My broody hen, Miss Gray, leaves her eggs only 20 minutes +/- and not every day. Our nights are getting cooler. Will be in 50s on Monday. The eggs should be hatching about then. I have a brooder made of thin cloth. I had planned to put her in there with her eggs. But I'm actually afraid to mess...
My dominant rooster is a gorgeous Bielefelder. My other rooster is a Naked Neck. My female Naked Neck (actually ALL of my hens) want nothing to do with my NN rooster. So I will have B/NN chicks. Does anyone know what the chicks will look like? Just curious! I am sure mu NN rooster has mated with...
Previous owners created the space. It was going to be an added dressing room but became a junk room. The chainlink was put up as a deterrent for anyone trying to shop in their junk room. It has a metal roof that, when snow melts, causes condensation in a 6" area above the run door. Need ideas as...
I bought 12 eggs: 3 Copper Murans, 3 Lavender Orpingtons, 3 Bielefelders and 3 Transylvania Naked Necks (Turken or Churkey). I have a feeling this is a Buff Orpington because 2 LO's are the beautiful gray/2 tone black and gray. 2 Bielefelders were quitters 😒😪 with 1 pullet. It's not a Turken or...
Hi! I'm excited to read all about hatching and raising dual purpose chickens. 50 yrs since I dealt with chickens. I'm super excited because I chose to buy eggs and an incubator to hatch MY chickens. I hated chickens as a kid because they like to attack me. So here goes...
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