a The eggs with the bumps are from my from my Aracanas my Chilean birds they are 2 year old hens and we got them from a farmer. The others are from my Rhode Islands I raised from chicks and have no bumps on there eggs. Is this a problem or not does any one know the fist thing my wife thought is...
Thinks so much for the advise giving. I add three new chickens to my flock and every thing went off very well I do not know if I was just lucky or not. I did not have an extra pen nor had the time to let them be introduced slowly a farmer sold me three Arucana not sure the spelling they lay...
The hen house is 4 feet by 6 feet with an eating areas under it the four hen only take up less that a quarter of the main roost and there are 3 nesting boxes the run is a converted dog kennel about 10 feet by 15 feet seems large enough when the four roosters where there it was plenty of room for...
I have 4 hens the 3 Rhode island hens who are very passive. and 1 sexlink who is very aggressive. The Sexlink became dominate after we got rid of the roosters 2 weeks a go she peck at my wife now. (yes birds can tell male and female in humans my brothers raises Macaws and other parrots has has...
My chickens mostly roose just out side the coop as well still under a roof but not in the coop it self though I find poop in the coop when I clean it so I know they go in there. I only hope they deside to lay there egs in there nesting boxes when the time comes. they are only 7 to 8 weeks old.
Not sure about Englsh Ivy I had some in my run now it is gone but the chickens are fine they must have eaten it as some point. In my prt of Georgia it is every were my yard is full of it. I pull it off the trees but it grows along the grown if I ever free range my girls in the backyard I wounder...
Rey is named for one of the more ressent Star Wars movies. He had a brother from the same batch that had more comb and wattle devolpment and darker red. Rey is barely pink in the comb and wattles.
I have a pretty good idea which are hens and which are roos. About 85 to 90 % sure. Here are our girls
This is Mono I beleive she is a Sexy-link, She is out favorite very freindly and more independant that the others.
This is Rey and Barred Rock she is very passive likes to hang around her...
I don't have a house chicken mine live out side there prefer it, My buddy is Mono she is sweet and some time a comedian as well. I lived for a while in the Philippines and if you left you window open the niebghors chicken would come in and visit me I would give him pits of bread or fruit or some...
shakes will get cought in bird netting and will die. My friend put bird netting along his fence around his yard and he finds dead snakes in them from time to time I am going to try that as well. The snakes will crawl though it and get cought midway and struggle and die of deydration. I hate...
So they sre Black sex-links. I have pretty much confirmed this by simple google image search. So that brings my total number sexing of my flock to 3 roos and 5 hens. of the hens 3 Rhode Island reds, 1 barred rock and one black sexy-link. and of the 3 roos my wife wants me to dispatch them. me I...
This is Mono this was suppost to be an Australorp but I do not think so as I searched the internet for pics of chicks and I know thing this is a black cooper maran but not for sure.
This one also was supposed to be a Australorp as well it looks a little like out barred rocks but it is darker...