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Does anyone have both Wellie and SF eggs for hatching? I'd like 6+ of each in one shipment (9 of each would be perfect). These both come up for auction from time to time, but I'd really like to find someone who can sell me both kinds and ship them together so I can set them all at the same...

I'm so excited. We've been casually researching top bar hives for about two years and finally just decided to take the plunge and build one. We're not terribly interested in honey, and definitely aren't looking at selling it or anything, but we are concerned about the plight of honeybees in...

So I'm a total novice at vegetable gardening. My mom always had beautiful flower beds but not much in the way of vegetables -- maybe a couple of patio containers with tomato plants -- so I wasn't really exposed to it growing up. I've grown tomatoes and peppers and zucchini and other things...

So cute -- my youngest (she'll be two in a few weeks) keeps telling everyone "Mama have eggs in a thank-u-bator! Peeps come out soon!" Thank-u-bator. How cute is that? I get so frustrated with turning, tweaking, adjusting and worrying that I forget to be thankful for the miracle this little...

I'm just learning about these little treasures and I'd love to chat if anyone has them or knows much about them. I'd be interested in a pair of does for staggered breeding so we'd have a small year-round milk supply. What can I expect to spend on good stock? How much barn and pasture space do...

I'm looking for 6-12+ LF Salmon Fav eggs. I do not need these for at least 3 weeks, and would be willing to take some anytime later this spring or summer. PM me if you can help...? Thanks!

I have the worst case of spring fever and I can't stand it! I ordered hatchery chicks, but they won't be here till early May. We culled all our cockerels last fall so I have no fertile eggs of my own. I don't have anybody locally to get hatching eggs from. I've been watching the auction...

Anyone have anything good or bad to share about Cackle or Welp Hatcheries? I've ordered from Cackle in the past and had great success, but Welp has all the varieties I'd like for slightly less $$ overall. Just wondering if there's any specific reason that anyone recommends I go with one over...

I have 8 roos that have been on ice in a cooler since they were butchered Friday (approx. 72 hours). I've drained the ice water and blood from the bottom of the cooler twice and replaced the ice, and they're staying very cold. Should I put them in zip bags and put them directly into the...

Hi all -- New to the goose board but not the forum. I have a contact who is interested in purchasing goose eggs in large quantities for decorating/crafting and asked if I'd be interested in raising them. Not knowing a blessed thing about geese but knowing exactly where to ask, I told him...

I have to take 6 roos to be processed (an hour away) on Wednesday. I do not have a chicken crate available but I do have a large dog crate -- will that work? Is there anything else that might work better? Thanks!

Just thought this was interesting... I hatched a Salmon Faverolle and a Fav/EE cross last weekend. The SF has feathered feet and 5 toes as expected. The cross looks like the SF chick with a few darker markings, has very lightly feathered feet, and she has 5 toes on one foot and 4 on the...

Not sure if this the best place for this question...might be a "managing your flock" thing...? We invested a lot of time and energy over the last few weeks into cleaning up the bottom of our old barn and making it secure and comfortable for our young flock, in hopes that they'll be laying by...

...the first pip of this hatch. I have 12 in the 'bator, 3 definite duds, 3 probable duds -- not expecting more than 4 or 5 to hatch. These were very roughly handled by the post office. Still, that first pip is so exciting!

I have two lovely small parrots for sale. Peach is a yellow-sided green-cheeked conure. GCC's are among the quieter conure breeds but all of them can be noisy at times. Please be aware of this! He's 3.5 years old, sweet, easy to handle, and has an extensive vocabulary including...

Not the delicious crock-pot sticky chicken; that goes in another topic. No, this is a silly novice cosmetic issue. I had a chick hatch Saturday night and his/her head feathers are all matted down and stiff. All the others dried nice and fluffy but this one looks ridiculous (...flashing back...

Ok, so we just had our first chick hatch and two more are pipped, out of 12 eggs. I'm hoping more pip/hatch tonight and tomorrow. I know you're supposed to leave them in the bator till they're dry and fluffy and warm, but what's to keep them from knocking about into the other eggs? Will that...

My chicks shipped Monday from the hatchery and I'm praying that they'll be here tomorrow! The brooder is all set up and ready to go and I am so excited I can't sleep -- I'm like a kid at Christmas. Somebody me and send me to bed!

I set my first batch of eggs today! Welsummers, Blue Andalusians and golden Lakenvelders courtesy of okiehen's okie hens. I am so excited...I managed to squeeze all 18 of them into a borrowed homemade 'bator. My kids are all abuzz with excitement and we're starting the longest 3 weeks of...

I stopped by the post office yesterday morning to let them know I was expecting a shipment of live chicks around 7/1. I left them my name and phone number and told them to call me as soon as they arrived (they offered to send them out with my carrier! but I said no thanks, I'd prefer to pick...