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I have an 11 month old Beilefelder rooster in with 5 -11 month old Beilefelder hens, 3 - 3 yr old other hens and 2 - 2 yr old hens. I see him dance around the hens but no mounting. I have been checking eggs and find the white spots in the yolks but no target or circle shape. Is this normal for...

My wife has rebelled at raising our own chickens for the table. The reason is my DP breeds are all have dark meat according to her. As background, let me say we are both of an age that we remember when CXs were not very popular with the local farmers yet. Her mother used to raise chickens and...

Not sure where to post this. In late June some of my 8 week old chicks got over my line fence. I am in Southwest Michigan somewhat in the country. Every one around has at least 1 acre, one that connects at the back corner of my place has 40+ acres. That area of two of my neighbors is quite over...

I set 18 eggs in my Nurture Right 360. When I checked on day 7, several looked like they had veins and embryos showing, but several looked like the bad egg pictures attached. I thought they were fine and just further along. I read more on the site here and saw pictures that looked too much like...

After the discussion on cameras in the coop, I have noticed a lot of moving around on the roost at night. I checked for mites and lice and found none. I had an experienced friend check and he found nothing. They seem to be grooming a lot. Lots of feathers on the poop board and the floor. Seems...

I just have 6 chickens, a rooster and 5 hens. I had let them out for supervised free range time about 10 minutes before,when the rooster responded to the alarm call of one of the pine squirrels in the trees next door which are about 30 yards from my coop and hoop house run. These chickens are...

I just lost 2 of 11 chicks I received from Ideal Poultry and 3 more look sick. Please note I only indicated where I got them because it took 36 hours to receive them thru the mail, not that I suspect any errors on Ideal's part. . They seemed healthy and happy when they arrived. We had fresh food...

I am about to receive my chicks and restart by a small chicken flock. While constructing my coop and run, I found raccoon scat in the area. I had recently purchased Ring battery operated cameras from Costco to set up monitoring of my home, so I used one to check the coop area. In the first...

I raised 8 chickens last year and since I am too lazy to carry water in the winter, I put them in the freezer. But once they were processed, they looked and cooked like wild pheasants. I have had to pressure cook them to get tender. The leg meat was very dark and stringy like wild pheasant. Very...