I have raised chickens for many years. I always have the one flock and waited till they passed to start another.
This spring I got some chicks and have them on medicated chick starter. I usually keep them on some sort of chick starter till about 16 weeks or when they lay their first egg (like...
Hello! I have been utilizing BYC for several years and decided I wanted to join the community.
I write you this as I sit drinking my morning coffee and holding my five week old Silkie, Violet. Right now we have 12 birds. Six are fully grown, laying hens (three Ameraucanas, two Brahmas & one...