I just hatched 10 black copper marans chicks. I am sure there are at least 4 roosters- if I can tell by the old tail feather trick. Anyway, I am in southern Ohio if anyone is interested in one. I have other chickens and not sure I have room for all these! I would like someone to get them that...
I have other chickens, but recently ordered some fertile eggs on ebay. I ordered 6 black copper marans and the girl sent me 10. Unbelievably, all 10 hatched and are doing well! My second group I ordered were lavender orpingtons. I ordered 6 and received 8. After candling them, I found two eggs...
I am writing here because it is a theme I am dealing with, too! I have a little old chicken coop on my property- probably built around 1938, as that seems to be when the barn was reconstructed. The man who lived here before me had a few chickens and they were always eaten by raccoons! I have had...
I am a new member from Ohio! I am in the process of getting my circa 1938 chicken coop fixed up and getting chicks later this week. My last chicken experience was as a child at my grandmother's- she was born in 1895 so some of the experiences were from that era! ( I remember her plucking...