Posts by Spitman

Hey Guys Lost most of my flock last year to the neighbors Dog 35 Birds and the last nine to a Fox while I was on vacation , Auto door ,  and fox learned that I was gone. Came home to check on them , and found the sucker trapped...

my Broody hen hatched 6 chicks about 1 1/2 weeks old doing great seem fine but there crops look a little bit swollen to me . i had a swollen crop problem about 3 months ago with some adult birds but treated them , and they got better ....

It very well could be a BCM , with what they call over melinization, or to much copper and or brown in places it shouldn't . Sometimes it can go away as it feathers out , however yours dosnt look to be very good stock , but that is very...

How much feed per bird per day?

1 of my chickens threw up when my daughter was watching them the other day . When I checked her tonight she was very swollen in the cest and she opens her mouth over and over again , like she is gasping in slow motion I also noticed...

Quote:Originally Posted by gilavina I still need to get update pics of my birchens I have around here. I don't have many blacks...most of mine are blues or splash. The youngest pen where most of them are I noticed last weekend are...

Quote:Originally Posted by gilavina well, lucky you! I'd take birchens any day! haha But then again, I am rather addicted to them!  I will keep posting there progress , do you think you could post some pictures of...

They both look like mixed breeds ,  the hen looks like a Easter egger mix , and the Roo is a mixed breed as well

Quote:Originally Posted by gilavina ah yes, i've tried contacting her in the past, but with no luck. i look forward to seein how they develop for ya  Ya , I got lucky I fixed her incubator and she gave me the eggs , I thought they...

Quote:Originally Posted by gilavina  Oh...and I forgot to ask Spitman....where did your birchens come from? They have nice leg feathering from what I could see!From a local chicken farmer. Marie Krebs , she has the best marans...