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I am going to be selling Russian Orloff eggs. $20 a dozen plus shipping. Buyer pays shipping. I will add extra eggs if they are laid the day of shipping. The reason these are so cheap is due to the fact I am not hatching and need to move these eggs. The rooster is a spangled rooster. Chicks...

Hi everyone! From the beginning of mt chicken career I have always bought my chicks from breeders. I have recently lost a ton of chickens to predators decided to order more for in the spring. When I order from Cackles hatchery it said they were available tomorrow. Does that mean they ship...

I am offering 6+ Millie Fleur Bantam Cochin hatching eggs!! These cochins are purebred. I constantly am breeding towards the standard for cochins. The reason I am offering these limited time only is because I have enough chicks to look at I don't need to hatch many more right now. This...

Hi, We just sold our house. Which is a good thing because that means we are moving to a place with more land and that means I get to build my dream "breeder" coop. Over the years of keeping chickens I have collected numerous hutches for my bantam breeds (Seramas, OEGB) and then I have a...

My girls are laying alot and I`m done hatching at the moment so I hate letting these eggs go to waste. The hens came from SQ stock and the rooster came from a good bloodline as well. They are all friendly and LOVE attention. Great size, not to big or to small. Still get that fluff that a LF...

Hi! I searched this topic and got one thread but it was on a brooder. A little different. Anyways,hears what I need help on. I just bought a used hutch. It has 3 different pens in one. The middles I may make removable. Havent decided yet. Anyways! Back to the point. It has been used by the...

Ok so last week while I was gone my two ducks started laying! I was excited to see the two little eggs sitting in a dirty little straw nest. Well yesterday I found a soft shelled egg. Didnt think much of it, until today I found 2 more!! Its like their laying them before the shell gets on...

I am in love my ducks! Haha! I took a TON of pictures yesterday during their playtime! No drake feathers yet...

Ok so Im writing a research paper on Gregor Mendel and his contribution to genetics. I am bringing in chicken breeding but I would like to know these questions to help finish up my paper. What is the roosters contribution to the offspring What is the hens? I know there are dominate and...

He showed up and needless to say hes my hens man now... I was thinking a standard old English what do you think?

Hi everyone! I have 2 ducks. I got them like the first week in march and they were like 2- 3 weeks old then. More two then 3. I dont see a drake feather yet and I have never had ducks so I dont know if I have two boys or two girls! I have tried listening for raspy tones. They do let out...

Ok well last Sunday I heard one of my silkies sneezing, I immediately put the two showing signs in a crate for quarantine. I soon noticed they both have Runny noses (ts yellow when dried), they both have swollen areas around their eyes and sometimes one will breath with its mouth open. They...

Well its ok if I am but I just hope there is someone else out there that is as addicted to chick/chickens/eggs as me! Here are my addiction problems: Go to the Grocery store and look at every lable on the egg cartons looking to see if any are "Fertile" Then going to a store and seeing a pen...

Hi everyone. My poor broody hen was attacked by my rooster. (Going to a new home) I dont know what got into him.. Anyways she has no feathers on her head now and some a bloody around her neck. I feel bad for the poor girl, I think she has already been through her molt last fall. Does that mean...

Hi everyone. I am mad at my rooster and needless to say he is leaving sometime within the next few days! I got home today only to find my broody hen (who had been sitting for, it will be a week tomorrow) she was in the corner of the coop with no head feathers and bleeding. He did something to...

Hi everyone! I got my two very spoiled ducks at a feed store back at the beginning of march! They are 3 months and some off weeks old. I cant believe it. Anyways some of may have seen pictures of them before but as my little Lilly is growing she seems to not be a Cayuga as I was told before...

Hi everyone! I just set 22 eggs in my incubator and put 7 eggs under my broody hen Henrietta. There are 10 Dominique, 5 RIR, 5 Black Sexlink, and some mixed breeds. who else is hatching!

Ok so I am buying a still air incubator from my friend for a really good price. But I have heard they need a fan to get the best hatch rate. I am just using it to hatch a few of my own eggs and for other every now and then. I was wondering if this fan would work? I was looking on...

Ok so this afternoon I went out and 4 of my hens were all in a line dustbathing I laughed went back inside. I got bored came back and I just happened to pick my EE up and her eye was haflway closed and her neck looked swollen... I picked my other EE up and her neck looked the same except it she...

Alright! So I finally gave in to my "stray" rooster. (Long story) Anyways I let him in two days ago and he bred them like crazy the first day. I have some fluffy butt girls so how long will it be until I can hatch the eggs? I would really like to hatch my own eggs so how long until he gets...