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Three pair 2022 Cubalaya bantams. Project color. SF Bay Area. Very elegant living ornaments. Reply or send message if interested.

Merriam wild turkey poults. One jake; four jennies. Hatched May 28, 2022 out of eggs from captive bred parents. These will be ready to breed next spring. They will be table size by Thanksgiving of this year. They are about the same size as Eastern wild turkeys but rangier. Their build makes...

There are two things to do to prevent pasting. The first is to grind up some scratch in a blender until it is very finely divided and then feed it as the first feed. I like to put the water and the scratch just outside the hot area where they prefer to sleep. I put down a couple of layers of...

Every year people decide that it is just too cute to keep the ducks and the chickens together, including the drake. And every year someone is broken hearted because a poor biddy died in agony after a drake attempted to mate with her. Here are the basics: Chickens do not have a penis; they...

Well, I've just lost another friend for being judgmental. She has a new boyfriend who I know all too well. She asked me about him, without telling me he was her new SO. Some years ago he and a friend of his wished to embark on some questionable Asian tourism; I doubt I need to elaborate...

OK. The title of this forum is "Exhibition, Genetics, & Breeding to the Standard of Perfection" so it appears to permit logical "OR" values as well as logical "AND' values. I mention this because I gather that some folks more into Exhibition consider discussions of genetics alone sort of off...

I'm sitting here watching "All American Cowgirl Chicks" on RFD-TV. This show covers cowgirls, including trick riding, the flag parade, and so on and also shows various other rodeo events. Today was a definite cognitive dissonance day - during the bull riding, the PA was playing "Smoke on the...

Researchers have recently determined that most dinosaurs had feathers of varying degrees of complexity, apparently these were frequently in long thin strips. Imagine a time traveler going back and discovering that Tyrannosaurus Rex looked like a giant Silkie....

It has long been the custom to suggest lack of adequate space and poor management as the causes of cannibalism and feather picking when the tendency to cannibalism appears to be heritable. http://www.organicvet.co.uk/Poultryweb/disease/feath/feath1.htm ~~Feather pecking has been shown to...

The key to having a good experience with a backyard flock is careful planning and breed selection. The first step is to select a coop. Although more expensive, the plastic coops - Eglu, Formex, Brinsea - have fewer issues with mites and are incredibly easy to clean. A good run is also a...

I placed a special order with Cackle hatchery through Scotts Valley Feed Store in Scotts Valley, CA. Never again. Dominiques do not have even barring nor single combs. All were too dark and even; and some had single combs.

Formerly Newark had a Noah's Ark law that limited owners of dogs, cats, chickens, etc. to two of a species. In June this was repealed, and the new code permitting up to four hens is now in effect.

Utility breeding appears to be a lost art among backyard chicken breeders and those who raise show quality birds. How many of you work for both goals? I ask this because many people stress the show quality bird as being the superior stock - yet breeding for show points destroyed the productive...

Something I have noticed in the Breeds, Genetics, and Showing thread is that the folks breeding for show standard have a tendency to tell the folks breeding for utility that the category is for Breeds, Genetics, and Showing and that discussions of breeding for utility values - temperament and...

Saturday, November 12th, 2011. 6 PM. My Cafe, Thornton Avenue, Newark, CA The easiest way to get there is to take the I-880 exit into Newark, CA, and turn into the Home Depot parking lot on the right. The restaurant is right by the gas station that is on the corner, in a separate building.

I have two 14 week old Barred Rock pullets that we have kept in the cage we use as a brooder in our family room. They need to go out in the coop. The problem is that the Black Stars are laying, and are on laying crumbles. Since the Barred Rocks seem to be nearly as tall as the Black Stars, I...

Gold Coast Poultry Fanciers Presents The 23rd Annual California Classic Poultry Show San Benito County Fairgrounds Hollister, CA APA District 8 January 16-17, 2010 Click Here to download the 2010 Show Catalog http://www.poultryshow.com/2010catalog.pdf They will have a limited poultry sales...

September is National Chicken Month and the National Poultry Museum is now on the grounds at the National Agricultural Hall of Fame in Bonner Springs, KS. Guess where I'm going next week? It's my vacation and Ba-Gaw Lee that is where I'm going.

September is National Chicken Month and the National Poultry Museum is now on the grounds at the National Agricultural Hall of Fame in Bonner Springs, KS. Guess where I'm going next week? It's my vacation and Ba-Gaw Lee that is where I'm going.

Some years ago I read a Japanese story, possibly a folk tale, about an artist and his cat. In the story the artist was doing a painting of Buddha's meeting with all the animals and the cat wanted to know why he wouldn't put her in the picture. The artist explained that when Buddha called all the...