I am looking for the perfect rooster breed for my flock. A rooster that is kind and respectful to his hens, chicks, and people. A rooster that protects his hens, is always on the look out for danger. Protects the new chicks and loves his human caretakers.
Last year I planted brussels sprout seeds in my garden. they were doing really good until later in the summer when they started getting bigger and they started opening up like flowers!!! I live in the bottom left corner of South Dakota. Can anyone help me so that I can have BIG, ROUND, sprouts...
Is there a way I can keep track of a certain chickens eggs (lavender orpington or bantams) when they are in with my mixed flock? Because I would like to incubate ONLY my lavender orpington eggs and some of my bantams and not eat them. Anyone know? Or is it even possible?
Thanks
My grandpa breeds homing pigeons. He has lots of homing pigeons. I want to raise a baby homing pigeon and imprint it to me so it can be a pet. And I know its hard to feed baby pigeons. So if I wait til the pigeon is alittle older but still a baby. Will it still be able to imprint to me and be a...
my uncle is going to give me some chukars. Probably 20. Can I keep them with my chickens, let them out during the day to fly and free range and will they come back to the coop in the evening?
How much would my 3 yr old india blue cock be worth sold along with my 1 yr old india blue hen? (sold as pair)
Also how many eggs does a peahen lay?
And how much is a peachick worth?
THANKS!
So I met someone that lives near me that raises peafowl. She said she would love to give me some. And I've been wanting peafowl for a long time!!! So I told her id get back to her. My dad absolutely hates peas. He says their noisy, messy, and get on your roof and poop everywhere, etc. And I...
Ok, so I have 2 dumb questions that I want to know if they might apply to me in my life.
1st- So my uncle is moving right up the road from me, not very far, would my hens be wandering up there to his house, because he has other hens and roosters.
2nd- I have 2 welsh harlequin females and 2...
I had already posted a thread on metzers on the hatchery section, but then noticed if someone was going to post a picture of their ducks they would go to a duck thread. Anyway, i want to order from metzers, mainly Harlequins, but first I want to see peoples Harlequins that they got from metzers...
I want to order some ducklings from metzer farms this year. Does anyone have any bad or really good experiences with them? Are their ducklings good quality? I especially want to get welsh harlequins from them. Can anyone who got harlequins from THEM post pictures of their ducks? Thanks
So I wanted to do a couple broad-breasted turkeys for butcher this year. Ive never ate home grown turkey but... is it good? How does it taste? Also what is the average life span of a Broad breasted turkey? i heard its short. One more thing, when do you butcher a BB? What age? Thanks!
So we have some laying hens that we got from my uncle that want nothing to do with people and are very standoffish. We are getting day old chicks in the spring and i want them to be friendly and like people, if i let my chicks range and roost with my wild hens when they are done being brooded...