It's that time of the year again that we are looking for eggs, after a great hatch ratio with chicks the elders at the nursing home are really wanting ducklings (only full breeds due to the elders wanting to show the birds) for the Nursing home Activity
The elders @ the nursing home will see the...
It's that time of the year again that we are looking for eggs (only full breeds due to the elders wanting to show the birds) for the Nursing home Activity
The elders @ the nursing home will see the peeps hatch and then show them @ the country/state fair and we have hopes to also participate in...
Hey Turkey fanatics,
question my turkey hen finally found a mate that wants to mate....get it?
But he tore her apart with his nails or spurs..
She is limping and receivers medical attention, but my question is should I remove his spurs and shorten the nails?.....how do I do that...need ideas...
I'm looking for Creme & Gold Brabanters and Blue Partridge Brahma, Norwegian Jearhorn hatching eggs
These will be used for a hatching activity at a Nursing Home where over 90 % of the residents are farmers and ranchers, they'll be showing their addopted bird at their County Fair and hopefully...
I Have a question...how do the hatcheries breed Broilers?
Are we able to breed Red Rangers naturally ourselves, but also are we able to breed for instance the red bourbon turkey ourselves....if so is there anyone that sells these turkey eggs? My adopted hen 'baby' has felt very lonely since her...
For a Nursing Home Activity (hatching) also used as Pet Therapy program!
please see for more details: https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/647023/wind-river-healthcare-and-their-hatching-activity/50#post_9458337
Any Crazy Dutchies on this forum?
So we can talk about our Motherland, their beautiful breeds, culinair (Chicken or not)recipes, interesting facts, news and other interesting things from the Netherlands we miss so much...
I myself Immigrated 6 years ago and haven't been back for about 4...
I had 5 Red Ranger broilers chicks (the 1st time I have something else then layers and guinea's)....one passed away last night...it was smaller then the 4 other ones .... and was panting the whole time....I tried electrolytes again but it gave the chick runny poop and well this morning he/she...
I bet many people asked this question before.....but when do you start feeding ranger chicks something else then chick starter?
I have one little weaker chick which I have the feeling is going to die soon, what to do....added electrolytes to their water today again....the chicks are a week...
4-4-12 the first eggs arrived..... (they are so colorful....a wide variety of colours) Our residents have mainly been farmers and ranchers...the youngest resident is 50 and oldest will be 105 yrs old in a week and half....
This Hatching activity is gonna be a great event and hopefully we'll...
one of my RiR finally started laying.....from a small hard shell egg every day (4days now) to a shell less egg, weird I thought, this is my first of 9 chickens 5-6 months old and is laying but the eggs are getting worse....I hope it's the hen just trying to get used to laying eggs, since they...
I was watching this awesome documentary (Babies) about different/cultural ways of labor & raising babies in Denver hospital with my wife and saw in one scene this beautiful rooster, wondering what breed it is.
In this scene we see a couple months old baby in a tent in the savannah's of Mongolia...
Wondering where to find the best line blue/ black Sumatra's
I've been doing some research and one book or link says to me that they are heat tolerant and the other heat and cold hardy....so wondering if they can or cannot stand the Wyoming Summers over 100F easy and Wyoming Winter Tolerant...
Would love to breed some wonderfull Dutch chickens like Welsummers and Barnevelders..
Who do you suggest as hatcheries or are there any forum members that would love to sell just hached chicks...
I've been looking arround for the gold duckwing welsummer, would especially love to breed them and...