...increase your chances of winning, please read the rules before entering.
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Rules:
Four entries per member. One entry per post, please.
An entry is *one* photo of your domestic hatching fowl.
At least one of the hatchlings must be partially in the eggshell.
No people in the photo (no faces...
Who's hatching this year? My birds are just not laying - I think they're going to skip a year. The other emu keeper in my area is having the same thing - his emus aren't laying, but his ostriches are, which is way out of season for them. The weird weather this year messed them up, I think...
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BYC's 2023 Spooktacular Halloween Hatch-Along!
Halloween Egg Decorating Contest!
Ends on November 2nd, 2023
How many ways can you decorate an egg? Well, if you're planning to decorate...
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Official BYC 2023 Summer Fair
Other Poultry Show
Ends on August 20th, 2023
This show is for all domestic poultry (ducks, geese, peafowl, turkeys, quail, pigeons, pheasants, emus...
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Valentine's Day Contest Series
Wattle I Do Without You?
Ends February 19th, 2023
This is a RANDOM Winner Contest...
Do you have a favorite chicken? Maybe she's extra friendly and comes...
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🎃🦇BYC's 2022 Spooktacular Halloween Hatch-Along!🦇🎃
Creepy Critter Photo Contest
Ends on November 4th, 2022
Halloween is the time of year when we celebrate all things spooky - ghosts...
I have an older SOP that I would like to sell. This is the 2010 edition, so any breeds or varieties that have been accepted since then are NOT in this SOP. But if your breed is one of the ones that was accepted prior to then, or you just want an SOP to get started, this will work for you. It has...
...domestic poultry allowed (chickens, ducks, geese, turkeys, peafowl, guinea fowl, quail, pheasants, emu, etc).
Four entries per member. An entry is *one* picture of your domestic broody with at least one baby.
Other animals may be in the photo, but the star(s) of the photo must be the broody...
Just starting a thread for Pixel, somewhere that I can share the fun stuff - and vent my frustrations, haha.
This is Pixel! She is a Mini American Shepherd. Her birthday is 1/23/22. I brought her home last Saturday.
We are of course still working on potty training, basic training, and...
Guide to Incubation
Humidity discussion
How to Tell a Fertile vs INfertile Egg (Pictures)
A Guide to Humidity, Weighing and Lockdown
Incubation Humidity Article
Egg Candling! Tips, Tricks, and Best Practices.
Egg Candling Pics: Progression Though Incubation
Calibrating the Hygrometer...
...It's easy to enter, just reply to this thread & attach (upload) a picture of your chocolate poultry.
Rules:
Four entries per member. An entry is *one* picture of your chocolate domestic poultry. One entry per post, please.
All domestic poultry allowed (chickens, turkeys, ducks, geese...
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Official BYC Article Writing Contest - #16
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Official BYC Article Writing Contest - #15
Contest End Date: March 22nd, 2022 at...
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Official BYC Article Writing Contest - #15
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Official BYC Article Writing Contest #14
Contest End Date: December 1st, 2021 at 11:59 pm Pacific Time...
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Official BYC 2021 Summer Fair
Indoor Plant Show
Do you adore your Aloe plant? Pamper your Philodendron? Spoil your Spider Plant? This is the perfect place to show them off! Share your...
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Official BYC 2021 Summer Fair
Meat Bird Show
Welcome to the 2021 BYC Summer Fair Meat Bird show!
Do you raise your own birds for meat? Then this show is for you! All meat breeds are...
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Official BYC 2021 Summer Fair
Other Poultry Show
Welcome to the 2021 BYC Summer Fair Other Poultry show!
This show is for all poultry other than chickens. Examples include ducks, geese...
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Spring on the Farm
Other Fowl Photo Contest
We want to see your fabulous spring photos of your "other fowl"! The rules are simple: feature any waterfowl, turkey, peafowl, quail, pheasant...
We usually have one of these every year, but it doesn't look like one got made yet this year. So, who's hatching?
I've got tons of Tufted Roman eggs going from my own flock. Also some Lavender and Blue American eggs, AND for the first time I just found another breeder of Tufted Romans, so I'm...
I've been looking for Dutch Hookbills for awhile; I'm fascinated with anything odd or unusual in the poultry world, and the hookbills certainly fit the bill. However, they are critically endangered, according to The Livestock Conservancy, and that makes them very hard to find.
Finally I got...