Recent content by mahan4428

Are you giving electrolytes and probiotics? If so, how often? This is our first year for broilers. Our daughter will be showing in January.

Show is in January. Unfortunately we have missed every meeting because she’s involved in many extra curricular and has always had a game or a meet on the days of the 4H meetings. There is a county meeting next month. Hopefully we can find someone there who can guide us in the right direction...

They’re broilers. She can show 2 pens of 3. And we’ll keep a back up pen, as recommended by my husband. Any and all advice or tips would be great!

Hello all! This is our daughter's first year in 4H. She's decided to show chickens since that's an animal she's familiar and comfortable with. Any tips on feed? Or any tips at all would be appreciated. We're new to showing and also new to meat birds. They are less than a week old and we are...

How many are you raising? Sorry if I missed it in any of the previous comments.

Yes they are still young chicks, only a few days old. We just got them in 2 days ago. We did lose one last night. Looks like it fell in the waterer. Water is elevated but it looks like I might need to add some marbles to prevent that from happening again. I would expect that problem with a...

Hello all you chicken lovers! Just wanted to take a minute to introduce myself. My name is Amber. I'm a stay at home wife and mother of 3. We started raising chickens in the spring of 2013 I believe. We now have 1 Blue Wheaten Ameraucana, 2 Wheaten Ameraucanas, 4 Black Birchen Marans, 2 Black...

Let me tell you guys the story about the Ugly Chickling. My wife and I were doing some shopping online for our backyard flock. We were trying to decide on what chicks we wanted and then adding them to the shopping cart. Amber asked " Babe, can we get a Blue Cochin? Please, please, please."...

Hoping you guys can help with sexing a few of our 6 week old chicks. 1 Blue Cochin and 2 Blue Laced Red Wyandottes. Thanks in advance!

Great! I was planning on getting them anyways just because I've been wanting them for a while. But it's good to know I'm getting a good price for them. Thank you!

So I found some LO's about 50 miles from me. They were just hatched this weekend. She is wanting $6 a chick or 10 for $50. I've been wanting some for a while now so I will be going to get some. I'm just wondering if that price sounds about right? I tried looking them up from online hatcheries...

I couldn't remember which were straight run and which ones were pullets out of the bunch I ordered. Some of the breeds we wanted were only available in straight run, but from the looks of these pictures, I would almost bet that mine are pullets too. (Or at least I hope so lol) Ya'll have some...

Thanks Mary. I will definitely be keeping a closer eye on her. Glad I don't necessarily need to cull her. I just love her green eggs!

That'd be great! Thanks!

Does anybody have any pictures of their chickens with Rose Combs? Preferably ages 4-6 weeks. A few of the wyandotte chicks we ordered were straight run and I just want to use them for comparison. Or if anybody has any pics of their chickens with distinguished combs that's great too! I love...