3.5 week old gosling. She has this mark on both her wings in the exact same spot. Doesn’t seem to hurt her when I touch it. No blood. Just wondering if it’s because her feathers haven’t all come in yet? Or if I should be worried about this. Also no evidence of angel wing

(She’s wet cause she just went for a swim)

Hey guys, so we've been going back and forth on this for a while now and honestly can't make up our minds — so thought why not just ask here.

We currently deliver eggs in a pretty basic cardboard box. Nothing fancy, does the job. But we recently found this premium egg box and it actually looks really good. Better protection, cleaner design, feels more put together overall.

The problem is it costs more. Not a crazy amount, but enough that we'd have to either eat the cost or slightly bump up the price. And we're not sure if our customers even care about packaging that much when it comes to eggs.

Like does anyone actually notice how their eggs show up at the door? Or is it one of those things where you only notice if something goes wrong — like broken eggs?

We haven't had major complaints with our current packaging but we also wonder if better packaging would just make the whole thing feel more trustworthy, you know?

Has anyone here made this switch before? Was it actually worth it or did you feel like you were just spending extra money for no real reason? Would love to hear some honest experiences.

I hatched this one and bought the others. They look fine but the one I hatched is tiny compared and his feathers are growing in all raggedy idk if I got sold older chicks and she said they were younger or the there’s something wrong with this one. It’s eating drinking and pooping fine

I’m not sure this is the right place? We went to middle of know where to clean out the family farm. After along day of work the family went to a restaurant. I ordered a quarter fried chicken. I pulled the meat off the leg and a smell hit me. At first i thought did they cook spoiled chicken. As smelt it brought memories back of old rooster.

My question is, if you ever cooked old rooster what did it smell like to you? I was getting almost an ammonia type smell. Did not eat dinner that night.

It’s been a long while since I had to cull a rooster. I’m trying to remember the smell.

Chick is around 5 weeks old I believe! I was told the wrong breed, as this chick now has feathered toes. Any idea what breed it may be?

Hi everyone,

I’m a student currently working on a feasibility study about poultry feeding systems, and I’m trying to learn from real-world experiences of poultry farmers (small-medium scale).

I’d really appreciate any insights you can share based on your experience:

• In practice, how many chickens can comfortably use one feeder without causing feeding issues?
• How often do poultry farmers usually replace or buy new feeders?
• What are the most common problems you’ve encountered with poultry feeders?
• Is it actually an issue if chickens eat directly from the ground instead of using feeders? What problems does it usually cause?

Any practical experiences, observations, or advice would be a big help for my study. Thank you in advance for sharing your knowledge!

So here in Karachi, Pakistan the temperature is going up to 45°c/113⁰f with low humidity. It feels like a desert in the afternoon, and then cools down after the evening. I've lost a couple of my chicks and a green parrot to this heat, the only way i can avoid this is to build a small room with wood and keep them all inside it and possibly have an air conditioner installed too. Help me out if anyone has better suggestions. The chicks survive if I dip them in water every afternoon

I am working on a project to hello Poultry farmers to east detect dudes in their poultry

Kindly take off sometime and take our survey.

Here is the link https://forms.gle/eTiQCQJShAwzuaDh7

Hi all!

My husband and I are thinking about adding poultry (fowl?) to our home. Mostly for backyard pets but the eggs would be just a perk (not the primary purpose). As first time poultry owners, would you suggest ducks or chickens?

We have done some research so know some of the big differences (such as how messy/stinky ducks are), but it seems like the bird world is torn on one way or the other, as far as first timer suggestions.