I had two large breed roosters and had to keep them seperated. I finally sold both, since they would over mate with my tiny silkies. Will my free ranging hens be o.k.? How should I care for them now?
Hello fellow Arkies! I've been going through these posts starting at the first and following the people I saw that were around Fayetteville Arkansas. I'm trying to create a list of people to follow, around my area so that if I have a question about the weather or flea markets or looking for a...
Do you ship eggs? I had only 3 bearded silkies. Then a family of racoons wiped out my flock. I would like to replace the silkies once I get things more secure.
Hello neighbor. I am your neighbor in Fayetteville Arkansas and a member of the backyard chicken. I'm writing to ask if you know anyone in our area who has Wheaten Marans. My only chickens! I'm trying to restock for next spring and I need a young adult Wheaten Marans because I need to hatch some...
Hello neighbor. I am your neighbor in Fayetteville Arkansas and a member of the backyard chicken. I'm writing to ask if you know anyone in our area who has Wheaten Marans. My only Wheaten Marans rooster got raccooned last week along with 10 of my other chickens! I'm trying to restock for next...
Some of my customers and I, have found tiny blood drops in my eggs. I just dig them out with the shell, and go on. But they are asking. What do you say/do? (And yes I know that means they are fertile.But is that bad? )
My roosters are very good and protect their ladies well. There ate 2 differences between Silkies and others breeds is that, due to hawks getting them, they need a covered run, and I believe, More heat in extreme cold.
Thankyou Lazy Gardner. I have skimed that site, but not completely closed because my hatch rate had been 99% -100%. But at a much higher humidity. Now I realize that it was summer, not winter as now. I will re read that. Thankyou.
Thankyou for this and especially the link to shipped eggs. QUESTION : Some sources say to keep temps 99.5-100 degrees while others say to keep temps 100-101. Is the difference fan air vs still air incubators? And there is an extreme range of humidity listed for the first 18 days "28-50./. "...
What is the lowest temperature day old chicks have survived? I love to do this but nights are still in the 30's and it had rained every day. Even with a covered pen the chicks would get wet.
None of his egg-mates had this problem. No other adults have it eather. I'm thinking respiratory, as allergy caused. THANKYOU for the advice. I'll look for the medicine at my feed store.
Ever since one of my hatchlings was hatched his eyes have produced a lot of mucus and narrowed. After warm water compress and Vaseline around the eye, the mucus comes off and he can see. After working three days and not compressing, this is what I found. The left eye completely closed and...