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Cuckoo or French cuckoo?

Hey grabbed 2 bantams to go w my two surprise home hatch ones. (TSC so Hoover babies probably) 1 looks to be a Porcelain de’Uccle. But no idea this one:

These are Bielefelder right? And pullets correct?

Got these 2 cuties Thurs. Are they Embden? They’re sourced from Hoover’s so they only offer a few breeds.

4 Easter Eggers Dad is Americana/EE, moms are Americanas except one which is a cream Legbar.

Our hen, not even 2yrs old yet, resumed laying finally. Gave us about 2-4 hard shell eggs & now lays, soft s eggs which the chickens & other ducks quickly attack & eat because it’s soft. She has access to oyster shells. Feed is layer feed. What can I give her??

We ordered a shipment of chicks from MMH on Fri, Feb. 16, 2024. (A week ago today actually.) 12 Bielefelders - Unsexed 15 Special Assorted Unsexed 1 Free Chick On Tues, Feb. 20 I received the text they had shipped. So I started impatiently tracking them. lol I did not receive these chicks till...

Ok major fiasco our first time getting chicks from a hatchery. Ordered 28 chicks. 18 dead when they arrived this morning. So far we have 10 left, and not sure what they are. Of the specific 12 we ordered, Bielefelders breed, looks like we might have one. Looks like one is a speckled Sussex &...

TIL my TM Nature’s crest chicken feed’s major source of protein is pork. (When I had read it in the past I saw fish meal & thought that was the case.) Well, according to the person who clued me in that, TM isn’t forth coming about their sourcing of the pork (porcine). Has anyone looked into...

Awaiting an (duckling) order from Mcmurray. Get the tracking number & am shocked to find it's in Cordova TN, instead of Iowa. So curious me, I do a quick search to see what is in Cordova TN. Shockingly I discover Metzer's has just opened up their new facility in Cordova TN. Is this normal? It...

Has anyone ever heard of a Hölzl Brown or Blue heritage chicken?? I can’t find anything online excluding leading to one specific company who uses them. Curious to see if it is legit or just that companies lying marketing campaign.

Ok hatched 13 Buff Orpington chicks. Breeding pen is 4 BO hens, 1 BO Roo. Get 12 perfect little gold fluff balls; and a blonde with black spots up its back!!! I am baffled. Can pure buff Orpingtons throw splash? If not there is only 2 other possibilities. 1. One of my children accidentally...

Hey all have a Cayuga male & 2 Indian runners female. (Fawn & white & chocolate.) Does the sex of the male matter in whether they stand & look like a runner? Or does it need to be a female Cayuga & male runner? Unsure how that works.

Apparently these aren’t the breeds they were supposed to be. Lol

Unsure if this is the right area. Aside from shipping eggs & the risk involved with that. Do you have to be careful with germs/diseases/etc...that you would bringing in a new member to the flock from someone else's flock?? We are looking to get a few more chickens of specific breeds; needing...

So we bought a leghorn rooster today from a local lady. He’s around 5-7mos. Once I got him home & held him I realized he had some yellow discharge from his eyes. So he’s definitely being quarantined. But now I am pretty sure he has a cold as he has sneezed at least once, think twice & one of my...

So feeding question. As chickens are omnivores. Does it hurt them to eat meat every once in awhile?? I’ve seen a growing trend of people feeding their chickens meat scraps. We’ve even given ours turkey breast carcasses to clean (was cooked). Or oats that soaked up some bacon grease for...

I have a flock of 54 chickens + 8 ducks. Oldest are a over a year, youngest are just starting to lay. We are still getting new layers starting. We currently go through 5- 50lbs of feed every 10-14 days. While I know we have a large flock, I feel some of mine are eating too much. While others...

Silver/blue LF Cochin What’s the sex based off of facial features??

Yes he’s named after the Disney cartoon as he looks like him. Lol Is he an Americana/EE rooster? Or something else? He was supposed to be a pullet we got from Rural King.