I purchased this cockerel with 5 pullets Araucanas and was told that he is also a araucana
btw im in UK and araucancas here are more common being the tailed variety and don't always have slate shanks
still looking at him im not 100% convinced he don't look like an araucana I've had but could...
I have a lovely Lemon Cuckoo Pekin and a beautiful Nankin
The Pekin is a Rooster and Nankin a Hen
I decided to breed them and got some lovely chicks
I will post pics once I clear my 64GB iPhone as its run out of space and wont take pics
now here is the head scratcher
do I call this...
As the title say
how do I bath a newly hatched that's got all that gooey albumen that dried like superglue
never had this issue so don't have much of a clue how to go about it
Hi i wanted to know
can cross beak hens transfer their cross beaks to their off spring genetically
or is cross beak a case of freak accident/ in the shell too long
and has nothing to do with genes
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i ordered a Vorwerk and as i didn't know much about them i was like thanks and took what i received
after a few weeks in i got curious and started googling
the chick i had was buff down colour now i know it should be black
and then the neck hackles are not black now its feathered
i...
Found this on the net Pics courtesy of Herbert Goodchild
here we have a few drawings as i thing drawing best identify things better of the genus Coturnix
Blue Quail, Coturnix adansonii
Coturnix nominate sub species
Common Coturnix Quail, Coturnix coturnix
Harlequin Quail, Coturnix...
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im building my quail pens and wanted to know do they need next boxes like hens do
I read they desire hideouts
so could I just build a hideaway and they can use that as nesting
Im real confused as I am getting mixed info
I am getting this boy from a sad gentleman that was conned being told this is a welsummer
its clearly not
can anyone tell me what they think it might be
Hi I sexed pea combed Easter Egger a few weeks ago and now its more apparent what they are I thought I'd show a video on how I sexed them to help other
I show the actual pea combs chicks and what they are and how to determine the difference and then show comparisons so to make it more apparent...
I have a single Polish Chick I got as day old
she I think its a she is now 5 weeks old and at 4 weeks the other chicks where pecking her crest
I removed her after she was given a small bold patch and put her with other day old thinking she will be bigger and they wont peck
well was I wrong...
Hi who has a Brinsea Octagon 40 Advance EX
I am I need of some close up pictures of it so I can see that mine is on
I just acquired one and cant see what's what and would appreciate
The Advance Version is the same as the EX so if you have the advance that will be good too
Thanks
I am thinking of getting some Japanese Jumbo Quail Eggs and am a bit confused
Courtnix are 18 day incubation
Bobwhites are 23 days
and Chinese pained 16 days
what are Japanese Jumbo?
Thanks
I really need an answer asap as I already bidded on the eggs
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Hi im looking at different Chicken breeds
because the Cornish X is banned in UK and Cobb chicken are hard to get hold of
I wanted to create my own meat chicken
what I need to know is chicken characteristics
which breed grows slow
which breed grows fast
which is slim
which is fat...