Posts by SIMZ

This is just my very inexperienced opinion, but I wouldn't give it to the next chick unless you suspect it has it.  The older chicks should be fine now after treatment, so if you clean out the bedding I think it would be ok. ...

I'd try it!  That's young enough that they'll usually mesh pretty well as long as they're about the same age.  There is probably a chance that there could be a disease problem, but the quarantine usually applies to older...

The gold color doesn't seem like it should be there, does it?  What color are his legs?  I'm saying "his", but it's a little early to tell.  There seems to be a lot of comb development, though. 

Quote: Originally Posted by lizanne  I've also noticed that mine eat all through the night even without a light. I have a couple that sleep in the food bowl, wake up, have a couple bites, and go back to sleep. We just...

Here are 2 chicks from my first "big" marans hatch from my own chickens.  It's amazing how cute and fluffy they get when I actually leave the incubator closed until the end of the hatch.    The first chick is really...

Good morning, everyone!    I just discovered that 2 of my chicks are mossy (mossiness?).  I checked my 8 week old chick and discovered the same thing going on with that one.    The parents did not...

What causes mossiness?  Is that something from the rooster or the hen?  Since I haven't noticed that on either of the parents is there something that would let me know it would show up in the...

Thank you, marquisella   While that's not good news, in a way I'm glad to hear that it's possible for them to have brown tipped feathers.  I was somewhat concerned that she had permanently retained a bit of Orpington DNA...

Hello!  I'm hoping someone can help me solve a small mystery.   I hatched 4 chicks from my BCMs.  I know the mother and father of all 4.  I kept two of the chicks because the mother is one of my better hens and...

I wish I could keep my little roosters from crowing until 4-5 months old!   lol They always seem to start in by 8 weeks here..lol   Like MasonicFlock said 4-5 months is a good age.  They will be more filled out...