Hi there. I was active on this board for several years. I had to get out of poultry when we had a house fire and had to move to town in March of 2016. Well, Monday I'm closing on a home in the country with 2 acres. First order of business is to get my garden going. Second will be to set up...
I bought 6 columbian wyandotte from FarmerGeorge1 on Ebay. He sent me 12. Today is 21st day in the incubator. Eight of them have hatched so far and they are very healthy! I just wanted to say something positive as I am the first to complain when something goes wrong... :) Check him out if...
I have been buying eggs off of Ebay to get my flock going again and bring in some of the breeds I wanted more of. I'm running into a problem and I'm wondering if anyone else has had this problem as well.
About 40% if the eggs I'm buying are coming in with the dappling that indicates shell...
I'm looking for 1-2 lavender or buff ameraucana cockerels or a rooster in either color. Please let me know what you have available and the price asked.
I looked through this section and got a lot of info but none specifically for my question-
If you bred a blue egg layer (LLrr) to a brown egg layer (llRR), you would get green egg layers (LlRr) that carry recessive white shell and recesive no tint genetics. Is that correct?
If...
Why, when I post what I'm doing, do people take that to mean that I want them to tell me what I'm doing wrong? Why can't we just share without the implication that a different way I do it is automatically wrong and needs correction? Shouldn't people offer opinions only when asked for? Isn't...
I was given some overflow eggs from a kind person. Almost all the eggs were marked. Of course, one wasn't and when it hatched it didn't look like any of the others. The egg itself was big and white- the biggest in the group.The chick filled it to capacity and is much taller than the...
I have a pair of mallards that are two months old and fully feathered. Any chance they'll start laying this summer or fall or will they wait until next spring?
Hi all. I've been on here a couple of months. I think I've posted a couple of times but I've read a LOT on here.
Anyway, I unexpectedly won a set of 4 pilgrim goose eggs on Ebay and scrambled to get a coolerbator built before they got here. I made it by two days. They got here on a Friday-...
Good morning everyone. My name is Tim. I am a new member here and just starting with poultry as we moved onto 5 acres late last summer. I have been planning what I wanted to do for 10 years (literally) and am jumping head first into things. Last weekend I purchased a small flock of 5 month...