Posts by my4ladies

I've never owned this breed before. Do they fall into the easy-to-tell-gender category or hard-to-tell?  

These chicks are a tad bit older than 4 wks. There are some differences between the two. I personally think they are boy and girl, but I'd like some other opinions too.   This is the first one, we'll call it...

I had a bad hatch and now I'm looking for chicks to replace the eggs that would've hatched. The ones that did hatch are now 5 days old, so I'd like to get chicks of the same age to blend in with them (and the...

Thanks for your opinions and input. I recently bought a huge  bag of feed from my local feed mill that they grind themselves. It was a much cheaper route so I thought I'd try it. My chickens didn't seem to like it much and it was...

Since you are not supposed to eat eggs from a chicken who has dewormed for 15 days (or however long), is it okay to deworm a broody since she won't be laying anyway? Or a new mama hen that is raising chicks, also not...

Could someone tell me what people have against store brand food like Purina? I am really in the dark on this one  (and need to be enlightened!!)   I don't necessarily believe everything I read, and I know ppl on here have...

Yep, forgot to mention, they are chicken eggs. And thank you so much. I guess I won't worry too much about it then. They're peeping like crazy in there and my mind is just going a mile a minute not knowing what they humidity is. "are...

Hello hatch-along buddy. So sorry you have to deal with this : ( Is there any way you can post a pic on here? It's hard to advise someone to cull a chick without seeing it's condition. You explained it well, but I think a pic would...

My friend had eggs in a 'bator that she added @ different times= different hatch days. Some hatched while the turner was still on and she said they got stuck and some died...

I was hoping someone could help me gauge what the humidity is. I realized my hydrometer wasn't working on lockdown when I increased humidity and it didn't budge.   Hatch day is today.   Here are the stats. The 'bator...