OK some of you know that I have a wide array of birds, however most of my original flock is older birds that i saved from being snake food, cull birds from farms and unwanted birds. Well I came home from work Thursday night to find Eva (EE) I saved from being culled from a farm, and also the hen...
I was in your shoes once, then this year ( year number 3 for us having chickens) all hell went loose and I have 6 hens broody at one time and fighting and boy do I mean fighting over 4 nests to claim the eggs the other hens are laying! And I have soooommmmeee big mean hens when it comes to...
I have one Blue Andalusian pullet with beautiful markings! I need to rehome her since she can fly like the wind! I must keep my birds shut up since I live in the city and she has other means of thinking. Local pickup only!
I have one Lakenvelder pullet, hatched this past Feb. She needs a new home since I live in the city and she can fly like the wind and I have to keep my birds shut up most of the time! Can not ship local pickup in Fayetteville NC!
I have to tell you this! When I was 16 my class took a tour of a commercial egg farm and we saw how those birds were kept and it made a huge dent in my heart and I refused to eat eggs after that trip! My mother and father were so upset of my telling them the situation those birds I saw were in...
Hi everyone, I have done alot of searching for a eggs for sale sign to hang on my fence post when I have eggs for sale! I am looking for a wooden sign with routered letters engraved into it (maybe burned darker than the rest of the wood sign) approx. 8 inches high but 12 inches long! If anyone...
Also, a female cat will keep them away! Adopt and fix one today and she will do her job of controling mice,rats and snakes! I live between three lakes and woods ( less than a half a mile away) and have no problems thanks to my puttie cat! Good luck!
Are they not the best chickens ever, I have a hen and a rooster FCM and love them! My rooster (Big Boy) is the best at letting the ladies know when something is in the area and he just is the best daddy ever! He even feeds the chicks! I have seen babies sitting on his back and he watches them...
This happened many many years ago, my parents decided to get 50 black sex links and 50 Dom.'s (all pullets) and so they ordered them and the hatchery sent 2 extra's which were Dom. roosters, well they all grew up to be very FAT and large chickens! The 2 roo's actually were the size of turkeys...
Ok here is the situation, yesterday a first time momma, hatched 2 out of 4 eggs (she sat on the eggs so protectively) the first chick is about 8 hours older then the other chick so was all over its mom and she just sat on the other and the 2 other eggs. While the first hatched chick was what i...