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  1. tiho_prskalo

    Any tips for my new chickens?

    Hi, is there any tips for my new chickens? I do not need to write about it because i wrote it and in this app is saved for sure, so here it is: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- My mom buyed 10 hens and i have a few questions: 1. Why...
  2. AngelaY

    Quarantine questions/scaly leg mites on rescue chicken.

    Ok, so we just rescued a chicken who had been dumped and living in the woods by herself for about a year. I know what I'm supposed to do regarding incorporation, taming, Etc... I just have 2 things I'm not too sure about: 1: I'm very glad she's safe, but I'm terrified that she might have some...
  3. D

    My new chicken has bald spots… I’m new!

    Hello all! I got two chickens today from a place off of the road in a rural town. The chickens there seemed to have a large pen and it was not over crowded. I got handed two chickens- one with a full set of feathers and another with some bald spots of raw red skin ://. It was pouring so in the...
    • Daniluchau
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    • advice advice appreciated bald diet feathers missing hen molting new addiction pecking at each other questions
    • Replies: 30
    • Forum: New Member Introductions
  4. DuckFather

    No where else to go

    Hey again, I am just wondering if there is a place to bring your ducks where they wont get eaten? What I mean is, I'm moving and can't bring them with me. This is the hardest thing I've ever had to do because I raised them and don't want to see them go but I know they'd be happier then moving to...
    • DuckFather
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    • help anyone😰😰😰😭😭 questions
    • Replies: 30
    • Forum: Ducks
  5. P

    When Do We Decide To Split The Flock?

    Hi all, My quail are now 6 weeks old, which I know is where they'll be reaching sexual maturity and begin producing potential eggs and roo foam. I know that the rule of thumb for keeping quail is 1 roo for every 4-6 hens, and that eventually my lot will need to be segregated to keep the peace...
    • pterry97
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    • advice needed button chinese painted quail coturnix flock separation questions
    • Replies: 7
    • Forum: Quail
  6. C

    Hello y’all !!

    Hello y’all new duckling concerns have brought me here. I hope to learn how to properly care for him and maybe save his life.
  7. K

    Duckling is Sick!!!

    Hi everyone! I am new to the world of duck ownership as of this past Monday. Up until today, my two ducklings have been fine, but I noticed this morning that one was sneezing quite a bit. I thought it might be some dust from the clean shavings I put in their brooder, but when I got home from...
  8. G

    Turkey beginner

    I want to raise 1 hen turkey with my female chicken flock, but there are some questions I have: 1. I have close neighbors, will a hen turkey be loud? 2. Will snipping off her flight feathers really prevent her from flying? 3. What is the best breed to have as a pet? 4. I don't want chicks and...
    • GeneralSV
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    • beginner hen questions turkey
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: Turkeys
  9. CaliFarmsAR

    ~~~Muscovy Duck Club~~~

    I have seen a lot of duck clubs, but none on this awesome looking duck!! Who doesn’t like Muscovys? I thought I would start one, that way we can learn from others, share pictures, storys, etc. How I got into to them: I have just recently got into this breed and love them already. I was...
    • CaliFarmsAR
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    • care club color ducks etc. experience fun muscovy questions
    • Replies: 110
    • Forum: Ducks
  10. Y

    Introduction! and Question!

    Hello all! I am an 18-year-old male and I currently am taking care of a chicken that we randomly found roaming our neighborhood. I check this site often and took some great tips from here! Thanks! My question, however, is that recently, the chicken that we found and took care of (as a pet)...
    • yodo
    • Thread
    • #important question chicken help question questions sick sick chick weak weak legs
    • Replies: 19
    • Forum: New Member Introductions
  11. Wild-Turkey

    A Few Mixed Questions About Coturnix Quail

    Hello, I currently do not have Coturnix quail but plan to raise them a couple years in the future, I have a few questions about them if that’s fine. :frow What size aviary would be appropriate for around 5-10 starting out, also would they be fine with an inside aviary and an outside aviary they...
    • Wild-Turkey
    • Thread
    • beginner coturnix coturnixquail quail questions
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: Quail
  12. L

    Help! First time trying to diagnose a sick chicken (photos attached)

    Hello everyone! I've always been a lurker, reading posts and gather information, but at the moment I'm stumped and worried I may or may not be doing the right things. I have a 6mo. Australorp hen who we found on November 30th acting pretty unusual in the coop the other day. We brought her...
  13. Joylime322

    Ducklings and Quailings?

    Happy morning BYC Community! I may have done a thing.... My neighbors duck recently laid an a few eggs and when they cracked one open to eat there were cells and a few veins! So I took the other egg (on impulse hehe) and stuck it in my NR 360... But I have 25 quail eggs arriving on Friday...
  14. Joylime322

    So quails...

    Dear Community, I am going to be hatching my first quails pretty soon. What advice would you give? Is there any special sensitivities they have that I should be aware of? What is something you enjoy the most about quails! And what is something that you would rather not deal with? Also, I am...
    • Joylime322
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    • advice baby quails first time cortunix quail owner hatching quails questions shipping
    • Replies: 33
    • Forum: Raising Baby Chicks
  15. orloffer

    Chicken Story Ideas -- share your thoughts!

    I am thinking about writing a children's story about chickens, including information on general chicken knowledge and chicken care. Now, I am not certain whether or not I actually will write one, but I thought it might be a fun idea as writing practice. Please comment about what things I should...
  16. C

    Body Temp Thermometer in DIY incubator??

    Hi. I am building a cheap incubator but I don't have a room thermometer. I was wondering if I could check the temperature of the incubator by placing a body thermometer in the water glass used for humidity, and check the water in the glass. Would that work? Of course I would have to do it a few...
  17. DEChickGal

    Summer Time and Heat Lamps

    I have a question about heat lamps in the summer. Our baby chicks are about 2 weeks and 3 days old now and are thriving. They have been living in the garage until they can go out with the older chickens (3 month olds). With it being so warm outside do they still need the heat lamp? If so how...
  18. guardianoftheflock

    Questions for nothern Texans...

    Hey y'all! So my family is considering relocating to texas in the Dallas/Fort Worth area and I had a few questions. First, I know that Texas has them(lots of them) but do you guys have a lot of snake "problems"? Poisonous ones to be specific. I have littles to consider here. Also, the heat...
  19. M

    Just beginning

    Hello all I’m new to this and have a couple of questions before I commit to an idea! I want my family to become more sustainable! We already have a garden but I ran the idea of getting chickens! Right now I’m looking through regulations and trying to figure out what is best! I’ve read that...
  20. Void_Priestess

    A question about buying ready laying hens

    Um hello! I have no idea if I'm posting in the right place, but this is the only place I can think of to post my question. My mother is thinking of getting chickens (not sure yet) and she tasked me and my brother with doing all the research and math for it. A question came up when we saw how...
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