Recent content by Tavia Rose

Hi everyone, I lost my job so had to move to the city. No more chickens for now. My dad had all my last hatched babies and they grew then someone's dog killed most of them. :barnie Hope to be back homesteading and hatching baby chicks and ducks again someday.

Thank you. Yea I was aware it has nothing to do with being helped but, just wanted to add that in. The roosters are barred rock/Plymouth rock. The moms are the same and buff Orpington and Australorp. I hatched these for my dad's flock so I was uninterested in getting pics of the parents. Maybe I...

It's been years since I've posted here. I recently did a hatch of 14 viable eggs. 12 lived. Two needed help. The very last one which pipped but didn't progress died today after 3 weeks of living. Smh but anywho. All of these came from the same type of chickens and rooster but one of them is...

I have over 11 chickens and 10 ducks. Changing water and feeding everyday isn't too bad. I buy Purina layer feed and a bag of grains. Mealworms ever so often and I pay about $40 a week. About 60 with a big bag of mealworms. Keeping them healthy is the hardest part but most chickens are hardy. If...

@thumper650 thank u.

@Lucyincharge :hugs

Blue Swedish hens bought at TSC. Looks like my parent birds have that horrible crest gene so not hatching anymore. River is half Cayuga/half Rouen Galaxy is half Pekin/half Rouen or maybe half Pekin/half Khaki Eden has a crest too(barely seen)hal Cayuga/half Rouen. I hatched those three myself.

Male. Cayuga mother. Rouen Father. He's beautiful

Appreciate it. :hugs

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I'm sorry to say she died last night. She was on the brink of death earlier in the day but a dose of nutridrench brought her back. I could tell something was off. See video of her the day before. With a duckling like this you have to he there 24/7 to make sure she eats and drinks I work full...

Thank you

Right, ive already reached out to the one avian vet in my area to get an appt. asap. It would probably be best to fix it now if possible.

I pulled it out slowly and the joint is twisted and locked or not developed all the way. But it will not stretch out.

I just hatched 6 babies. The other 5 are perfect (besides the one with the crested Gene)but, this one who pushed out on her own, has a very different chirp, has the most beautiful color combination I've seen on any of my baby ducks, and the worst is she has a deformed leg. The joint at the tibia...