Recent content by Marsfran25

Nice article! Oddly enough, I have 2 golden sex link hens BOTH go broody - and make awesome moms. I’ve yet to have any of my Orpingtons go broody, go figure!

The chicks were hatched at the hatchery on Tuesday and shipped that day. I received them on Thursday. my first little one died within about 18 hours of arrival, the second one died on the second day. I have a third one that is droopy. The temperature in the coolest part of my brooder is around...

Good to know, I lost my second one today and a third one is real droopy... I'm not sure I'm cut out to raise babies that need to be shipped. I've gotten up every couple of hours the last two nights in a row for eyedropper feeding for the laggers...

learning how to navigate the site! I'll do that, thank you very much for the suggestion!

This is my first time having chicks from a hatchery. Been a while since I've had chickens besides... Anyway, I ordered six and they threw in a freebie. one true blue whiting arrived pretty weak and did not make it till the next morning, the other true blue whiting never gatjerd steam and has...