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Hi, I'm looking for a couple nice quality mille fleur d'uccle hens. I might talk about porcelains too, because my lone rooster is less than ideal. I'm located in Nebraska, but would be open to traveling for the right birds (within reason), or shipping.

I have a pair of opal white eyed pea's with an extra purple split to pied cock (as in, he carries one pied gene and no white gene, his father was dark pied) penned together. I got one loud or silver pied chick that is either India blue or purple. This isn't that surprising, apparently one or...

Hi, I have a bunch of eggs in a couple of incubators at the moment (an Rcom and a Brinsea, so good quality). Most of the eggs are doing great, and temp and humidity have never been a problem. However, the eggs from one specific breeding pen are not developing well. They receive the same care...

What is this blob? It was attached to the duckling's navel by a thread thick "cord". The picture is basically true to color. It is definitely brownish.

I don't think there is probably an answer for this, but I figured I would ask anyway. My hen laid one egg a couple of months ago, and I wasn't surprised when it was infertile. However, she laid two more eggs recently (within the last week and a half) and these were also infertile. I know the...

I am having persistent problems with omphalitis and I am at a loss as to how to stop it. I have searched and searched, but all of the articles that I have seen have the exact same basic information, all of which I already know. Last fall I was attempting to hatch chicks from my own eggs...

This isn't exactly an incubating question, but I didn't find a better place for it. I have a Brinsea Eco 20 incubator. I purchased it last year, and ended up with more eggs than I could fit in my Rcom this spring. So I bought the automatic turner for the Brinsea. It was delivered today and...

I know that most(?) of the Purina poultry feeds are now all vegetarian. Many people state that animal protein is important for poultry, however. What is Purina's position on this, does this position vary based on the species of bird being fed (for example, I own peafowl and a turkey in...

In the interest of full disclosure, I know what gender these chicks are because they were DNA tested. However, I could have sworn I knew what they were before, but it turned out I was wrong. I based my thoughts on some pictures posted on this site. But maybe I am missing some key part. They...

The USPS lost my charcoal peacock. I have spent most of the day on the phone with various people, repeatedly hearing lies that someone would call me back within a specified amount of time. There is a case open, but no one called me back and when I tried calling back this last time, I found out...

I am looking for eggs from golden necked d'Uccle's. (I will consider chicks or older birds as well, but eggs seem easier to ship, particularly this time of year.) I am only looking for eggs from SHOW/EXHIBITION quality parents. Price is negotiable, quality is more important to me. Please let...

There was a tornado just a few miles from our house and the power is out. I have four peachicks in the process of hatching. All are pipped internally and one externally. I don't know how long the power has been out but I rushed home as soon as I heard and the incubator was down under 90...

I have two chicks of the same breed that hatched one week ago. One of them is doing great, growing, feathering, running, jumping, and playing. The other one is not. It eats and drinks, but it is not growing (it is about half the size of the other one now). Two nights ago, I felt it's crop...

I had five chicks hatch a week ago. There were three others that developed full term. When candling I saw no movement, no internal pipping, and no peeping. On day 22, I cracked open the air cell end of the egg and all three were dead in the shell, and had not even pipped internally. All...

I have a peahen that will be 3 years old in a couple of months. I am looking into getting her a mate, but I have had doubts about her coloring. When she hatched, I THOUGHT I knew which egg she came from, but I'm just not sure. (I was new to pea's and lost 2 due to coccidia.) I was pretty...