the problem is we have barred rock hens and cuckoo maran hens and our rooster in the pic above is also barred but we aren't sure what he is so the barred gene will for sure carry
this little I'm going to take my best guess that he is a silkie mix but look at those cheeksthis little guy is half the size of everyone else at 12 weeks we bought a large amount of mixed birds at a week old with astralorp blue and black orpington black copper maran but as they grow we realize...
We give house scraps lots of greens fresh veg from the garden scrambled or boiled eggs when we have too many for the fridge and anything we have leftover that is good for them just wandering what other people have tried with any success
Yes I've been looking into it I realize it's not cheap at the time but more so in the long run on pounds and price but from recipes I've seen I've been wandering about mixing layer pellets with added grains and such would it stretch out pound wise and save a little.... We use added cracked corn...
Looking for a fairly easy and cheap feed recipe wandering what everyone else has tried we don't have access to a lot of things where we live but wheat milo oats we do for sure
Our juveniles are separate from the others til they start laying but I have heard many people feed their chickens a good show quality pig feed and just let them have extra calcium from oyster shells ive never had the need for extra calcium for ours but was wandering if there is a good grain mix...
Looking for any suggestions on mixing our own feed grains to make a suitable feed for both our chickens and pigs instead of buying by the bag layer feed and hog feed we have layers and juveniles and feeder pigs would prefer something to make an equally healthy mix to feed both since they share...
We have 4 of the black ones we are pretty sure they are cayuga then the brown and yellow there are 2 they are identical and we have no idea we bought them at orscheln's along with quite a few Crested ducklings
I have a sick rooster he is just over a year old and suddenly started having trouble crowing now a week later is wheezing bad and out of breath we have separated him and I started him on soluable tetracycline in his water because I completely forgot I still had baytril my question is could I...
Iv heard it's because of mating or dominance but two that have became friends will also do it but I have no clue I have 4 guinea 2 most of the time have duffle neck feathers I know for sure we have one male possible lyrics 2 but the other 2 are for sure hens and they are 16weeks old