Posts by WLLady

It's so wonderful to teach kids about this! Have them experience it! I just got a phone call from our local college last week, they were hatching in march-or supposed to-and someone messed up the order so 2 dozen hatching eggs arrived...

Quote: Originally Posted by superseeds  Hi all,   If anyone in southern ontario would be willing to sell me a few day olds in the spring please PM me. Goal chicks would...

oh, if you look at my avatar photo that's one of the BR roo x RIR hen chicks right there, sitting in my hand.

i just did this BR roo x RIR hen earlier this year.  i also had a new hampshire, columbian rock hens in there too and a couple black sex linked hens...ALL the chicks were black with white tummies and white spots on the head. ...

those are called meat spots.  they're usually just a little piece of the reproductive tract that has shed off while the egg is passing down before it gets the shell.  blood spots are made the same way, a little blood gets...

they yellow one looks buff to me, my new hampshire was quite a bit more burnt golden colour than yellow.

100% a coyote. nice one too.  

Quote: Originally Posted by Nicluvchocolate  I'm in Prince George BC!  I am currently building a pallet coop to house 14 already-laying hens, coming to me second hand. I am crash coursing my way into what...

i was having the same problem with a pair off buff orpingtons i just got. my RIRs were just being awful. so i decided to be head chicken. anytime the RIRs went for them, i pecked the RIRs-just a swift finger poke. the RIRs learned in...

maybe send an email to your friends that work in busy offices or something and see if they can save cartons for you?  that's how i get mine (now i do chicken eggs, and while i have the occasional massive egg, it's rare)...?