Ok- I was given some brown eggs- not chocolate, just a darkish brown, some had speckles and two were BIG compared to the rest.
Now I have mystery chicks at 5 weeks old. I would also love a guess on a gender because I swear these fellas all look like males to me 🤣
Photo white bird- lightly...
I “rescued” some silkies and one black (supposed) Astrolop. We aren’t sure what all is wrong. I have them isolated away from my main flock, with an electric fence buffer to keep a 6 ft DMZ type zone).
They aren’t as active as my normal flock but they aren’t lethargic either. Their legs have...
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We purchased 12 guineas, supposedly 2 days old. One died in the car on the way home and we lost 9 within 20 hours. This afternoon, one more keet passed suddenly. Now we have two lonely little keets left. Where did I go weong?
We used chucks in the brood...
I’m new to guineas.
We picked up 8 keets. The ambient temp during the day is 110F and 85 at night. The lady at the feed store said not to use a lamp, since it’s so hot. (I think this was mistake #1). She said they were feeding 23% protein unmediated poultry starter in pellet form at the store...