Posting here because I am looking for the person who purchased the line from Feather Acres in California (Caitlin was the first name of the original breeder). I purchased eggs from her many years ago and tried to find her email in my paypal history but it was so long ago. Thanks for any help...
It has been getting a lot worse here. If it was me, I would put a fan in the coop to keep fresh air circulating and trying to keep them in for a day or so if there is room in the coop.
If you think they are having problems breathing, I would rather be safe than sorry. It is really bad up here in Washington, was just our near Twisp/Winthrop and could hardly breath in my car.
I am happy to see the work Yellow House Farm is doing with the Ancona breed! I look forward to watching your flock grow. Hopefully I will have some more room for some
Feed stores might have some still. The feed store by my place has some started pullets for sale that weren't sold from their spring chick orders. I am not close to Puyallup though.
Wasn't planning on ordering from them but I went to find their website to see what breeds they had but couldn't find it... Maybe they are only selling through my pet chicken now?
Pullets typically feather more quickly than the cockerels, but the cockerels grow tails faster than the pullets (Not going to be 100% accurate). Just observation.
Not sure if anyone might know, but there used to be a Nursery/Aquatic Garden Center that used to carry some poultry/waterfowl right along Stevens Pass Highway between Monroe and Sultan on the South side of the road. Does anyone know of this place and if they are still in business, I can't...
Thought I would share a few of my pens. These are my breeder cages for bantams. They are from KW cages. They are meant for rabbits, but I took the divider out of the middle so there was plenty of room for a pair or trio of bantams. I put these on the floor of one of our horse barns but they...