My BF David and I climbed the cliff and jumped today we have spent the last week discussing buying a dozen Ayam Eggs. We did it tonight and needless to say we are a bit nervous this is the most we have ever spent on eggs. But we did it and now we are anxiously awaiting their arrival. We will be...
Have a question I have a broody hen who has been sittin gon eggs for 2 weeks I candled a week ago and she ended up with only 4 out of a dozen growing eggs. Today she broke one so I am thinking about taking the three remaining and giving her s dozen or more chicks that have hatched today will she...
Hi I am new to Silkies. I just bought 5 19 month old bearded Silkies yesterday there are 4 hens and one Roo. The gentleman I got hem from had kept them in his house. My question is one hen does not seem to be able to see at all she is very inactive and pretty much stays where ever I put her...
Ok so I have new baby chicks less then 24 hours old I have them in with a couple older chicks so I had a chick waterer in with them I was keeping a close eye on them. I looked over and saw one in the water I got it out as quickly as I could I think it stopped breathing but I gave it little chest...
Ok so I sold two batches of shipped BYM eggs on ebay the first customer was great and had a good hatch rate no issues and I hatched out some of the same eggs here and had close to 100% fertility rate and the second customer just sent me a message and said all of the 12 +6 extra eggs I shipped...
Hi I am going to get vitamins for this baby tomorrow but thought I would also try splinting it. It is a fighter
1st put some cardboard to try to straighten its neck
then I used guaze around the body and used it to pull the neck over a bit
My son named him Penguin
I will be setting 18 eggs tonight plus any I get from my hens (not getting much right now). The shipped eggas are 5 Silver laced Wyandottes and 13 Gold laced Wyandottes I will post an update on air shel condition tonight also will be adding two more batches of eggs over the next couple days who...
Hi I have a question about some chicks I purchased I was told they are out of a Lavender Orpington Roo, and a mixture of black, blue, and splash hens. There is one Blue, one Black, and 11 that are supposed to be splashes I am attaching pictures looking for everyone's opinions. Is this the way...
I just put in 35 shipped eggs yesterday it will be a real catch 22 wether they will hatch as they had detached air cells but I am sure hoping would love to have some one hatching with me
So I decided I wanted to do an egg candling diary starting at 24hrs, These eggs were placed in the incubator on 02-09-14 I have 44 eggs in the incubator but want to try to follow the same eggs. I decided to do 7 eggs I numbered some of them and then for fun my daughter and I drew faces on the...
Hi I want to order some meat chicks but don't want to raise 50 of them. Would like to order them and get them in March as my kids will be usiing them for 4-H. I am in Northern Il. and will not ship. chicks will end up being around $2 a piece. Please let me know if you are interested.
So my kids (I have 3 10,13,and 15) really want to show chickens in 4-h this year I think I am going to order some meat birds for them to show, but would also like to find some nice quality layers for them to show I would like for the chickens to be able to serve a purpose as well as be show...
I bought these to use as nesting boxes my girls love them and they are super easy to clean and stack great. I removed the clear plastic doors I found them at Farm and Fleet near me and at only $12.00 a piece they were cheap.
I know my rooster is a mix breed but think the hens I got from somewhere else are pure breds.
1) Brahma? she has feathering on her legs
here is a picture of some of them the one closest to the camera has leg feathering I know not a great pic. I think she may be a brahma.
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So I am thinking about starting my flock on a ff diet but a question I have is can you use beet pulp in it? I know Beet pulp is not a great source of nutrition but my girls and boys love it I have 19 chickens and I give them about 2-3 cups of it in the evening with there normal layer feed. There...