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Sheesh...i have a whole bunch of chickens now...I dont even know anymore how many there are....I really wanted some BLUE eggs, So I specially ordered some blue-egg laying aracaunas.....they are 27 weeks old and still not laying?? of the breeds I have NONE have ever taken this long to lay.....I...

I dont even know what to say....for a long time I have known these Turkeys are getting too big. I've been worried about this for a couple of MONTHS... I've been meaning to get the the processing but, things have been amazingly busy and the Turkeys keep waiting. Here I am a COMPLETE novice...

My mom found 2 framed 4X8 pieces of hardware cloth...made the PERFECt brooder for inside my coop.....and my new babies... Here they are......11 true auracanas, 4 cuckoo marans, 4 EE, 2 delawares...

Hey all... I have two turkeys, I think they are standard bronze...I got them to raise for the holidays and have been wondering what I should feed them prior to processing..... BUT last night I didn't close the coop early enough and they were on the porch...so, in the dark I was tyring to get...

I just got 12 new babies from chicken scratch poultry. 1 of them is not doing well....I have been giving it sugar water with an eye dropper and keeping it in my bra...how often should I give it the water? Thanks!!

I let my broody hatch 6 eggs...3 have hatched and seem fine. But, I also order 20 baby chicks...thinking it would be better to raise them all at once. I got 10 of the 20 today, they are in a brooder in the coop next to my broodies (2 batams) the mama's are besides themselves....they hear the...

I have two Turkeys, I think they are Bronze? I would like to process them for Thanksgiving and Christmas. What do i feed them to finish them up?

I read you all talking about "lock down" and I knwow that is for an incubator but, does that mean I should check on eggs under a broody anymore? Coudl I kill them? Does that mama know not to turn them anymore after a certain day?

I've been noticing recently a small brown speck (like a grain of sand) on alot of my egg yolks. What is that? Sometimes its a bit bigger....I pick up eggs daily. I've occasionally seen a blood spot but this isn't red like that and it is about the size of a piece of sand. Does anyone esle see...

I am a first timeer.... I have 6 eggs under a broody. They were laid on 8/16 and I left them with her on that day. I am so excited!! She has been on them faithfully....It's been very hot here... I also have some day old chicks on order in case the hatch doesn't go well....I've gone out to...

I let my broody hen keep 9 eggs that were layed on 8/16....she has been on them faithfully and is now separated from the rest of the group. When are they due to hatch? Do I count the 16th as day 1? Thanks!

i started my broody on the 8/16 with 6 eggs hatched the same day. i added 3 more on 8/17. i accidentally picked one up(and it broke) it looked like it was developing. i should have 8 left, but yesterday i could only find 7 and today only 6!!! What could be happening to them? they are marked...

i just got two Seramas from a lady selling them on craig's list.....I feel so bad that i got to see their first egg!! but it's still exciting! here it is...... i want a roo so bad....i am so addicted to chickens now......(sigh)

So... One of my girls, a bantam started sitting, so I put some eggs under her. Yesterday, I noticed her "sister" sitting with her....Now they sit together. I originally put 9 eggs under the broody, i can't find one of them and I accidentally picked one up and noticed it too late (and it...

I am so excited!!! My little banty is broody, she hasn't been off the next for 3 days, even though I moved her and took her eggs away.... So today, I selected the nicest of today's eggs (6) I marked them and let her keep them!! Is there anything else I should do for mama? Thanks!

Hi All.... As these turkey get bigger and bigger...it reminds me that Thanksgiving is comping up in a couple of months.... Should I start "fattening" them up soon? They are pretty big now, I have two Toms... I have never processed a bird before and am getting a little worried how this will...

I wish I had an egg scale! it's the biggest chicken egg i've ever seen. It's way biiger that an X-large store egg. How many yolks you think?

Hi All! My chickens are 22 weeks old and have been laying eggs for a few weeks now. Most of them are still pullet sized eggs...some are gradually getting larger. I have a rooster and they eggs appear to be fertile (bullseye) When can I hatch some of the eggs? Thanks!!

I'de like to buy some day old or older chicks for shipping to Souther California. I would also be willing to get some hatching eggs......just don't have an incubator yet... Thanks.

My girls started laying eggs a couple weeks ago...first a little blue egg(that is still little)...since then I've gotten light brown, sandy brown pinkish brown and tiny white eggs....out of 17 I think I have six that are laying....it is sooo cool!! Today...I got my first Large egg... Life is...