Posts by Ridgerunner

Juvenile molt. Chicks go through two molts before they grow their adult feathers. They just outgrow their baby feathers and need to replace them. They probably went through another juvenile molt at 8 or 9 weeks.

You can do what you wish. There is no chicken police going to come around and fine you or throw you in jail. I’ll try to give you some information that may help you decide what you want to do. Here are links to two different studies...

1. Can the mama hen eat medicated chick food? (cocci was a problem last time we got chicks) So can she eat ampro? It will absolutely do no harm for the hen to eat medicated chick feed. 2.So I have 2 coops one small and one big. We have...

1. Some pretty buff orpington pullets close by and considering getting one or two of them. I've read that they are docile and can get harassed by chickens in a mixed flock. How often of an occurrence is this? Is it something that will...

Quote:Originally Posted by WoodlandWoman During freezing weather, I try to have the roosts placed in a more sheltered end of the coop, that doesn't have drafts blowing through it.  This prevents added wind chill on combs and...

Yeah, it’s really hard to understand your question. There are just so many different ways to take that. You’ll find we do a lot of different things for nests. You are pretty much limited only by your imagination. They can be as...

Yes, you can mix bantam and full-sized eggs in the incubator. Each individual egg is different, even if laid by the same hen. The shell may be a bit thicker or less porous on one egg than another. The egg white inside may be a bit...

If you read the very first post in this thread, Tim tells you how to do it by color or maybe by feathers at hatch. The only way this works is if the parents are set up for it genetically. I don’t know if the parent flock is set up for...

Is it okay to mix the breeds of chicken I am incubating, or is it best to put all the same breed in the incubator? I’m not sure what your concern is. What do you think might be a problem? Many of us mix them all the time but maybe you...

Probably Ideal Hatchery. They are a big one in Texas that ships to all states. Their sex links are crosses between specific breeds, not the commercial hybrids. From what you describe, I'd guess their gold sex links, a Rhode Isand Red...