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Here are the d'uccles! They are black and blue mottled: This is UNO: the only one that made it after the first batch, isn't he cute? And the 2 Pure Coronation Sussex:

Just curious really. I went to 2 feedstores and called 2 more. No one has ever heard of it or carries it. I don't live that far out in the sticks! I finally had to order from Amazon. Where is everyone else getting their Oxine from? Thanks!

Hey all... I'm feeling tired and down. I am in the middle of Marek's hell! I have lost 5 birds to Mareks with no sign of stopping. I just got the vaccine and it should be here in a couple of days. I think I am going to lose one of my three flocks. I had 14 lost 5 to Mareks and 1 to the...

I have a gander that is 6 weeks. He is super sweet and friendly and has been living with chickens! I have a goose on order for him she is coming next week. They are both Africans. Here is my question: my guess is that the goose I get is going to be 2 weeks old. He is 6 weeks. When is it...

Ok... I couldn't resist. There was 1 African Goose left in at the feed store. So I took it home. It is currently in the brooder with chicks. I am new to this.... what is different from them, and chickens, how long do they need a heat light? It is currently screaming its head off, is it...

My EE is laying quite a few jelly eggs! This makes 3 in 2 weeks. I don't know what to do. I feed pellet feed with oyster shell and corn mixed in. It is a local brand, that I feed. However, I started to mix that with Layina due to issues. I also throw oyster shells on the floor for them to...

I thought I would let everyone know that I had 4 top hat variety chickens in a brooder. They were all hitting about 5 1/2 weeks and I wanted to put the older looking ones out. So, I scooped up the houdan and the Gold Laced Polish and put them in the coop with some 6 week olds. some 7 week...

#30 Birthday Lane is the name of my chicken coop. It was a present from my DH for my 30th birthday! We offically finished it today. I am in heaven . 100's of hours went into this 8x8. It is missing a weather vane that is on order and a sign that say #30 Birthday Lane that is on order also...

2 Weeks ago, I got my shipment from MPC. My order consisted of: 1Appellenzer Spitzhauben 1Siliver Lakenvelder 1GLW 1SLW 1Cukoo Maran 1Light Brahma 1 Silver Seabright The Silver Seabright died intransit and everyone else was IDed. So I thought. I noticed on the second day something was off...

The UPS guy just came with my incubator and ecoglow for Brinsea. I was really hesitant to get one because I heard some really bad reviews when I Googled it. Then Hhandbasket had one and I saw it and loved it. I just set it up and put it with my 11 chicks that are all 1 1/2 weeks old. They...

The new incubator just showed up an hour ago! I got a brinsea eco20 with turner. I spent the last hour setting it all up. I am trying to get it to equalize. I thought I should just bring up how excited I am!!! I will be setting my first hatch tonight! Excited and nervous! I am trying...

OK folks, I have been promising to post for 4 days now. The chicks are five days old from MPC. 6/7 made it. Then, I added 1 more cuckoo maran, and welsummer, along with 2 sizzles and a partridge silkie. I can't really do individual shots for all 11 chicks so without further ado..... The...

Hhandbasket calls them marhsmallow chickens. Offically they are Golden Seabrights. I was wondering how you even sex something this small. This chick is 4 weeks. And no I am not hurting it. It is on the counter with its wing spead but I swear I am not hurting it! Thanks so much for helping!!!

I ordered my chickens in December from mypetchicken. I think they were supposed to come today. I say I think, because on their website they say they ship them overnight express on Monday. I went to the PO at 7am. No chicks! I was wondering when did they come for you people? Was it Tues. or...

Along with my white silkie, that I posted in another post. What do you all think of my polish? I know girls are supposed to be puffy and boys are supposed to be spiky. There are no waddles yet at 5 1/2 weeks, so could it be a girl? What do people think, do I need to wait? Please help ID...

This is my white silkie and it is now 5 1/2 weeks. I know this breed is really hard to tell if it is a male or female. Please help. I know there are people out there who can tell with wing shape and penciling. Please explain to me how and how it all works! If you need pics of the wings...

I have a 3 1/2 week old mottled black and white d'uccle that I got from iroquois egg. Is it pullet or roo roo? Here it is at 1 week when I got the cute bugger from iroquois egg. And now... at 3 1/2 weeks So... what do you all think????

So, yeah... I gave in to the dark side. After the whole fiasco of getting a chick of unknown pedigree, (look under sex,gender breeds, post "I was bought as a cuckoo maran... what am I") I was at the feed store. Does it matter I am going on Vacation for 9 days starting tomorrow? And there is a...

So this chick was sold as a cuckoo maran. She is now a little over 3 weeks. She doesn't have the white dot of the cuckoos and at 3 weeks there is absolutely no mottling of grey and white. Is she still a Maran or is this a Australorp or something else? What do you all think. Please help, I...

I have an Old English Game Bird Bantam. After I got her she started laying. She was laying every other day for a while. Then she caught some type of respiratory infection. She got locked out the coop one night in the rain. Uncertain what to do, I gave her 3 days of injections of Tylan 50...