I bought a BCM pullet from Deer Run Farm last Fall that I had to cull because it was so aggressive towards my chicks that I was trying to integrate at the time. I'm not sure if obtaining her as a pullet, where she was raised free range, but in a group of other chickens rather than hand-raised...
Interesting. I can't imagine getting chicks overnight-how nice. I have ordered chicks from Ohio and NC and theyve both taken only a little over 24 hours to get here in SW Va, which isn't bad, but you still worry they won't make it.
I am wondering if anyone here has noticed differences in percentages of eggs hatched shipped by Priority Mail vs. Priority Express?? Does it make a difference in numbers of hatching eggs that actually hatch? I've used Priority Mail for chicks and had no problems, but for hatching eggs, I'm...
Has anyone ordered hatching eggs from Deer Run Farm before, and if so, what was the hatching rate of those eggs using an incubator? I just ordered some eggs from them and was curious what others' experience with their hatching eggs is.I have a few pullets from them and like their birds already.
I am wondering if anyone knows what a chick from a Buff Brahma rooster and an Egyptian Fayoumis would look like? Also, a Buff Brahma rooster and a Sumatra? Thanks.
I got this " female" Barred Rock chick from Ace recently, except I'm not sure Chantilly is actually a female! Last year it happened that 1 of my 2 female Barred Rocks from Ace was actually male. The bold white in the feathers, and already dark pink comb and wattles, plus large legs and feet...
I just had a 20-day old embryo die last night ( possibly was crushed or was not developing right and died a day or two before). I am fairly sure about the mother ( Mottled Cochin Bantam, who is tiny) but the father could be either a White Silkie rooster or my Buff Brahma rooster ( who is huge)...
Thanks for the info. The egg got smashed by one of the other hens
in the nest box last night, and the chick ( dead) looked to be a couple days behind in development, so I'm guessing something wasn't right and it had already died, and then the shell was pecked...or tried to hatch early and then...