Posts by kleinheksel farm

I have 4 hens at the moment... 2 buff orpingtons and 2 new Hampshire reds. They are just now a year old, and in the past week one of the hens has started laying almost pure white eggs. I've tried searching on here and haven't found any...

We have some chicks due the 18th of March. It's our first time incubating. We bought a genesis hovabator 1588. We put 37 eggs in and candled yesterday. I think we're down to 26 (11 not developing). 13 of the eggs are from our own...

Where in MI? I may be interested.

Quote: Originally Posted by BlazeJester  That is true, but there is a very fuzzy line between "just a mutt" and "mutt that probably has a blue egg gene", especially in roos.   Ameraucana is an APA...

  Quote: Originally Posted by ChickensAreSweet  You know, I was thinking perhaps OP was not from the USA. It might be considered an Ameraucana over in Europe????   OP, are you in the...

this rooster was given to me by a friend to get some fertilized eggs for our incubator.  idk if this is an obvious answer or not.  my friend said he's an ameraucana, but he doesnt look like any that i've seen online. ...

Sounds like an interesting experiment.  What will you do when showering?  Also, (I'm not a woman, so excuse my ignorance) where will they be when you sleep?  My wife doesn't like to sleep with a bra on.  Hopefully I...

My biggest fear is that it might bring a disease in.  I've read on here that it isn't good to bring mature chickens into your flock.  It will only be for two weeks.  I'm planning on doing it unless someone can give me...

My wife and i have 5 hens and are hoping to hatch some of their eggs this spring.  Our roosters that we had last year were getting a little aggressive so we decided to make them dinner.  Anyway, we have a friend who has a...

thanks for the quick post how are they attached to the coop... i guess that's my main question along with supports to the wall.