Hi guys! I bought new chicks from two different breeders a month ago. Bresse from one guy and a variety of layers from another farm...They have all been together in a brooder (wing of our barn) quarantined from our other laying birds since. They are now 5weeks old.
I had noticed that a couple...
Thanks guys. I was thinking the same. Time will tell I guess but I’m not very patient...I love them all so much. It was my first time hatching eggs and I was worse than a mother hen turning them 5 times a day. All 17 of them are special to me but (s)he is my only grey one. I will be so sad to...
Hi guys! This beautiful baby hatched out of a blue egg 3 1/2 weeks ago and I’d love to know what you guys think she/he is.
Thanks so much for looking. 🙏
Hi guys! This is my first flock and we bought 4 “pullets” a months ago. Three turned out to be roosters :( and now one of them is sneezing and wheezing. He’s walking around ok but not eating as well at all...I live in a really rural place and I’m an RN so I reconstituted (mixed with water) some...
Hi, we are in Nova Scotia and the “pullets” came from a farmer on Kijiji. We now have homes for two of the roosters and will keep one as I’ve read they are good protectors of the flock. May decide to breed for more chickens down the road as well.
I am pretty disappointed that we won’t have...
Hey, thanks guys so much :) at what age should we separate them? We are going to keep one rooster, I guess we will have to decide who is the best rooster!! I do have a home for one of the boys already. We have 3 day old chicks here so she will have company eventually.
Hi! Yes it was our first time buying chickens we got them at 8wks old. He has a farm with mixed heritage breeds and we weren’t picky about the breeds just that they were hens! At least we have one hen! Lol
Thanks
Hey guys this is my first post but I have been on here researching the heck out of chickens for a long while! We bought 4 pullets who are now 3 months old. They were mixed breed roosters could be: Welsummer, Jersey Giant, Swedish Flower, EE or Maran!! Any help IDing my new babes? The big black...