I boight 4 straight run silkies, i think i got all males:rolleyes: beautiful birds, just wanted at least 1 pullet. Then again they can all turn around in two months and lay some eggs! We shall see:confused:
I feel your pain, we bought 3 orpington "Pullets", feathered out like roosters and currently have nice big combs. the other pullets we got from them are pullets and are starting to get their color in. maybe you can call around and see if there is a 4H group around that maybe willing to take...
i was worried about fly strike too, she is currently inside in our dogs kennel that we haven't used recently. needless to say the dog is a bit jealous that this bird is getting more attention than she is. I took a better look at her wound again and is more of a big skin wound than any depth. her...
hi all,
one of my pullets, about 15 almost 16 weeks, was nailed by a hawk about 8 hours ago, she suffered a nasty wound just below her throat. she was pretty tired and i cleaned out her wound and put hen saver on it. it was blue in nature and made her already blueish feathers bluer. any way she...
candle the egg, at 3 days there should be a small .5 centimeter sized mass in the egg with tendrils starting to form. if the egg has this put it back, if not toss it to be on the safe side.
another possibility is that another hen just laid her egg. so put the hatch date on the remaining eggs...
HEY,
I am thinking about crossing by buckeye pullets to a orpington cockeral. they are just under 5 weeks now, the pullets maybe 6. does anyone have had any experience with this cross or a similar one? If so can you give me an idea/picture of the adults?
thank you!
Eneick17
Hi guys! I am from southwestern ohio and this will be my 2nd year with my new chicken project. We lost all of our birds from 4 years ago to an unknown predator. We have 4 adult birds; 3 Americanas and 1 light brahma. As well as 12 mix chicks that we hatched out from Craigslist. They are about 6...