birds are a Gold Birchen/Black Copper pattern, one with some...

I acquired Jack, along with three other young Ga Noi, as culls from a breeder in April 2015. All had a deformity of some type - for two, crooked toes, another, misshapen hocks, but Jack's was the most severe - his neck bent in a U-shape halfway down the length of it. Jack was always incredibly...

Hey everybody. I did a gamefowl hatch this past week. I've only hatched one chick from them in the past, a little cockerel who turned out just like I expected - Silver Duckwing with lots of red thanks to his daddy's autosomal red. These guys, not so much. I put in 5 gamefowl eggs and three...