Search results for query: *

I just got 15 shipped cochin frizzle bantam eggs in the mail. I got these eggs off of ebay. I live about 45 minutes from the seller, but he refused to meet me so that I could pick up the eggs, I had to have them shipped... When I got them I candled them and 5 had floating air cells. I waited...

I have a 2 year old ee hen that just stopped being broody. She has always been my "Spastic Chicken", running around, jumping fences She now gets picked on by the other chicken, very docile. Has now became the low man on the pole. so not like her. I had to bring her into my garage tonight...

I have a 2 1/2 half week old silver laced Wyandotte chick, I think it's a rooster. He is in the Brooder with 3 1/2 week olds. He is very aggressive to the other chicks. If any other chicks get near him he runs to them and starts pecking at them very aggressively. I have never had this happen...

I don't know if I am allowed to post this, but I just had to share this.... I just took my 3 1/2 year old white Leghorn hen, Cotton to the Midway Veterinarian Hospital in Chesapeake Va. I suspected that she had EYP and treated her for this.. She has been battling this for about 45 days. She...

My next-door neighbor had 3 of his chickens taken by a red tailed hawk this morning. One of his little chickens was taken in the stable right in front of him. I am now so scared to turn my own little darlings out tomorrow morning. My husband saw this hawk fly over our property just before he...

Just when I thought my old hens were to OLD to be laying, I found Truveys hidden clutch of 13 eggs.... way to go you old girl....

Where do I begin.... I have owned chickens for over 3 years, 7 hens that I named for the characters in the movie "Steal Magnolia's" these hens are my babies. Yes I am known as the "Crazy chicken Lady" I have hatched eggs that I bought from local breeders. But I had never gotten any chickens...

I have 3 brooders in my garage. One has 2 week old chicks, one has 4 weeks old chicks & the other has 5 & 6 week old chicks. Friday night I heard a chick sneeze in the 2 week old brooder cage, by Sat. morning I had a couple more sneezing. Now there are a couple sneezing in each brooder. They are...

I have 3 brooders in my garage. One has 2 week old chicks, one has 4 weeks old chicks & the other has 5 & 6 week old chicks. Friday night I heard a chick sneeze in the 2 week old brooder cage, by Sat. morning I had a couple more sneezing. Now there are a couple sneezing in each brooder. They...

I have 15 mixed mille fleur and Porc. d'uccle eggs on day 17. They go into lock down tomorrow. I just started to turn them tonight and one of them has a small pip on the side with a little blood around the cracked edges.. What the heck ? The chick is chirping in the shell. None of the...

I just put my 6 BYM eggs in lock down..... I have 20 eggs going into lock down on Thursday & 43 eggs going into lock down on Friday... wish me luck...

So my only little slw chick that hatched yesterday morning is standing with it's eyes half closed. It seems weak and i can't get it to drink on its own. I'm getting some electrolyte water in it with a dropper. I have seen it peck at some chick starter. Last night it was running around fine with...

I will be setting 6 white d'uccle, 6 silver laced wyandottes, 8 blue orpingtons, 10 columbian Cochin's, & 4 mixed barnyard eggs from my girls. Wish me lots of Chickie hatching luck.... and please join me ....

I'm so excited, my first shipped eggs are being sent out tomorrow. 6 Silver Laced Wyandotts, 6 Blue Orpingtons, 6 Columbian Cochins, & 6 White D'uccle. I have the bator all warmed up and ready, just waiting on the eggs. I have never hatched in the winter time before, wish me luck.

Hello all. My 15 week old rooster, affectionately called Glory, is starting to display his adult feathers. He's in the process of losing and gaining feathers, so keep in mind he's still changing into his "manly feathers". I hatched him from a group of mixed eggs. Any guesses about his breed...

Anyone else getting that urge to hatch some babies. I'm going to try to control myself until spring... wish me luck....

Will a Bald Eagle go after my chickens? This afternoon 4 Bald eagles circled above my yard for about 15 minutes. They were way up in the sky, not real close to the ground. It just got me thinking... was it my chickens that were free ranging at the time, the reason they kept circling... Has...

I just had a double yoke egg to hatch. It was on day 20. Only 1 of the yoke's developed into a chick., the other one quit really early in incubation. This chick is HUGE. It's bigger than my week old chicks. Is this normal when only one chick develops? It was in a batch of 20 mixed breed...

I have 3 week old Cochin chicks that I have on the medicated chick starter. How long should I keep them on this before switching them to regular chick feed? Thanks

I'm so sad my double yoker developed blood rings, and both embryos died.... I feel so let down.