I love having folks over to check out our farm. They are always amazed at all of our pets. We just had a vary sweet couple stop by to purchase white silkie bantam chicks. They were from Russia and wanted to start a small flock for their grand kids to play with. I am always amazed at the unique...
This year we added Anconas, Black Copper Marans, and I have 12 BLRW hatching eggs on there way this week, with a broody hen ready to set on them. Very excited to *** these birds to our flock. We would still like to add speckeled Sussex, Barred/Partridge Rocks, and Welsummers. Anyone else expand...
Our blue cochin hen (her name is Timmy because our son always thought she was a rooster when she was young) hatched 7 little chicks yesterday. She is just now a year old and the best mother hen that we have. They are all very healthy and we have spent hours watching her teach her new chicks all...
You don't have to move her out of the coop but I always do so the other chickens don't disturb her... If you do move her and the eggs I would do it at night.. Everyone does things different, this is just what has worked for me
Sounds like she is very broody to me. I try to hatch all my chicks using broody hens and have have had great success. If she is still in the coop I would move her and her nest to a private location. If you have fertile eggs you want hatched replace the eggs she is sitting on at night... She...
I have 26, 4 week old white silkie bantam chicks for sale. Some are bearded and some are non bearded. Asking $5 each. I will let you pick out what ones you want. All must go.
A friend gave me 6 blue cochin bantam eggs and 5 black cochin bantam eggs. I set them in with a silkie hen today and she went right to work. I was suprised she could fit all of them under her. Lets hope for the best.
We had a bad hawk attack Easter Morning. Lost four hens and a rooster and three more hens are in the basement recovering from bad wounds on there backs. I love free ranging our chickens and have not had problems with any other predators, but after the hawk attack last fall and the on yesterday...