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Set 8 ouf our Narragansett turkey eggs under a broody Silkie-Cochin bantam yesterday just after the eclipse passed. She is viciously protective of those eggs today. If all goes well, we should have turkey poults hatching May 6th. 🦃🙂

I have a flock consisting of 6 common Pearled Grey (5f/1m), 1 Light Lavender (f), 1 Buff Dundotte (f), and 1 Porcelain (m). One might reasonably expect that the majority of keets would come out to be Pearled Grey, right? But turns out less than 10% of the keets are PG. I've had two hatches...

At times I think for sure cockerel and other times, no, might be a pullet. Whatch'all think? :D

EB was taking a nap, minding his own business, when these three girls came up and started harassing him. They like to sneak up behind him and peck his tail. I have no idea what mix of breed they are - just that they were hatched out of some EE/OE eggs I bought.

I had a single chick hatch, so decided to buy a couple more day old chicks to keep it company. The lady I got these from said these came from eggs she bought and were sold to her as being a new breed, called a Domino chicken. I looked up Domino chickens and those are a clean legged bird. These...

Set a dozen shipped Narragansett turkey eggs due to hatch on the 4th of July - Independence Day. These were packed excellently so I'm hoping to get a decent hatch.

I ended up with two of this colour chick (both turned out to be pullets) that were extras included in a batch that included Barred Plymouth Rock, Bresse, Bielefelder and Marans. I'm assuming the dark legs indicate they are an Easter Egger of sorts?

Woke up to fluffy Ayam Cemani chicks, and then saw this egg. I shined a light on it and watched it for a bit and no movement, and with the leakage, I was pretty sure it was dead. But when I went to remove the egg, it peeped and it tried to move its beak though the dried membrane made movement...

Last month a bear broke into my breeding turkey coop/run and massacred my entire flock. About $900 in birds, plus the hatching eggs. It took me over 2 years to find eggs from show quality stock, then another year to get the poults to breeding age. This was their first year and had only been...

Lavender? Something else? I

I bought an LG Deluxe incubator last year and it worked fine. After the last hatch, I cleaned it up, as always, and stored it in the cabinet (room temp) for the winter. I got it out today and plugged it in and the temp automatically began flashing 188.8 °F °C. The control buttons are...

Has anyone had any personal experience with the Rural365 Chick Brooder Heating Plate? I've decided to go with heat plates instead of lamps as two years ago we narrowly avoided what could have been a serious house fire when a heat lamp came undone, fell, and was found smoldering. This will be...

I keep seeing the word "fee" with regards to Coturnix quail colouring. Can someone please give me the scoop on what exactly it means, where it originated, what difference it makes in colours (ie a Pearl vs a Pearl-fee), etc.,? I've tried searching this forum as well as google for the info...

These two are 14 weeks old. Any ideas as to if these are cockerels, pullets, or one of each, and if so, which is which. Thanks! :) Birds 1 (left) & 2 (right) GoldLacedOrpingtons by OzarkCountryGirl posted Jul 2, 2017 at 12:42 PM Birds 1 (left) & 2 (right) Gold Laced Orpingtons - 14 weeks by...

When I went to sign it, I had a warning box that popped up stating the site is insecure and that by continuing to sign in, I would be exposing my LogIn ID and Password at my own risk. Further instructions were to contact the webmaster to notify them of the issue and ask that the website be made...

I have a Narragansett turkey poult that hatched out June 26/27. It was the same size as all of the other poults when it hatched, but it had some issues for about a week where it was touch and go as to if it would even survive until the next morning. Thankfully it not only survived, but is now...

My darling husband took the day off work yesterday and made a brooder for me. Keep in mind that he has little experience in construction and had no plans to go by...he just went by only on what I told him I was wanting. I said it had to have at least 4' x 4' floor space, had to be on legs...

This is my first experience with turkeys and I've got a little one that I hatched out last Thursday with an umbilical hernia which has long since dried, but still almost 1/2" in diameter. Since the day it hatched, the poult has not been quite as active as the others, but still active enough not...

I have no idea what breed this little birchen bantam rooster is. He has feathered feet, as does the little hen (she's hiding behind him - I tried repeatedly to get a picture of her but she just wasn't having it). I've tried looking up pictures of bantam breeds that have both feathered feet and...

I have an incubator full of quail eggs with a wide range of shades and patterns, but some of the eggs look to be turning a darker, yellowish brown. Is this typical? With chicken eggs that usually equates to a rotten egg, but this is the first time I've tried hatching quail eggs. It's just that...