can someone please explain “So add a good big whack of whatever you can readily get“
I am looking for a bandaid to the mud pit. We expanded our run last summer and I had no idea until wet season that was a WET corner of the yard.
We will cover and add gravel this spring but for now... please...
We thought we had a pair of ladies! Turns out this little one crows! We hatched 4 lavender Marasn June 15. We thought we hatched one boys three girls based on our armature guess! Look like it was two boys and two girls! Sad! This is our last one to rehome. He is supper sweet! He is free to good...
I was looking for some suuggeions with our run. We are on year 2 with chickens and I wanted to “enrich” my run. We he he stumps and a ladder in our run. But I am going to add a hay bale. Great tip thanks!
Thanks Jed,
I can’t find that article I thought I read so I probably am crossing my information. I am fairly new to chickens and this is the first spring I attempted “rare” breeds. I knew nothing of sulmtaler until this chick started turngin black instead of white. So now in my “baby” pen I have...
Also, the crest on the head is developing and o read the males do not have this? Ooooo why is this so hard, wish they were like puppy’s just lift the tails!
That would explain why it’s so black now.but I read sulmtalers are “easy” to sex as chickes? Boys tan- darker girls yellow and pale? This chick was pale yellow bought as a white bresse! guess we get to eat it. I am a urban chicken lover, sadly no Roos aloud.
I bought this (and 5 other chicks) for a a breeder in western Washington. She told me it was a White French Bresse when I bought it,clearly not by age 2 weeks color started to darken. So the. She told me it was a Sulmtaler. @ 4 weeks nearly black. Now at 8 weeks- I have no idea. I think. My...
] I had 18 Marans eggs (9 French Maran and 9 lavender Maran) only these four hatched :( and my favorite is starting to show pink comb. Is it to early to tell roo or pullet. The pink comb one is also the only one with feathers on feet and was first to hatch. If that helps at all. Hatch date was...