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Thanks for the advice...finally managed to get it under its original hatching mommy at dark...Picasso (due to being yellow with lots of dark spots here and there) is doing well, not sure if a boy or girl yet...but Picasso fits

Normally I don't take in a baby like this, but the egg was pushed into a corner with rejects, when I went to toss it... it pipped and the egg broke . When it finally moved out of the shell, the "umbilical" or maybe " egg sac" was still attached.... is it worth the time and I know it sounds...

https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/1064141/bigger-roo-and-bantams Just wondered if any of my friends here have bantam/larger roo chicks or hatches?

I have a teenager RIR/Golden Lace roo named Adonis and many black ? bantam hen and a silver sebright hen and a comet. I am wondering what will happen if he tries to cover the bantams? Will the bantams produce viable eggs and if so any idea on sizes? Or will he wind up hurting them? Am not...

Pharaoh quails $15 Sebring @12 all hens one male Posting for a friend here, she has had no bites and really needs to rehome them. FloridaHen

Having lost most of my original flock to a fox, possum? and even the dog and once a lawn mower...... I have rebooted with my 3 original hens of 12. I now have a egg laying Red Comet, a black bantam with a gold collar, and a white leghorn. I added a 1/2 RIR roo to the mix a few weeks ago (He is...

lol... thanks, have to admit I am worried the Buff is a roo? What do you think? I have a lovable RIR/? roo already, who is just 8 weeks old.... am worried this will cause a squabble in time to come as I had only planned 8 hens to a roo

Got 5, 10 week olds from a nearby person looking to rehome them, I paid $4 a piece for them, but already having a slightly younger roo, I am worried one of these is a roo... the attitude kind of shows...LOL Can anyone help me try to place the breeds and sex? Thanks for all the...

FINALLY.... the first eggs from my 8 girls, all that is left of the original 12. Though, I am not sure who laid them though...lol. I have 1 Cornish Cross,(Bertha) 3 Leghorns(Lucy, Lita and Lina), 3 Red SL's (Ruby,Opal and Pearl) and a black one with a copper necklace bantam (Selene). I lost my...

Laughs, I think I now need to pick a certain day for them to get treats... right now it is a matter of finding out what they like

The other day went through the broken hearted stage when my barely out of diapers... erm brooders Polish Tophat was killed by my dog. Now it is on to seeing the other kids ..erm chickens grow up and become Mommies without Phoenix around to be a comic. I wish I had the money to replace Phoenix...

I happened to be on a prepper site because they were showing a article I wanted to read, and found this link... after looking through MANY plans, I thought I should share it here for all those looking for ideas and concrete blueprints for possible coops. Some of these plans might have been...

I realized awhile ago there wasn't going to be enough room, that's why I am turning the run unto an extra sleeping area , I can't afford a shed and building anything is way out of my talent range....lol. I do however know how to close a box in with plywood...lol.

Actually the coop is sitting currently on a single layer of cinder blocks all around the building area, sort of like a basement...lol

FloridaHen is in Lake Placid