Recent content by mhamilton

My husband never says cool things, but a few weeks ago, he says, we should do chickens again. Moments later i was pre-ordering chicks from the farm store :D He can't go back on his word now! Fast forward to yesterday, half of my chicks are in, 4 Blue Laced Red Wyandottes, love 'em! I have had...

White leghorns are good for heat, i know, not the most spectacular choice, but being white helps with heat, their large comb helps with heat dissipation also. So i would look for large comb and wattle breeds, and lighter colors. I mean, would you rather wear a white shirt in the heat or a black...

Yes, major fencing changes are being implemented, and for now, they are all in a small contained area for observations. They usually were free roam, so they are a bit bummed for the moment.

I agree, but my concern was that she was already forming an egg that may have been damaged. She is a good layer, and layed that morning, so i assume she might be halfway through making/producing the next one. I am ok with her not laying, that's not the concern, the ducks are for pleasure and...

I have 3 ducks, and one got too close to the dog's fence. Its the cattle panel type fencing and my dog was able to grab the duck ( a large pekin female) and drag her in and attempted to have a duckie dinner. To the ducks' advantage, he is senior and has missing and dull teeth, but he can still...

Adding a couple pics of my roo, and a splash pullet i got from him, she's about 7 weeks old now.

well, i'll have to snap some pics of my babies soon, but I hatched out 10 chicks from a BLRW rooster and eggs from 3 blrw hens and then a few other breeds, now that they are about 6 weeks old, its becoming very obvious which are the pure breds and which are the mixes, but for some reason, i...

thank you for the article! I found a wonderful lady with a big heart,and not enough chickens to take her. She has no rooster, so breeding will not be a concern. I told her trimming might be necessary as the beak grows, and she is happy to do that. I just fell in love with this chicken and did...

Yep! she eats and drinks fine, i didn't notice right away, she was a few weeks old before it was obvious. I was curious because I will re home her so i don't hatch any of her eggs. I hatch for my own flock, just to replace older hens, and for meat, but i didn't want the chance of grabbing her...

I have a question, is this genetic or a malformation in the egg?

So i have a special bird, is this genetic of a malformation from the egg? She eats and drinks normal, and has grown just as big as the rest of her hatch mates.... she's about 6 weeks old now.

WOW! i'm proud of my broody! she did a wonderful job! 8 hatched, 2 with peep holes and chirping, and the last two are chirping in their shells! so far, if everyone comes out of their shells ok, i have all the eggs hatch!

okie dokie. i love how they weave in the feathers of momma. how skinkin' cute! its a little cold today, so i set up a heat lamp in case they started to wander. they are in a spot of their own, so its chick safe! I separated my broody about a week into sitting, so no one bothered her...

well, i woke up this morning to a few peeps from my eggs. my broody has succeeded her first hatch. by 6 a.m. there were already 3 wet chicks, and after an hour i went to check on them again, and many more had hatched, some wet, some fluffy, and the eggs that were still whole had already shown...

hey all! i was really active on this thread when my chickens were little adorable fluffs. Fast forward to almost a year and a half later, and I now have a BLRW sitting on a bakers dozen (seems luckier to say it that way rather than 13....) Due to hatch on the 24th, this saturday. This is my...