Articles by mustangrooster

I cant necessarily say i have been poultry keeping ever since i saw chickens... That would be a story i could tell...but no, I've grown with chickens around me...I've always had a strong love for chickens and all. But some lessons i have learnt along the way have been painful, and some...

(Please note that images do not belong to me, I found them all via google) A guide to Incubating~Read the story's of our fellow BYC members and their Incubating journeys~ Enjoy! ___________________________________________________________________________________ So its that time of year...

Just a few bird pics from around the farm.... Nemo and Topaz Drake and Bowtie Bits and Pieces Just a little bit of grooming Cody I have plenty...

You have no idea how long I've wanted Quails. For century's, is a hint....tried my hand at hatching some, most were infertile! So today, i got my very first Quails. Japanese Quails to be exact, and i love them! I have a male and a female, and a few hours after they were brought home, i was...

If you've been following the New years day 2017 hatch-along thread, you might or might not know that i had a terrible lockdown due to my incubator... I only ended up with one chick. Which IS better than nothing....but raising a lone chick will be a bit challenging. I have no other chicks the...

Charms was a very special bird. As a baby he was dubbed as 'Hope'; Hope was the first one to hatch and i bonded very closely with Hope. I would fall asleep with her under my chin, talk to her softly, and spend all my time with this special little thing mixing herb water and entertaining her and...

Ahh the sweet joys of those feathery children coming into your lifes. I've had some great fun doing photoshoots with these 2 chickies. Some photos i have just caked with editing, some not! Enjoy! -not the best, but still cute...

Out of all the chicks that have hatched out on the farm Hope, Sprinkles and Bambi have to be by far my favourites. Maybes its because they wouldn't be with me today if they didn't have help to get out of the egg, or maybe its because they were weak at hatch and I would constantly be there to...

Just some recent chicken pictures, mainly of my Bantam Firzzle Cochins, my silkies, and some of my chicks. - 2 days old today-nameless, but thinking of something like 'Banti' @BantyChooks - Charlie and Leyla (@TwoCrows , might you guess who Leyla is named after?) - Topazs baby, unsure of what...

Thought i should share the continuing generation of my flock with you all.......... Im not going to be able to do a "Profile" of all the 11 7-8 week chicks, because, well, i cant get a still photo of all of them! The 7-8 week old chicks Im going to start off with Stitch. Ya know...