I would love to find some Mottled Javas. I live in NE Kansas and would hope to find them in a 3 or 4 state area. Eggs might work, but I'd have to set up for them.
Are you sure the chicken is a hen? Because some types of roosters are territorial and will attack you when you enter their space. Usually you have to cull the ones who do that because if they haven't calmed down from you picking them up every day, then they probably aren't going to. If my...
I've been wondering what would happen if I bred a RIR with white leghorn pullets. Would they be good layers? They would be a sex-link, wouldn't they? Would the eggs be small like the leghorn eggs? Anybody tried this?
Great article. Good instructions. I feel like I could do this quickly and easily. Just want to mention, if you are making box brooders; sometimes grocery stores have heavy cardboard bins that they will give away from apples, pumpkins, potatoes, etc. Just ask in the produce section of your...
I have loved the Backyard Chickens pages for a long time, just looking things up on the forum pages whenever I had a question - then I'd get stuck going down the "rabbit hole" looking at page after page and loads of pictures of (mostly) beautiful chickens!
I have quite a a few chickens; among...
I love the little Mille babies and have had a couple sets of them. This year I have a Mille Fleur D'Uccle hen sitting on eggs, hoping for the best. She tried to set last year but kept getting off the nest. This year I think she is a little more faithful. However, I am curious to see the...
I'm wondering what their eggs are like? My Cinnamon Queens (Rhode Island Reds x Rhode Island Whites) lay huge brown eggs and lots of them! These tetras seem to be an enhanced version of that, but I haven't seen them here yet! I haven't looked closely because after several years of ordering...