I am wondering the same thing. I usually have been getting Dumor from Tractor Supply, which is an hour drive away. We have a local auto parts store that is now adding a lot of animal feeds (which is such a wonderful thing) so I don't have to drive an hour if we run out of chicken or duck food...
I think Pekins get to 10-12 lbs when grown. I have 12, they are about 3 weeks old. I want to get mine outside because of the smell/mess but we keep getting snow and I'm not ready to put them out there yet - I am trying to convert a shed we have to a temporary duck house so they can be outside...
it's a very short tupperware container. I don't think they would fit in there with the lid on. It's tall enough for their bills to get in, but not enough for their bodies at all - the holes are not large enough for them to slip inside either. :) I will definitely have to change it as they get...
Here they are. That was the box we had them in the first day we got them. I built them a larger box on Monday, and already need to make a new one (they have soaked it, playing in their water). I made a less-splash-prone waterer, using a little tupperware dish with holes in the lid so they can...
I have 18 chickens (15 hens, 3 roos) and I will be hatching some eggs from them this year. My flock was all vaccinated for Marek's by the hatchery when I got them. Does this immunity they received transfer to their babies? Or will I have to vaccinate the chicks? I will be hatching and brooding...
Hi there everyone,
I have been raising chickens for almost a year, and just added some more chicks recently. I've been learning from this site for awhile but never signed up until today (I'm not sure why, I just never had anything to post, I guess). This site is great, I really enjoy...
I have a chick that is crippled just like yours. She's (he's?) about 2 months old. I noticed the problem a few weeks after hatch - she was the only one to survive my hatch (my incubator died mid-incubation, and luckily I had a broody hen at the same time). I don't think mine has marek's...