Yes what oldhen said. Adult birds can bring diseases and they will be carriers for life. Some diseases are so bad you will have to cull all chickens then try to sanitize your property or wait sometimes up to years before bringing new birds in. Even if you quarantine new birds when you get...
You just have to call him or text him at his number. He has all different kinds and it just depends on what's in the incubator at the moment. Call after 5pm or on weekends. I think he works another job
I bought 3 Blue Ameraucana's from him and all 3 are fine. I think 2 are roos though :( This was 2 months ago. I also got 2 Black Copper Marans that were 2 months old when I got them and they both died about 2 months after I got them. We also got 2 silkies and 1 silkie died. The other is...
Yeah I had them in a metal dog crate for about a week inside run/coop, then I sectioned off part of run and after about a week I found they had snuck out and in with older ones. Everyone seemed fine for over a week now. I'm wondering if she died of natural causes because they've been...
I had 2 Copper Marans that were 4 1/2 mths old that had been with my older hens & my rooster (1 year old). Except for a few squabbles everyone seemed to be fine. I was letting the older ones out during the day, but closing the run door so the younger ones couldn't get out to get taken by a hawk...
I'm happy to report that she is doing better this evening. We gave her poly-vi-sol and canned tuna. I thought she was a gonner this morning, she looked horrible her neck grotesquely twisted. She is back to standing, her neck still hanging down but she is eating and drinking on her own. Yay...
She is eating chick food. Only snacks they got were a half apple. Some chicken fundoo (meal worms, seeds etc.) And that is it. The night before last was the groups first night outside. I made them a pen separate from big birds. They were locked up that night in their coop (totally secure) no...
My 7 week old chick is loosing function and can't hold her neck up. Now she can't walk. Anyone ever see this? I feel so bad for her. She was eating and drinking yesterday but is having trouble today. All other chicks that were in with her are fine.
Reading all this about shipping chicks I wonder if it's not a little cruel to have them shipped. I was thinking of it but now have changed my mind. I want certain breed of chicks but not at their expense :(
Number 5 finally made it. He keeps opening his beak real wide. Not continuously but a lot. Noticed he was doing this even after hatching. Anybody elses chick do this?
I had 4 hatch on a Saturday and nothing else was happening, no pips on anything else by Sun morning so i took all 4 out they were fluffed and dry. Candled all eggs at that time. Had another pip when I woke Mon (this morning at 6am) still waiting at almost 5pm. Think I will name her number five...
Not sure I'm cut out to be a silkie mom, if he's even a Silkie. This drama queen is so loud he wakes me up at night. If he steps in wet poo he runs around screaming till he gets it off lol. The smallest but loudest. Seems like a lot of feathers that stick straight up in the air for a silkie. Was...
The black one in the pic is a baby of an Ameracauna Roo (multi colored) and white cochin hen. Just hatched last night. He is black on his back and yellow on belly and chin. Tips of wings are yellow and a tiny bit around his face is yellow. His mom is 100% white so not sure where black comes...