Search results for query: *

Today, in the middle of the day, and in just a matter of an hour or 2, 10 of my chicks were killed (7 week old and 3 three weeks old), two disappeared (the larger 3-4 week ones), and two babies wounded. They were in the garage, homed in cardboard boxes, with the older ones flying/walking...

I have an OE hen that lays beautiful eggs. Unfortunately I have two roosters over the hens, one GCM and one Lemon Cuckoo Orpington (kids favorite). I hope the baby I just hatched is a cross between the OE and GCM, but what will I get if it is the Lemon Cuckoo Orpington? Is it considered an EE or...

I had my GCM dying in just two days. She manifested wry neck one morning, got worse by the evening, even worse by next morning, and in just a over a day she couldn't open her eyes. She had light green, paste like stool before she died. She was dead in less than 48 hours after I noticed her...

We are new to having a larger flock, and brave (stupid? :D) enough to get a bunch of day old, straight run chicks (the breeder didn't sell some of the breeds only straight run). We enjoy every minute so far, they are growing, getting feathered and friendly, and yah, some are turning into...

I've got him/her as a day old chick, very small and very light colored. She/he is now a week old, and still very tiny compared to the other same age chicks. I understood based on internet research that the light colored are mostly roos, but according to the breeder who sold them as straight run...

I have a week old GCM that looks very much like a roo to me based on internet research. Can anybody help based on the pics? The breeder says it can still be a girl hen even it is not brown (he was very light and grey as a day old chick..) Thanks!