Just got some babies from hatchery. All thriving but one has an itching issue. Always scratching biting herself etc. places where no feathers at all and stands a bit puffed out. I used magnifier and saw no bugs and no signs of eggs on her and no one else suffering. She eats and drinks etc comes...
maybe wrong forum and just unclear how to post but here goes....i have two different ages of bantam cochins. can anyone help with sexing. the combs look def. PINK in sunlight...doesnt show so much in these pics tho....these pics are what i was SURE was cockerel but now not sure. HE/SHE does not...
i have 4 brabanter chicks. just 3 weeks now. got from Ideal. supposed to be pullets and i have no reason to doubt at this point but i had purchased brabanter hatching eggs at one point and i remember her saying something about their tails that always seemed to point towards male. Does anyone...
located in sonoma county CA. pick up only. vaccinated for mareks, fed organically. ready for new homes. 5 pullets 1 cockerel....$15 for the pullets $10 for the cockerel.
found the baby in pen curled in ball. Taped the one bad foot, brought in and giving electrolytes, poly vi sol no iron, chick start and meal worms. Eats and drinks with enthusiasm, but this am other foot weak and starting to curl!!! What could be happening???? Chicken vet not avail til Monday...
I got this little guy from tractor supply. they were labeled ASST. BANTAMS. His legs are kind of greenish, NOT white pink or yellow that is for sure. single comb, a def. self blue/lavender color. i emailed the hatchery and they said ameraucana due to leg color but not with that comb right...
i have a consistently broody silkie and once again hunkered down. i am in the midst of building a new broody pen....but with rain etc i am thinking a solid week away from done. she has been really seriously sitting for 4 days as of today. how long can she sit before i give her eggs ...wanting...
Hi, i a trying to post a bantam buckeye search and i think i am not sure to have it in the correct place but that is what i am looking for....i am in no. CA and would like to get some hatching eggs from not TOO far away...altho one of my best hatches was from alabama i think....thanks for any...
Looking for Buckeye bantam chicks, pullet or eggs for march...does ANYONE know where i might find them? i am in CA. thanks
also wanting bantam delaware.
i got some mail order eggs and 4 out 15 were viable. all good. 3 went under hen on a friday...ALL 3 hatched on day 21 on a friday. one egg from a different batch went into incubator on the sunday night 2 days after the other batch. only 1 of 7 of those were viable so i ditched all but the one...
i got some mail order eggs and 4 out 15 were viable. all good. 3 went under hen on a friday...ALL 3 hatched on day 21 on a friday. one egg from a different batch went into incubator on the sunday night 2 days after the other batch. only 1 of 7 of those were viable so i ditched all but the one...
I have two broody hens now. One is a silkie one a bantam barred rock. The silkie just would not give it up. she has gone broody every few weeks and i have broken her but i gave in and ordered some hatching eggs. Silkie does not budge. Barred has been on nest most of the time as far as i can tell...
I got some hatching eggs a bit ago and the the chicks are 8 weeks or so now. the dad was def. a BCM and the moms were either a cuckoo Maran OR a barred rock. The little cockerel looks very cuckoo and the girl is completely black. both have some shades of the teal in their feathers. The question...
I noticed she was standing on one foot this AM which you know, sometimes they do and just not mid afternoon she up on roost and noticed some blood by her foot. just a spot. she favors it. must hurt! cleaned with peroxide and then neosporin. anything else i can do? i am going away in two days...
hoping someone can enlighten me on the BCM development. I have two chicks left (others sold). One is almost all feathered on wings, back, starting on chest and kind of a long straight tail that "she" holds down sort of. The other one is way slower in feathering, short tail that is upright. pics...
first time trying this...(sorry NOT TJ eggs but will try next hatch!) but you guys seem like EXPERTS! so question...started out with 30%-40% humidity for about 10 days....then 45ish.
last night it was super low, 29% so added water, went to bed and when i got up it was 52%. today is day 15. i...
i got a couple chics for my broody hen to raise..one being a golden laced wyandotte. it is not a breed i am familiar with but not much else was available. i know they were sexed at the hatchery but you know how that can go! i have this horrid feeling it might be a roos but like i said i have NO...