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So I have I believe 7 broodys. Long story but lent out my smaller crate I used as a broody breaker last year, bought a used one but it is too big for my coop and even though my run is secure I am not comfortable having them in there overnight. So looking to get a smaller crate for in the coop...

Ok so 3 weeks ago I set duck eggs someone gave me to hatch. Mixed in was also a few much smaller chicken eggs that I held aside and put in a week later. Well today I go to candle, cool, and mist the duck eggs and thought I heard a peep. Figured no way. Get about half way through and pick...

so I have 5 or 6 broodys. I had lent out my smaller crate to someone for a puppy and they are still using it and I feel bad asking for it back. Of course a few weeks after I lent it out one of my girls went broody. Well I am now up to 6 but I THINK the first one is finally breaking. I...

They were just shy of 3 weeks in these pictures. Please tell me there is at least 1 pullet. Lol. The pictures aren't the best since they are shy but also move around like crazy. There are 5 of them. I think I have them all pictured, but figured if I duplicated some or missed one if I see...

So I got duck eggs from someone to hatch, she is taking any that hatch back. But as I was putting them in the incubator there were these tiny white eggs, 33-42G, then 2 colored eggs that I know are chicken eggs. I set the duck eggs but held these out to set after a week so they hatch at the...

Ok so I just set 46 duck eggs. I have hatched lots of chicks, never ducklings. I am a bit nervous but giving it a try. My daughter wanted ducks, I do not. Lol. So hatching some for the person that gave me the eggs. Get to play for a bit then they get to go to their new home. Best of both...

So I am thinking about hatching some ducklings and raising them for about a week or so and then I have other homes for them I have raised many chicks but not ducklings. Need help on brooder set up, what to use for their water and food, if I get duckling food do they need extra niacin etc...

would the babies end up sexlinked? I know depending on the cross the boys will have a white dot on the head and females will not. is this one that would do that?

So I am hatching some eggs from my flock. Not sure if I can say they will be "olive eggers" when I sell the chicks so wanted to check. I have 2 Cochin roo's a blue and a splash. the Hens eggs I am hatching are: Splash Ameraucana (not EE but Ameraucana) Blue Ameraucana crested cream legbar...

This is a bit early but I am so excited and need a place to count down and talk (obsess) about it. I am doing a test hatch for someone to check their fertility. She will be shipping me eggs next Tue or Wed so hopefully I will get them Thurs or Fri and set them the end of next week. Those...

I have a CCL that hatched April 2022. She has not laid a single egg. in Oct 2022 she started checking out the nest boxes and sitting in them but never laid an egg. after about a month of this she stopped so I thought maybe the lack of daylight hours was the reason and thought nothing of it...

I have had chickens for 3 years. I know they stop or slow down in the winter because of light. I had 1 hen that barely took a break before starting back up. Then some pullets start between Dec/Jan. and one other Hen started back up a couple weeks ago. Like other places we had a drop...

We are thinking about getting pygmy or another type of dwarf goats. We have never had goats before. I would love any and all information about raising them or good places to find information please.

I was thinking it was a pullet since it is an EE and only the middle row on the comb stands out. Then the comb got pink... now looks like the tail is looking roo..... Am I right in thinking it is a cockerel? The comb is not as red like it looks in the pic but it does have some color

I built an add on to my coop this year. I have an 8x8 coop with a 26x8 run and built a 6x6 coop with 18x6 run next to my other coop. there is a door that I can leave open or shut between the 2 runs. It has been open and they all use both parts of the run but only one (maybe 2) go in the...

I have posted this one weeks ago. Want to see what people think now at 16 weeks, turns 16 weeks tomorrow. The black one.

I thought cockerel, but still barely any comb and in person just the slightest hint of pink sometimes others it is pale. But it got this one curly tail feather around 6-8 weeks......

so I have 2 roosters, and younger chicks as well. I give them flock raiser. One bucket has pellets and one crumble....... I was thinking of mixing in poulin layer feed (either the premium which is 16.5 protein or egg production plus which is 18% but this is a crumblet........) with the...

It is 19 weeks old. Haven't noticed a crow but I have 2 adult roos so others seem to crow late. Will attach newest pictures first and then a couple older ones... 3rd pic from mid July, last pic from June.

Ok. So this chick pipped yesterday on the wrong end. Last night it made the hole slightly bigger so the tip of it's beak was out. It looked maybe cross beak so I wasn't going to help it in case something was wrong. There was no change this morning before I went to work. While at work I peeked (I...