helo everyone i am just wondering what do you feed your show birds and i am purchasing some dutch bantams to keep them in top condition i am wondering whats the best thing i can give them. i already have some pidgeon conditioner and ive heard you mix 20% of that with 80% growers what do you lot...
hi everyone i was wondering if you could help me, i would really like to have a go at showing my birds but i dont know if there any good for showing i have some pics of one of my hens, could any one tell me if she is alright or if she is a total crime against the breed standard, or any faults...
i am hopefully going to set around 40 eggs on wednesday/thursday 12 BLRW 12 choco WYN around 10 barred WYN around 10 silkie and 6 call duck eggs anyone want to join in around this date also add what eggs your setting.
i am hoping to set some bantam eggs on saturday but i have only ever hatched quail before so can anyone tell me what tempreature and humidity you put for bantam wyandottes and silkies that are simular size.
i have 2 silkie hens that i plan on using as broodys but people ive spoke to have told me that they use crooses betwen silkies and other breeds but what breeds do you breed them to to get the best results and what are the reasons for the choice of cross.
thanks connor
i am looking in buying some BLRW hatching eggs but i want to ask a question first do they breed true i mean when i put them together will i get all exactly the same BLRW and not like 50% chance of blue laceing 25% ********* and 25% ********
thanks connor
i have heard/read that fertile eggs that are alright to incubate for ten days after they are layed so as i started collecting silkie eggs on wednesday is it alright to set the eggs next friday night/saturday morning.
thanks connor
this week i have had two of my hens laying there fist eggs one my barred wyandotte layed her first today but my silkies on wednesday my silkie has gave me 5 eggs out of five days WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO is this good for a silkie or am i getting more just because its her first week of laying...
could anyone take a quess at what breed this hen is?????
sorry for the bad pics they were took with my phone and its not my bird so wont be getting any more untill i go around again.
i am interested in showing some of my chickens for fun but even though ive searched on google i cannot find any shows to go to so i would like to know if anyone knows if there are any shows soon or even later this year in the midlands (england) that i could go to?
thanks connor
could anyone hazard a guess on how old my silkie bantam is he has just started crowing well screeching but i know that doesnt help i got him from an auction with his two girls so am unaware of his age. sorry for the bad pics.
right everyone brace yourself i have alot of questions to ask
i am thinking about expanding my flock and getting some more birds for breeding so my wish list has been extended by 4 gold laced wyandotte bantams and 4 silver laced wyandotte bantams so fingers crossed i will be breeding 3 pens...
i have read on the internet some weeks ago that tomatoes are poisonous to chickens and that they either make them seriously ill or they die but then someone on here says that her chicken loves tomatoes now im confused does anybody know if they are? i am aware that not everything you read on the...
one of my ex battery hens has swollen ankles, very runny poo, her comb seems very off colour and she isnt laying eggs. when her ankles started to swell i first thought it was gout because she was not getting rid of nutrition through her eggs but i am unsure now so can anyone tell me what it is...
does anyone know anywhere near nottingham (england) to get some GLW batam chicks for christmas i dont know if this is in the right section correct me if im wrong.
i have just been given 4 barred wyandotte bantams and i believe 1 is a cock and if this is true i need to get rid of him i will hopefully get pictures up sometime next week he has got a much darker red comb and his comb seems to be developing faster and more i am not sure yet just thought id...