Am I correct to understand that if my hen has bumblefoot, we should NOT eat her eggs? Can we eat the other eggs in the nest? She lays white eggs and I have chickens that lay brown and green eggs....so is it safe to eat the green & brown eggs?
Also does anyone know if you MUST get all of the...
My children having been asking for a dog but I am having a hard time coming up with a dog that would be suitable to live with our chickens. We let our chickens free range on a pretty regular basis and I hate to start to confind them just because we get a dog. Does anyone have any suggestions...
This is our part-time rooster, BB. Does anyone know what kind of rooster he is?
I just bought these babies and realized they have 5 toes. What type of chickens are these?
Thanks to any help you can give me. The guy said these are ameracaunas but they have 5 toes? Their skin is the...
I just bought babies from a gentlman who told me that the babies I bought were ameraucanas (sp?). I just noticed today that some of them have 5 toes BUT their skin is light not black like the silkie I use to have. Are there other chickens that have 5 toes besides silkies? Thanks for any help.
I bought 8 babies from www.mypetchicken.com. I got 5 americaunas, 2 blue cochin and 1 silkie. I have since lost all but 3 (2 americaunas and 1 blue cochin). I lost 2 at one time. My husband thought maybe it was from them laying on top of each other and suffocating the ones on the bottom...
I currently have leg horns, plymouth rock and sex link chickens. I ordered 5 americaunas and 3 blue cochins BUT I just found out that my 1 blue cochin is really a silkie bantam chicken. She is either a white or a buff silkie bantam. Anyway, my question is....will my other chickens hurt her...