I recieved a couple extra chicks with my online order. This is not one of the breeds I ordered and I do not know what she is. It's been suggested buff orpington, and she does remind me of it, but her color isn't that yellow,l. Can anyone help identify her?
4 days old
9 days old
2 weeks old...
Hi all the family and I maybe moving to greensville SC, and we were wounding if havering a backyard flock was legal there? We currently have 3 layers here in South Dakota and asuch as we don't want to leave them when we move we most likely will have too. But it will be fun to start over again...
i just got two new birds of unknown history from my local animal control officer. they are both laying hens and appear to be on sound health. how ever there have been instances of sick birds in town and i would like to know how to tell if they are sick, with possibly a disease that you cant...
ok so i should block off that boxes at night and open them up when i open the coop in the morning. should i use a soild wall to block them off so the younger ones cant see it and want to sleep in there? or will chicken wire do just as well to keep them out?
So my girls are now 5 months old and still no eggs yet? they free range every day plus have food in the coop and oyster shells. there are no hidden nests around the yard i check daily right now. 2 out of my 4 older girls combs have gotten very large and red. I try and keep the coop very clean...
i got this little BLRW and its about 5-6 weeks old it doesn't have much of a comb but it is starting to get little waddles and its comb area has turned pinkish over the past week, the tail is still really puffy with downy feathers. it's my only wyandotte so i don't have anything else to judge it...
Just had this happen to one of my chicks from one of the older chickens. i washed it with water and hydrogen peroxide and then got some blu-kote on it. i really hope she turns out okay i feel so bad and responsible :(
I am looking for a place to order a female silver Sebright, I had one and I got really attached to the breed it turned out to be a roo and had to get rid of it because we can't have Roos in town. Also looking to find a white silkie hen for the same reason. Every where I've tried looking has only...