I hatched her myself and was told she was an Ameraucana. She came out of a blue egg but she’s been free ranging so I have never actually seen her lay an egg to know what color she is laying or even if she is actually laying yet. But she should have blue eggs. I’m having to sell my whole flock...
This is my only Cochin bantam and I’ve been waiting and waiting to see if it would lay an egg or if it would crow or start acting roosterish but it hasn’t. It’s been of age to do either or but my other rooster hasn’t been aggressive towards it or tried to mate with it. Any guesses if this is a...
It was in fact a cat. An older kitten actually. I caught it this morning in a live trap. Going to see if the shelter will take it. Any other predators would’ve found its way in a hole but this poor cat is just skin and bones and a baby
After dark I went out to do my last check and found that a predator had gotten in and killed 6 of my chicks. The chicks were about 8–10 weeks old. Im not sure exactly what got them though so please let me know what you think. The coop they were in did have a temporary “window” for more air flow...
I’m located in Kentucky and have been on a serious search for a new beautiful breed to start breeding. I haven’t had much luck though in finding new breeders to befriend and do business with. I’m not particularly looking for a rare rare breed but something new to bring around my community. My...
One time I forgot how many days my eggs were in the incubator and instead of locking down on day 18 I locked down on day 15 and I had 18 out of 20 eggs hatch. I don’t recommend doing that but that one time it happened it didn’t seem to affect them too much. I’ve also forgot to lock down the...