I absolutely love the colored eggs, blues,greens, pink and chocolate.
I would like a flock of 50+ including bantams and minis.
Hubby has limited my flock to 18.
My rooster Hans is beautiful 2' tail feathers; he's not mean to me. There is one hen(buffy) that he would really like to kill. He has hurt her in the past and I put her in her own pen and doctored her for a month. Now that the weather is getting a bit better, I let him and the rest of the girls...
This is the best article ever. I bought an incubator with auto turner( made in china), auto turner is very misleading mine just tipped them from side to side. It took 2 times for me to figure out to take that thing out. But my last hatch was successful. I just put the eggs in and hand rolled...
OMG heard my first pip this am. I am about to go nuts with the wait:( . I ordered Black Copper Marans from EBay. I got 13 eggs hoping more than 1 hatches.
This is the first time I've tried a bator.
Can bumble foot be on top betweeen my chickens toes? I had a case of BF last year, a bit of surgery and all is good; but this (differenthen)hen has what looks like BF on top
Can bumble foot be on top betweeen my chickens toes? I had a case of BF last year, a bit of surgery and all is good; but this (differenthen)hen has what looks like BF on top
I have found that getting birds in even numbers is easier for the new ones to adjust.
My birds always seem to kick the odd numbered one out of the group, leaving it at the mercy of the older birds who usually peck or be mean to it.
This works well for me.
I did the same, I tied chickens feet together around dogs neck so it hung in front of him between his front legs, after dragging the hen around for a day, he doesn't even acknowledge the chickens.