We have a lone silkie that was raised by a teen for a project and out grew her home. She was raised in the girls closet and then transferred to the garage once she became older/ too much to handle. We thought we could integrate her into our silkie coop but she doesn’t seem to understand she is...
We have been in the business of chickens for well over a decade and recently got 8 Polish. They are just at 8 weeks and I believe we have 2 males in the bunch. My daughter is in love with these things so they have become her flock. I need ideas for a protected coop since the obviously can’t...
I have a broody mama duck in a mobile coop isolated from the rest of our roaming chickens and ducks. what kind of water setup should she have for when the babies are born? She had a small pool but babies won’t be able to access it so I’m looking to remove it for a regular watered until they...
My babies are doing well and I have 5 standard chicks and 5 bantams. Any idea on what we have in our mystery brooder? They are getting along well despite being a mix of bantam and standards. I have two black silkies that aren’t pictured but these are the pictures of the ones stumping me...
Last Friday we picked up 6 bantam chicks from TSC and went back Saturday to pick up a few more since ours were doing so well. The 5 we brought home on Saturday started dying within a few hours of being home and all 5 were deceased within 24 hours. My 6 from Friday were still ok but I’m very...
We are attempting to incubate for the first time with shipped eggs. I ordered 12, received 18, 3 totally broke and 2 had hairline cracks that I taped up. I didn't have high expectations only really expected 50% at best with all the variables. Once the eggs arrived two days late and being...
I'm pretty sure most are roo's but want to double check before I get rid of any pullets. They are 7 weeks old and supposed to RIR and BR's. Thanks for the help!
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My "gals" are supposed to be around 5 weeks old and I have researched for hours about possible genders, I'm lost at what they could be. We can't have roo's so I would like to replace them with pullets ASAP. I have a feeling our straight run days are over! These are 7 RIR and 2 Barred Rocks, I...
I took the plunge a few weeks ago and got 10 chicks, 8 RIR, 2 Barred Rocks, one RIR has passed. The others are getting big, FAST! I started them all in a 50 gallon tub and then split them into two tubs at almost two weeks old. They are almost three weeks old and I'm unsure about if the space...