My incubator is several years old. Has anyone else with the same/similar model dealt with a similar problem. Is there something I can do to fix the bator? The eggs will still hatch at 96 degrees, just a couple of days later, right?
I have a White Crested Black Polish Rooster whose head is bare on the backside because my hens always peck his feathers out as they begin to grow in. We've even tried separating him from them and allowing the feathers to grow back in fully, but within a few minutes of reintroducing him to the...
I have 5 purebred Polish cockerels available to good homes (where they won't be eaten). They crow a little too much for my location where it is technically not legal to keep poultry. 1 White-Crested Black Polish, 1 Silver Laced Polish, 1 Golden Laced Polish, and 2 Red Polishes. They all have...
My nearly eight-week-old Silver Campine pullet is having a very hard time getting around. Most of the time she has been laying around resting, but when she does try to walk it is a short shuffle in which she will stick out one or both of her wings for balance. Her stool is loose, but doesn't...
In your experience, what is the best way to train chickens, or any type of poultry for that matter, to come to you, or even fly up to your arm at a signal? Any particular type of treat? Please feel free to share your own personal methods or other approaches you may have heard of. Thanks!
In your experience, what is the best way to train chickens, or any type of poultry for that matter, to come to you, or even fly up to your arm at a signal? Any particular type of treat? Please feel free to share your own personal methods or other approaches you may have heard of. Thanks!
I have one peachick that hatched about three weeks ago. I am raising it with several chicks that are almost exactly the same age. However, it seems to me that the chicks are growing and developing much more quickly than the peachick. The chicks are much more interested in food than the...
I am looking for some peafowl hatching eggs in western North Carolina. Does anyone know of a farm or individual I can contact? I am particularly interested in getting Indian Blue, Emerald Spalding, and White eggs.
Hi all,
I am currently looking to order a smorgasbord of large breed chickens at just a few pullet chicks per breed/variety. In particular, I am definitely interested in some Polish, Wyandotte, Cochin, Phoenix, and Sumatra varieties (my aspiration is to eventually create a a local...