Recent content by ChickenButtsRanch

Ok, so I decided I needed to build a bigger incubator. After making the turner I realized I didn't leave room for the light bulbs. So I thought make a hot box under and allow the heat to rise into the box. I did a mock run using the same bulbs and box. I was able to hit temperature. So I...

Do all eggers have muffs or tufts?

I tried several of the hatcheries that have photos of their chicks and web searches. Hoping someone on here might know. No luck so far.

Apparently if they have unsold chicks that start to get out of the tubs they trigger their alarm at night. So they sell them for $1 to get them sold. I've seen the signs for it, but have never been there at the right time to purchase some until the other day.

So I got 20 chicks from TSC selling for $1. They said they were all silver laced wyandotte. After getting them home I saw there were actually a few different breeds mixed together. I have been able to identify all but the 5 that look like this chick pictured. Has the black/grey chipmunk...

No, my ameraucanas have always been too skiddish, I happened upon the coop at just the right moment to see this today. That moment when they are pushing to get it out and can't high tail it out. But I know she is one of my blue layers. I only have 3 ameraucanas. 2 lay blue 1 lays green. The...

https://www.tractorsupply.com/tsc/product/flock-party-mealworms-6-lb-bonus-1030646-6-lb?cm_vc=-10011 I would love to give my girls these meal worms for Christmas, I know they would love them too! I love to watch them gobble down treats. My treat is to see them happy!

Yes, pulled the membrane away it's the same color to slightly lighter than the outer shell. I'm just completely dumbfounded! Like I said before I figured they had stopped laying for whatever reason and to catch her laying the egg was shocking. And I actually watched her push it out, no other...

When I was healing a wound on one of my girls, I brought in one of her pals and kept them in separate cages next to each other. I feared even a pal would peck at the wound. So separate cages, but next to each other. They talked and stared at one another through out the healing process. It...

I took a picture of the egg, then opened it and checked in inside. That is cream as well. No blue at all like it used to be. I've been waiting for a moult to start as our seasons are finally starting to change. Wish I had a picture of what her egg looked like. It was a light sky blue...

I have a 5 foot fence that I put an 2ft extension on with 1ft arm that makes a 45degree bend pointing outward. And now the net attaches to the arms to completely enclose the yard it's approximately 40 x 100 area. The only wildlife I have ever seen was an armadillo, snakes, wild hogs, and...

If ducks heal as fast and we'll as chickens do the duck should be ok. Keep the wound clean and use triple antibiotic (3A)ointment (not the the pain relief formula just the regular) to keep it moist. One of my younger pullets was pecked at in the back of the neck. It removed a whole clump of...

I had 2 chickens disappear without a trace. My chickens are fenced into a large enclosure so ground predators cannot get in. So I theorized it to be flying predators. I put a net over the area and haven't lost any more.

Everything's the same. I have a feeder of calcium in the hen house and they get the crushed egg shells after I use the eggs. So they should have plenty of calcium.

I purchased 3 ameraucana chickens last year. They started laying blue and green eggs. So I would estimate that I've regularly gotten these colored eggs for about 8 months now. A month or so ago I thought they stopped laying for some reason. Today I was lucky enough to watch one lay an egg...