Thanks for the advice. The chick that I was concerned about died. It seems like the membrane shrinkwrapped around it...and it couldn't get out. I finally helped it get out and left the egg shell attached near the yolk area although it seemed completely dry and there was no blood. I put...
I am hatching eggs for the first time under a broody hen. Well, I am hatching eggs for the first time ever anyway. I put 10 fertilized eggs under my buff orpington on July 4th. I went out to check this morning and on one of the eggs, half of the shell is chipped away. The membrane is...
I got my first egg today from my first chickens....I got them in May as little chicks. This is so cool! What an eggciting day for me!!
Woohoo!
It is a small brown one with a little bit of sticky stuff on the outside. I am sure hoping that is normal but I will keep checking the chickens...
I just got on today to see if there were other people in the same boat as me and I found this thread. I have 3 RIR's, 2 BO, and 1 Buff Rock (I don't know the abbreviation for that one). Anyway, they are about 21 weeks old. I never understood what people meant when they said their chickens...
I'm new too so my opinion doesn't count...but I think he's very handsome. I have buff orpington cockerel that I have to rehome. Not allowed to have chickens so I don't want to advertise. I'm hiding my 6 hens behind my 6ft tall fence....
I think orpingtons are pretty birds!
I live in a town near you that does not allow chickens at all. I have a big white fence so what they don't know won't hurt them...I have 8 chickens...tried real hard to get all girls but 2 turned out to be roosters. They are about 12 or 13 weeks so I am looking for a home for them before...
I have 4 RIR's the same age and one of mine that I think is a roo (looks and acts like one) has a big comb and wattles already..,.my other 3 look like yours...so I'm hoping yours and mine are girls!
I am new to chickens also and have 4 buff orpingtons that are 12 to 13 weeks old. One has a comb as big as yours and I suspect he is a roo. The other 3 have no noticeable combs yet....so if I had to guess, I'd guess you have a couple of boys.
Regards,
Ginny
Hi Kate,
I am new to chickens also. Got my first chicks in May. Eight of them....they are all fine. I was worried when they were little because I had never had then before and with everything I read on BYC, I was just sure that something dreadful would happen. I probably spent too much...
I got my first chickens in May. I have 4 RIR and supposedly 4 BO. Since being on this site, I believe I heard that BO chickens are buff color with white or cream legs. 3 of mine do but one looks exactly like the other BO's except has yellow legs.
I will try to post pics but what would you...
My only harvest has been a few cherry tomatoes. Although I have squash BUGS, tomato CATERPILLAR type bugs... My cucumbers and peppers have been eaten by something too. Anybody have any organic solutions to getting rid of the bugs.
I have been picking them off and giving them to the...