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My emus live in a 2.5 acre pasture and I have gotten busy lately and wasn't checking for eggs as much as I should have. Its currently 7 degrees where I live and my partner was going around checking on all the emus and couldn't find my oldest male. He found him hidden in a patch of tall grass...

I am hatching goose eggs for the first time and I was wondering how long it generally takes from pip to zip? I have one egg that pipped about 24 hours ago and it hasn't started zipping yet. Today is day 28.

How strong of a generator do you need to run a gqf sportsman 1502 for a couple days during a power outage? Does anyone have any recommendations for a particular generator?

Is there a way to tell gender of chicks out of an ayam roo? By feather sexing or anything? I’m not sure what their mom is, one came from a green egg and the other from a brown egg.

I’m currently building a 40x40 aviary for my 4 ornamental ducks, a ring teal pair and a mandarin pair. I was wondering if anyone has kept pheasants with their wild ducks. I’d like to possibly add a golden pheasant pair or if anyone has any suggestions on a breed of pheasant that would do okay...

I have a 2 year old gqf brooder. Overall, I really like it because it’s easy to clean and low maintenance. However, I haven’t been able to figure out how to clean around the heating element because I don’t think you can take the cage around it off, so there is dust around the heating element...

I was researching hatching emu eggs and I came across these videos put out by Cornell University Extension. I have only watched the first one, but it was informative and I plan on watching the others at some point. Not the best sound quality, but overall, a worthwhile watch if you want to learn...

I'm currently building a 40x40 aviary for my 4 wild ornamental ducks (mandarin pair and ring teal pair). When it gets finished, I am considering getting a pair of golden pheasants for the aviary. Can pheasants and ornamental ducks live together without too many issues?

What is the best meat bird that you can raise and breed yourself? I’d like something that is healthy enough to breed naturally and produce viable offspring that breed true, while also being a fast grower that is feed efficient.

Hello, I have been on byc about a year but mostly just come here for advice and browsing the coop build articles. I’m starting to spend more time on byc and I haven’t done one of these before so I wanted to introduce myself! (1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens? I...

I ordered an emu hatching egg and it’s supposed to be delivered tomorrow. Should I let it sit wide side up for 24 hours like with regular shipped chicken eggs, or should I go ahead and put it in the incubator when it gets here?

Hi, My chicken got out of its pen a few days ago and my dog bit it. I didn’t realize she was hurt at first but the next day she started acting lethargic and she slowly got worse and now she isn’t walking. It’s like she has lost control of the entire right side of her body. I gave her an epsom...

I have two jersey giant chicks, about 7 weeks old. Do they look like cockerels or pullets?

I'm building an aviary and looking to get into ornamental waterfowl. Anyone know any breeders in Kentucky?

I have two 5 week old emus and I’m wondering when I can bring them outside. It’s 30 degrees here right now in Kentucky, and it’s going to warm up a little next week but it probably won’t regularly be warmer than 60 degrees until April. Do I need to wait until they are 3 months old before I let...