Here is a picture of our first "chocolate egg".
The blue copper maran is six months old. We have a roo and a hen so I am hoping to get some to hatch! The egg on the left is from one of my Speckled Hamburgs and the egg on the right is our easter-egger. We also have BO and RIR. We are...
We lost all of our flock with the exception of two last night. My youngest son discovered the aftermath. The gate had been opened, the nest boxes turned over and feathers were everywhere. The only two survivors were both Speckled Hamburg hens. The only remains I could find except for...
Here are a few pictures that I snapped this afternoon as my chicks were foraging. They spend a lot of time under the azalea bushes when it is hot out.
Under the azales.
Time for some scratch!
Buff polish.
Marble's coming out to investigate.
This is the queen bee, Rufouser, our BO. She was named by my teenage daughter. She is 14 weeks old and came from Ideal Poultry via the local feed store.
This is the king (at least I think roo). He is 12 weeks and came from Tractor Supply. Also in the pic are two dominiques, an EE, a brown...
I have a McMurray Dominique that is 12 weeks old and has developed a crooked neck. She has no other symptoms. She continues to forage, she comes when I call (I'm my flock's rooster), she eats and drinks. She is not pecked by the other hens. Everything is normal, except he bow in ther neck...
My son and I picked up a few chicks from Tractor Supply about 4 weeks ago after our shipment of chicks arrived dead with the exception of one little Dominique (who we have now named Donna Summer). We did not want to wait for the hatchery sent replacements to arrive and leave Donna Summer all...
Hello y'all! My name is Carl and I live in Folkston, Georgia. Folkston is about 40 miles north of Jacksonville, FL. My wife and three teenage children have decided we are going to increase our family by adding some backyard chickens. We are new at this. Well, new again. My wife and I both...