since we were given an incubator, we were thinking of getting eggs to hatch ourselves. the option of getting assorted, unknown colors/varieties of eggs from http://guineafarm.com/ looks REALLY enticing...just waiting anxiously to see what comes out of the eggs and what they turn into would be...
I started w chickens this year and I'm loving them. I am considering getting some guineas next spring and I've seen some of the threads on here and they are great and have answered several of my questions....except two rather random ones. ..
1. I keep bees, and I know that one of the main...
I am lovin this thread. We started chickens this year and we are considering guineas for the spring as well. Great info. I have one other question tho. We also keep bees...2 hives. I know one of the main benefits of guineas is their role as exterminators of bugs. Will my hives be safe or will...
Here's the situation. We are newbies to the chicken thing, and have a small flock of hens (4 marans and 2 polish) and one rooster (polish) that are 5 months old. My daughters bought mom 2 Cochin chicks for Mother's Day, one of which turned out to be a cockerell and was sold to a friend. The...
We found our first two eggs this afternoon from our pullets. We have 4 Marans born in early March and 2 Polish born a week or so earlier. We weren't expecting any eggs yet, but lo and behold, one Marans egg and one Polish. The question now is ......well, everything.....we are as Newbie as you...
Our family decided we didn't have enough pets/animals wandering around (2 dogs, 1 parakeet, 2 hives of honeybees) so we decided to try and add chickens. We bought 13 chicks (marans, RIRs, and polish), lost one RIR, and sold 5 roos once we determined that they were roos. The remaining chicks...