This morning when I let my chickens out, I noticed my favorite rooster, Slim, looked really diminished with dirty tail feathers. I thought, "Oh no, that looks like pretty bad diarrhea.." The diarrhea looked black. So I put him in a separate cage. When I examined his rear, he was covered in...
I hatched 80% males from birchen marans shipped eggs, and I have 3 roos that have pure silver coming in around the neck and back. Two have fully feathered legs. They are really nice looking, so I wanted to try to find homes for them. I'd hate to see them culled. Thanks!
I'm new to backyard chickens, and I hatched more chicks than I need. I have 5 pure lavender ameraucana chicks for sale. PM me if you're interested. Thanks!
I have hatched so many cockerels this year - it's ridiculous! I think i have two, maybe three pullets out of 9. :( Well, I'm trying to find homes for the roos. Here's some pics of my 7 week old cockerel chicks:
Same one from the top to see the birchen feathers just starting to come in.
Here's...
I have a sweet and beautiful easter egger rooster free to a good home. I hatched 6 roosters out of 9 in this batch! :-/
Here's his pic at 6 weeks (he is 7 weeks old now):
I hatched too many roosters and am trying to find a home for this boy. He is from a Birchen Marans hatch, 6 weeks old, and lets me pick him up and pet him. He may turn out to be birchen, but I am not sure. He may be what people call "over-melanized".
I also have a lavender ameraucana rooster I...