Hello! I have 7 girls that are almost 19 weeks now and although it still is relatively early I concerns over their egglaying. I have heard that in the winter I need to supply artificial light, so do I? To get them started?
P.S. I was originally planning to let my chickens be natural in the...
I'm not quite sure as I said in the post since there really is a limited amount of information out there. Supposedly they started as a great big mix of a bit of everything and now it is just rainbow x rainbow breeding. I would have to say though, I wouldn't be surprised if they have wyadotte in...
Information about Dixie Rainbows are hard to come across, it almost seems as though they don't exist. But alas they do! For those who are in the very same shoes I was in when I found out I had a Dixie Rainbow, I'll do my best to provide some good information.
Identification:
Identifying what I...
Hoover's Hatchery Review:
Hoover's Hatchery has a wide selection of chick breeds wether they be meat birds, dual purpose birds, or layers. They also do sell ducks, turkey, and geese. They offer Mareks vaccinations, Cocci vaccinations, and beak trimming at checkout. They also have a 90% sexing...
Hello! Deciding to get chickens is the easy part, but now is the question of how? Hatchery, breeder, feedstore?
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When getting my chickens I did lots of research on where I wanted to get them from and it was relatively late in the season so I couldn't just go to my local feed store and...
Okay! Sorry but I'm relatively new to chickens ( they are my first chicks I've raised ) so what do you mean by the hen had more on cockerel to pick from?Thank you for the help.
I will try and get a better picture. And I was looking at pictures of Easter riggers and they looked similar but I was confused on how I got that in an assortment of brown-egg layers.