Wow you described them perfect. they do have feathered legs and stand up right. They are light/brown buff colored with black and white dots (almost look like eyes). Thanks
Hello, need help identifying some new birds. I got the small hen about two months ago at auction. I thought when I got her the gal at the auction called her a "milliford" (unknown spelling). I have tried to google several different spellings but the only thing I come up with is an Asian chicken...
Alright now I am starting get frustrated! I have 26 chickens, some RIR, buffs, sexlinks, Americanas, etc. 16 or so of the birds are about 2 yrs old and the rest are under 6 months and my egg production sucks.
A little history, I have always had about the same number of birds (some times more)...
Just purchased an incubator and wondering if I should have purchased the automatic egg turner as well? I asked the clerk at the store and she told me I would still have to flip the egg even though I had the turner. This seems odd to me. Is she right? and if so why buy the turner? Is the tuner...
Its ok about the spelling..coccidiosis isn't a respiratory disease...it is a intestinal issue called by a parasite that causes bloody stools, fluffed out feathers and wings to droop....what are the symptoms of the respiratory disease?
???? I just told the guy at the feed store that my girls...
Chickenjim64, my chickens do the same. The grit is there but they do not seem to want it. I have been told the same thing about free ranging and getting the grit they needed so I didn't think this was the problem. Mine were fine and healthy for the first 8 months, but for some reason the just...
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1. Several different breeds; RIR, BLK Sex, Giants, Buffs Orphs, Barred Rock, Americana, Welsummer. I think that covers it (27 burds total). The majority will be 1 yr in feb, but a handful are a little older. I have never weighed my birds but they look average if that...
I believe so, I put down crushed shells every other week or so, and they are primarily free range so I figured they would have gotten what they need from the dirt and rocks and such.
I need help, for some reason my chickens are dying and I don't know why? In the last 2 months I believe I have lost 5 chickens when I didn't lose any for the 1st 8 months i started raising chickens?? Could it be because the colder weather? They are all almost 1 yr old, there are 2 heat lamps...
I am tryint to save a little money and instead of always feeding chickens the chicken feed I was wondering if I could feed them all most of leftovers. I was told onions are bad for them but thats all I was told. Anything else I am missing?
I live in Washington State which i am sure you know is known for colder wet weather. But being that summer is just know over we have had good weather allowing the chickens to spend more time outside. most of my chickens are 8 months old. Some are a few younger and older but whom ever i bought...
I have several chickens (22 to be exact) that are all at laying ages but I am only getting 2 maybe 3 eggs a day. I was told that maybe I was stressing them out to much by adding more chickens so I have stopped and its been several weeks that they have been together. I know at least 5 to seven...