My polish hen laid her first egg yesterday. I was cleaning the chicken house and low and behold up under the nesting boxed she had made a hole and laid a little white egg. I couldn't believe how small it was. I am so used to the buff orpington eggs and the wellsummer eggs. Now, this little white...
On Thursday morning I let my dog out as normal to use the bathroom. He is usually really good about staying in our yard. He happened to wonder into the woods behind us and on the other side of the woods are a few houses. Now, I have to tell you that our Siberian Husky would NEVER harm anyone or...
This morning I got the pullet out and held her and she ate a little bit. I put her down on the floor and it seems to be the foot that is hurt. I am going to go to the feed store and get some vet tape and wrap it, but I was wondering about wrapping it. Do I wrap it straight or with a bend in it...
How much air circulation is required inside the incubator?
Our incubator that we have made is 12"x20". What we are using used to be a hanging file drawer.
We have 2 antec pc fans and they seem to be moving a lot of air. Should we only have one in there?
I read some where in another post that roos should not eat Layer feed. Is this true? And if it is true, how do you feed the hens and the roo at the same time and have the hens get enough calcium? I am feeding feeding all of the layer feed. But in the pose I read it said that the roo's should be...
We will fill it from the outside from a pvc pipe that runs into into it. I will take pics of the outside as soon as the rain stops. As soon as we got it up the rain started. (wouldn't ya know)!
Yesterday I thought my Cuckoo Maran must have laid her first egg. I found an egg that was larger than the rest, smoother and darker. So, my first thought that it must have been her. Well this morning when I went out to the coop, to my surprise Roxy, one of the BO's was just getting up from...
My Cuckoo Maran laid her first egg. I went to let out the kids this morning and checked the boxes and low and behold there was an egg in one of the boxes that looked different from the BO's eggs. It was larger, darker and smoother. I brought it in to compare to the one in the fridge and it was...
She is right at 19 or 20 weeks old. She hasn't shown any signs of having any wattles and her comb is still very small and very light pink if not nearly white.
I was just wondering if at about this age she should be growing wattles or maturing more?
I took some cabbage out to the flock a little while ago and I took a banana with me. I sat on my little stool and I peeled the banana and after one little taste it was like attack of the mad chickens! You should have seen them. They went crazy over the banana. Even after they had devoured it...
At what age do rooster usually start mating. We have two roosters and 4 hens. 2 hens are a yr old and the other 2 hens are 5 months old. The Roosters are also 5 months old. I was curious at about what age this starts.
I hope everyone is staying warm!
I have been lurking here on BYC for awhile and posting. But, I have never taken the time to introduce myself. My name is Melissa.
I live in Cleveland, GA. I have a 1 Wellsummer Rooster, 1 Lt. Brahma Rooster, Cuckoo Maran Hen, Buff Laced Polish Hen, 2 Buff...