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Ordered turkeys this year broad breasted white... they sent some sick ones out of 10 only 4 are left 1 tom and 3 hens... they are about maybe 3 month old give or take and are around the size of my chickens....
hatchery sent some replacements but... almost a month later...
so I have a friend that has been having a problem with a dog attacking her flock... she is not good with helping them pull threw so she brought them to me... in total she ended up bringing 15+ injured birds with massive injurys.. dislocated legs massive gaping wounds.. I am happy to say all...
so I have a friend that has been having a problem with a dog attacking her flock... she is not good with helping them pull threw so she brought them to me... in total she ended up bringing 15+ injured birds with massive injurys.. dislocated legs massive gaping wounds.. I am happy to say all...
I have a rouen drakes that is just over a year maybe close to 2... and I have noticed over the past 2 weeks he is loosing the green on his head..m it's started saddle around his mouth then today I realize almost all of the green is gone... he doesent look like he is molting his feather color has...
I bought 6 guineas... been trying to do the lock them up thing... well on each was getting beat up by another male... called the lady I got them from we agreed to only let out the mean male and his partner so I did... they were stating close because they wanted back in... big storm last night...
So I have two baby ducklings and one of them has a bad leg. I WILL post a picture here s
on but. One is doing great but the other not us his leg the only thing that may be kind of important is the fact that the duckling was doing great hatching until my cat hit the surge protector and the...
So I have read so many different opinions on how you should release Guinea hens. The ones I will be getting are about a year. I did not intend on locking them up which depending on responses I may change my mind. At the moment I have about 30+free range chickens and they have a coop and I have 8...
I have always incubated my eggs but when I acquired some bantams and had not as much use for the eggs I ended up with a broody hen. She hatched one chick!! Super exciting... Until it vanished... I raise all of the bantams together in a very safe coop so didn't feel it was a preditor. By this...
I have been hatching for over a year now and have hatched well over 100 birds. But one thing I can't seem to figure out is out of all of my breeds my barred rocks that hatch are ALWAYS BOYS!!! I have not had one hen hatch out of maybe 8-9 hatches. I have had hens of all of my other breed but the...
I have noticed a few times when I have been looking at my chickens that they have a yellowish tint on there waddles. It looked almost looks like powder but doesn't rub off. I keep the coop clean they have plenty of room and free range. I wish I had a picture to post with my question. It's not...
I have several babies to chose from. All chicks come from very hearty layers some are mix some pure.
What I have available at the moment are
Barred rock
Tetra tint
Road island red
Black star
Buff orphington mix
Silver laced Wyandotte mix
Easter eggers
I have hatches that started I. December...
I traded one of my ducks for a few from what I know Easter eggers chickens... But I don't know the breed and one looks a little different than the other too and I'm wondering if it is a boy...
So I have ducks... I have been very successful at hatching my chickens so I though I would try ducks... For me not so easy... I had a few failed attempts and this last round I had over a dozen in the incubator.... But... Only one hatched... :( ... It's very healthy but I know it 1. To small to...
Just to start my chickens have never been in the cold and the rooster is my alfa rooster.. He seems fine but his comb os fading from the tips inward srarting to turn black... Any thoughts ?
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So the question isn't as crazy as the title but I HAVE TO ASK... So I just had a hatch thT was a kinda bad turnout... I hadn't broke down the incubator yet. My chicks took 3 days to hatch and the last one hatched about 4-5 days ago give or take. .. I should have broke my incubator down 3 days...
I got a new incubator. The ones I used before were the styrofoam ones from tractor and supply.. For the most part had GREAT hatches one totaling in a 40 count with no deformities. Every once in a while had unabsorbed sacks one with an undeveloped twin but nothing like missing limbs or sick birds...
I have several chickens from hatches that I have done and I want to make sure they are big enough to go in with the other. My transition cage worked very well for a while and I've moved any roosters out and into a seperate rooster run since I have roosters in my flock already. They are about 3-4...
I have a 2 month RIR chick that I noticed is very badly injured today. I sit with them daily look them over for stuff like this but the others got her very bad. I'm thinking they possibly pulled a blood feather on her butt and all went after her once she started bleeding. I found her in the cage...
I have 2 pekin and 4 mallard ducks the mallards are 3 weeka younger and pekins are much bigger. I want to put them all together but im worried about them hurting the mallards. I took one in to see how the pekins would behave and one ran up and chested the little one. Should i wait a few more...
So I went to tractor and supply before my last hatch and fell in love with the ducks and got 2 Pekins one is a boy one is a girl. My mom followed about 3 weeks layer and brought home 4 baby mallards. The have been separated since the Pekins were already almost full size, I have a duck area we...