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I noticed today for the first time that my silkie chick has developed a crooked top beak. S/he is 5 weeks old and only 3 weeks ago I had banded him as a keeper because his toes were great, etc.. I would have noticed a beak issue for sure. I'm not sure how I missed it, but there are several...

I'm new to incubating. Yesterday on Day 20, a chick put a dent/crack in the top of the egg. But there is no hole and the membrane has not been opened. Is this a Pip? There has been no more progress since that happened yesterday around noon. But I did hear the chick cheep in there this...

Okay, I have a concern with my silkie pullet. She's about 10 months old now and has been laying for about 3 months. She has started within the last two weeks of having really runny and stinky poop. I didn't think much of it at first and figured she needed some probiotics and I've been top...

Where do we submit Picture of the week? I took a cute one this morning!

I have a broody silkie sitting on an egg. It started to pip today, I don't know when. I noticed when she got up to get a drink and eat that it was pipped. I looked at it and the shell is cracked out, but the inner membrane is still in tact-- it didn't break all the way thru. Is that okay? I...

I'm getting very annoyed now and I don't know what I'm doing wrong. Sigh. I'm trying to upload a picture that has a vertical format. I rotated it on my desktop before uploading and when it is uploaded into my albums-- BYC rotates it again for me so that it is horizontal and WRONG. SO then I...

Question about that! I had eggs shipped to me and all of them arrived in great condition-- no cracks, etc. However, half of them ended up having loose air sacs. I set them with the large end up in my Brinsea and am crossing my fingers. I'm trying NOT to handle them (candle) since I know...

I tried the official thread and no one is there-- and I REALLY need an answer!! My machine is brand new-- got it for xmas. Took it out the box a couple of days ago and turned it on. The glass therm attached to the lid read 101. So I adjusted it down to read 100. I did see where people said...

Okay, I posted this on emergencies, and someone said it might be a better idea to see what you all had to say. I let my little dogs out and they alerted me to this bird in my yard. I don't know what happened to it. Could have flown into a window.. or sick?? No idea. But when I got out...

Okay, so I just let out my little dogs a few minutes ago and they alerted me to this bird. They were barking at it. I picked it up. It did fly off about 20 feet and then landed with it's wings out supporting it up. It's VERY cold. I brought it in and wrapped it up and gave it a tiny dropper...

I got my FIRST egg today! My Royal Palm turkey laid this beauty! None of my other birds have started laying yet! Don't know much about turkey's laying habits... hope I get another one tomorrow!! The white egg is for comparison-- it's a store bought egg labeled jumbo. My turkey egg is on...

I read the home page and clicked thru all the links and where it starts to talk about where my uploads might be located... it says that the video is coming. I'm usually pretty good about finding stuff, but I am totally at a loss where my Uploads/pictures might be located on here? I checked my...

I went out to refill the feed this afternoon and found a little 9 week old WCB Polish face down in the litter inside the coop. A great deal of her crest had been picked off and she has a bloody head showing through. It doesn't look like the flesh has been taken off -- although, there are some...

I have 9 week old chicks and two of those are Barred Rocks. A while back, they were getting tight quarters in the brooder at night, and THAT is when I noticed a lot of my chicks suddenly had bloodied tails with missing feathers. They were ONLY in the brooder at night. And that is when the...

Seriously, because I just used a little clipper and clipped through every little square and I'm ready to !! Please tell me there is a better way to do this! BTW-- I even tried using the Dremel tool with the flat vibrating cutter-- It worked --sort of, but I nearly ruined the blade. It's my...

I had 3 silkies shipped to me last week. They are between 4-6 months of age. They arrived this last Tuesday. Two days after they arrived, I noticed they were sneezing. Guessing shipping stress?? Then, the next day, two of them were stretching their necks up high in the air and opening their...

Right now, this incubator is on sale for $109.99 (Brinsea Octagon Eco 20) Says it holds 24 eggs, but I doubt I'd ever fill it, I don't need anything too large, but I don't want to bother with anything too tiny, either. It has a fan... I'm okay with the Semi automatic-- which means you turn...

Okay, so I have a question. What are your thoughts on bringing adult birds in and adding them to your flock? Currently my "flock" is one turkey. We're building a coop (nearly done!!) and my babies are being shipped next week to me. So very soon, I'll have my birds. However, I've been...

OKay... please tell me there's nothing to worry about... right?? A rhinestone about the size of a dime (yes it was BIG!) fell off clothing and she ate it before I even had a chance to grab it-- actually, we both saw it at the same time and I made a grab for it, but she was faster! Hoping she...

My chicks will be shipped in 2 weeks, I just went out and bought a heat lamp and food. Now for the brooder part: Here is what I am contemplating... 1. Shredded newspaper. (I have a confetti shredder and LOTS of newspaper on hand). Other than having to change it often, are their any...