Here's some pictures. Sorry for the quality. Iphone 5s at work here.
If I'm not mistaken:
The 2 yellows are my New Hampshires.
The 2 golden brown are my Rhode Island Reds.
The 2 dark brown are the Partridge Rocks.
And the other 2 are my Welsummers.
And that leaves those 8 black ones, which are...
Ugh. I'm not necessarily mad, sad, or bummed, but I bought Buffs, not Australorps or whatever breed these are. What do hatcheries usually do about breed mixups?
I can probably add pictures later.
I just got my order from Meyer Hatchery. I ordered 8 Buff Orpingtons, 2 Welsummers, 2 Partridge Rocks, 2 Rhode Island Reds, and 2 New Hampshires. But is that truly the case? I have 2 of each color, and then a bunch of 8. But those 8 are not yellow. They're...
Lighting is too bad right now for good pictures. I have some from last night. And I'll try this afternoon to get some good ones. Here's from last night. This guy was seriously perching in the area while I was cleaning it out. It was literally 1 foot away from me. I noticed it, ran out, and shot...
Guess who just found someone in the area willing to unload a trio of mature Muscovy ducks for $35? They're going to be picked up on Sunday. I'm probably going to lock them in my duck coop for a month or two to get them used to my farm. But here's my 4 problems:
1: What kind of feed do they...
Thanks for the base number. Right now I'm gathering info to see if I have enough money where I can start this very soon or if I'll have to hold off for a little bit.
Here's the situation. My current coop is just some plywood with chicken wire stapled on an going upwards another 15 feet in my barn. It's worked since I had chickens (2012), but it's not cutting it anymore. Counting my 5 chicks I got this spring, I would've had 36 chickens. Slowly, the whole...
Okay here we go: It is a hatchery Easter Egger. I think it has internal laying, as it lost tons of weight, stopped laying eggs, and had yolk-colored poop. I moved her to my greenhouse after that, and temps in there are about 35 at a minimum. But now there's more.
One of her feet started getting...
Okay, here's some more questions now that I've had a couple of days to examine and analyze the situation.
1: The eye situation: Her eyes seem to open and be shut randomly. But water seems to open them if closed. What could cause this?
2: Standing/Sitting: She hasn't sat down since I've put...
Update: The label on those electrolytes mentioned using that as a supplement when bird is stressed.
Okay so I put it in the water, and stuck her beak in a couple of times, and this happened. It seemed like a slap to the face for that bird. She seemed to have much more energy, motivation, or...
She is inside. She's in our greenhouse where it is around 40-50 F generally. I could turn the heat up in there. She was perfectly fine until it got to the single digits.
Okay here's now what I've noticed. Her breast looks like that of a normal chicken (like a Buff Orp or Barred Rock) while her weight is definitely not. She isn't doing the penguin stance, but she does seem to be standing and never have I seen her sit down since I've took her in. She also does not...