A very unique chicken coop that also looks quite good, the only proble, is that for the run you used chicken wire for the run which isn’t that good for chicken coops as it’s very easy for predators to break. Try something like hardware cloth for more protection.
An egg can be fertilised from up to two weeks after the cockeral has mated with the hen, so to make sure that the chicks will be from the right cockeral you need to keep the pairings together for atleast that long, I would also recommend another two weeks to make sure that theses eggs have the...
I generally only clip one wing when I first get them/ when they are young. This means that they get slightly disorientated when they try to fly and slowing get discouraged from flying by the time the wing grows back (it usually take about 18 months). This also means that once the wing has grown...
Hi, I've had four quail for about 6 months now (2 Japanese and 2 Italian) and about a week ago i found one injured (Italian), it was injured on its left shoulder and to be honest it looked like it had its neck hanging out. I've put some disinfectant on it and put the bird into isolation. Anyway...
Hi, I am getting a breeding trio of pekin bantams soon, and I was wondering that, since pekin come in a variety of colours, should I have all three the same colour or have a mixture. I am looking to breed them (hence getting two hens and a cockerall) and wasn't sure what colour the chicks would...
Ok, thanks. I have my own cockerel so i think I'm going to just use my own eggs rather than buying
Thanks, I think I am going to use my own eggs as I have a cockerel. Are their any things that i should look out for to indicate a good mother?
Thanks, I think I'll try those rubber eggs as I don't like to leave eggs in the coop for to long for fear of them breaking and making a mess that could not only be annoying for me to clean but also uncomfortable for the chicken
When I have the occasional scratch on a comb or leg or something I have this antiseptic powder I put on it just in case and then I leave it and it turns out fine. Just make sure that it doesn't get in their eyes, I don't think it will harm the chicken but it might be a bit annoying for her.
So come spring i would like to try and hatch some chicks as I've wanted to do this for ages now, however i can't really spend much money on incubators and brooders so I've decided to do it the "natural" way and have one of my hens do all the work for me and i have done a lot of research into it...
We’ve only just got our ten hens and a cockerel so we’re only getting 3 eggs out of a possible ten but we normally have a double yoker every other day so that’s good!