Recent content by camorrow

So the question is can you give your chickens too much fresh produce? Right now we are mostly blending various fruits and vegetables into kind of a purée, so it’s easy to eat and not a lot to break down in terms of increasing a risk for an infected crop. On average, it’s maybe a couple of...

unfortunateky I’m in Maine, and there doesn’t seem to be much, if any, up here in those colors. I’ll try posting in the state thread though, since maybe there’s someone in there that isn’t in the Maine chicken Facebook or mewe groups.

So I’ve read enough to see that you shouldn’t have quail living with or in close proximity to your chickens, due to the potential for spreading diseases to the quail. We’re still new to chickens but had been considering adding quail this season. Now that I’m reading more I don’t know if that’s...

We’re looking for options to add any of these types spring. We’re located in Maine, so you would either need to be in that general area (MAYBE neighboring states, depending on location) or be able to ship. If we aren’t able to find chicks of these types, we might consider hatching eggs, but we...

I’m pretty new to the chicken world, but I’ve worked in animal care for years. So I know if I were going to buy a puppy from someone there’s a whole list of questions I’d have for them to help verify they’re a “good” breeder and maintaining good, healthy practices. I would assume there are many...

The closest seems to be the Silver, and they looked exactly like Silver Ameraucana chicks, but their coloring at this point isn’t super convincing. 😂 End of the day, they’re healthy and should hopefully still be good layers, so it’s not the end of the world. I am going to be a little bummed if...

I’m attaching pictures, because I’m not even sure what color you’d call them. That’s also why I’m a little suspicious that they’re not TRUE Ameraucana, but maybe I just haven’t found the right pictures for the color.

It’s a bit of a question. We’re first time chicken owners, so we went in a little blinder than I thought. We thought we were getting the Ameraucanas and the Wyandottes from a breeder, but it turned out she had just gotten them from a hatchery and was reselling without really informing. She was...

Oops, I apparently didn’t write out the full color. As of right now, we only have two Polishes: one white crested black hen and one golden laced roo (95% sure, though he was meant to be female). They’re only ~2 months old now. I’ve tried using the calculator but for some reason I can’t get it...

I‘ve tried googling this but what little information I come up with often times seems contradictory, so I’m curious if any of the Polish folks can offer more definitive answers. With the following combinations, what colors would you get in offspring? gold laced rooster Tolbunt, candy corn, or...