A sad day today. Went to check on the chicks and the youngest one perished during the night. I don't know weather to be sad or angry. We were keeping them in the house in their chicken cage that was set up so there would be easy clean up that would make no mess and my mother in law was screaming...
Hello everyone! My oldest chick is going on 5 weeks old and the others are between the ages of 2 weeks to 3 1/2 weeks old. When should I stop feeding them starter crumbles and what type of food do I feed them next?
Hello everyone! I was searching through the google image search for pictures of Buff Laced Polish like I usually do and when I clicked on a picture a page about a story of a flock of free range Buff Laced Polish chickens came up on a blog this Farmer had wrote, and the story and pictures were...
Hello everyone, as some of you may know I am raising a very special little Frizzle chick that I have suspected from the beginning was a male, and I do believe I was right. We have a grand total of 5 chicks right now, my frizzle chick, 3 black giant chicks and one mystery chick that we are...
Hello BYCers!!! I was hoping that if any of you have received white silkies from Ideal hatchery that you could tell me what you thought about them and maybe show some pictures? I am considering ordering some from Ideal as soon as I can afford it but I want to know how others felt about theirs...
Hello everyone... I was searching through google looking up random rooster pictures when I came across the Onagadori chickens. I was wondering if anyone knows how I can get my hands on an Onagadori rooster, and what the prices would be to have it shipped to South Georgia... if anyone knows...
I am in South Georgia and I am considering getting some chicks from Ideal hatchery when I can afford it, but that may be a while, and by the time I have the money they might not be available until next year. I can't drive outside of my town of Fitzgerald in Ben Hill County, but will give the...
Alright guys, here goes.... I have this overly large weird, ugly little chick. I have no clue what it is... it has greyish black legs with just the smallest hint of black feathers on them, (Looks real weird because Cochins have A LOT of feathers on their legs and this guy has just a hint of...
Hello everyone! as some of you might know, I am a new chicken mom and this frizzle chick is my little baby. We think he/she is a cockerel, but its still too early to tell. Some of you asked for more pictures of him so here they are, along with 1 pic each of my 3 black giant chicks.
Hello everyone! I am raising a frizzle chick thats about 3 weeks old. Or at least thats how old I was told he was, honestly the people we bought our chicks from are the only people in our area we could find that were selling chicks, the man didn't even know what most of the chickens were or...
Hello everyone... I might be getting a Frizzle bantam(atleast I think thats what it is, its a frizzle and it has feathers on its feet.) and its probably about 2 1/2weeks old or so, and I was just wondering how long they usually live. Also how long do Jersey Black Giants and RIRs live? Just Curious
Hello, I am looking to buy some non-bearded Buff Laced Polish Chicks, hopefully 2 males and 2 females, having a hard time finding anyone who will send me such a small amount of birds and or the shipping cost is outrageous... maybe someone not to far away from me that has some? Please email me if...