I've found a local breeder that has 100% English Large Fowl Chocolate Orpingtons for sale, I've been debating getting into breeding, and have had my heart set on Choc Orpingtons, the opportunity has just come up a little earlier than I thought it would so now I'm scrambling!
On her website...
I'm new to ducks, and have had a trio of Rouens for a couple weeks now. We moved them into a new pen with a deep layer of shavings. The next morning I went out and they had made a large deep nest, and they've been laying in that nest everyday since. I didn't think anything of it, and have...
Hay is super scarce around here right now and I can only find alfalfa/timothy blend hay for the rabbits. 50/50 mix but she said she does have some lower ratio alfalfa hay as well. I have 3 NZ does, 1 NZ buck, and a pair of standard rex's. The rex doe is currently pregnant. All are between 8...
This is my first time incubating. I had pips starting on day 19, most hatched on day 20/21. The last one to hatch was sometime Saturday night after I had gone to bed. We had no activity on the remaining 10 eggs yesterday (I had 23 hatched), so last night I candled using the light on my cell...
This is my first hatch, I have 34 eggs in a Hovabator 1588. Today is day 20. My first chick pipped a fairly large (maybe dime sized?) hole that I noticed yesterday morning when I first woke up. So it pipped at least 30 hours ago, possibly up to 36 hours depending on when it pipped during the...
We just came back from a poultry show and I'm the proud new owner of 2 buff orpingtons, and a breeding pair of Ameracaunas (All 5 months old). We bought two bags of the feed she's been giving them, which is even ratios of 22% turkey grower, hen scratch and cracked barley. I was looking at our...
I've searched everywhere but can't find an actual number. We're getting 10 Broad Breasted Whites to raise for meat so will only be around here until 4-5 months old through the summer. How many sq ft of coop space do they need? They'll have an outdoor attached run, most likely about 500 square...
A bit of back story;
We just moved to an acreage (4.5 acres) in a subdivision. We are allowed animals here, but technically only 5 total. We will be well over that number, but out place is very treed and private. Lots of our neighbors don't follow the laws/covenants either, it's generally...