Try rubbing the diatomaceous earth into the chickens feathers by hand. I got a chicken with really bad mites and I rubbed it on him and they disappeared very quickly. Also try changing the bedding and sprinkling it in the coop when you put it on the chickens. I also found out that if your animal...
Wow! That is cheap!! What area did you get them from? I.E, Fishkill, Syracuse, Pawleys Island, etc... Have you ever seen any Croad langshans? They lay purpleish looking eggs. I am also looking for some black copper marans that lay really dark brown eggs. What is a Swedish flower? Have fun with...
I don't know that they are less hardy than other marans. My copper maran is strong and healthy despite my other roosters and my hens picking on him, but my birchen has a hard time with even the younger chicks.
Whatever color egg the roo came out of is about the color the chicks will lay. If you have a americauna roo with brown egg laying hens you will get green.
I hatched some speckled sussex rhode island red crossed chickens and I was wondering what they would look like when they grow up? Does anyone have any? Thank you, Breanna
Last night my dad figured out a way for a old broken incubator to work! He attached something to make it heat and attached a lamp to that so we know when it is runnig! Thank you! ..... Gosh, I love those things!!