Recent content by NorthTexaschick

I'm up here in the Denton area :)

Deanna, I have a bantam Cochin hen who is a honker. She's about two years old. We both have "weirdos"

I am wondering if this is gapeworm.

He's showing off for her, yes.

EEK! Fishnet, Princess looks JUST LIKE my mother-in-law! No, really...

Sorry I can't offer any advice. Hopefully someone will come along who knows what the problem is. I have had the same thing occur here but just with a few eggs. Subscribing...

Good morning! Isn't it exciting to see those babies hatch? A batch of silkies just hatched for me a couple of days ago - cuteness overload! You can leave the little one in the incy for a day or so. It will be nourished by the yolk it absorbed just before hatching. I usually leave the chicks...

Nice - are those Rio Grandes?

Yes, indeed!

I think livestock prices vary depending on where you live, but I would not ask less than $50 for the pair. Pretty birds, btw!

Howdy back at ya, neighbor :)

I sell mine for $3/doz

I recently hatched 6 out of 12 shipped (chicken) eggs in which the air cells all looked wonky like the one in your pic. I was very surprised to have that much success! I had not read the advice to not turn them so I incubated as I normally would. I hope yours fare as well as mine, or better! :)

SWEET

I hope you enjoy your geese as much as I enjoy mine. I have brown Chinese, Chinese and Saddleback Pomeranians. Mine free range out with my chickens. They self-segregate ;) I'll go out to the back, squat down and call to them. They will ALL come waddling up to me and then stand there "talk, talk...