Hey everyone, I just had a few questions for you guys...
1 What should i feed my broody hen.. Is started crumble ok?
2 My coop is 6 feet off the ground, Once the chicks hatch will they be able to come down a 30 ft ramp?
3 A broody hen should theoritecly take a few chicks right?
4 How many...
Hey everyone I just got some new chicks... Amelia was sold as Welsummer, But looks like an EE... Anyone else agree?
We went and picked up 4 of our new chicks at 7 P.M. They were all born March 26.
This is Amelia
This is Kelly
And these are unamed untill we can tell them...
Hi everyone,
This past summer I have officially started to make my hobby into my life. I started a small farm! I am wondering if their are any government incentives/Tax returns/ Etc. that is availible to small farm owners.I live in NY if that helps.... Also is their like a min. profit or...
Hey everyone i was wondering what would happen if you put a RIR roo over Leghorn... i believe brown eggs are dominant, and was wondering if this was correct, and if so would the offspring be a high production brown egg layer? Even more so than a RIR? if anyone has done this already, Pleas post...
Hey guys, i have 15 RIR pullets all are 5 weeks old, and living outside.... I just wondering how soon i can put them with the big girls (and guy) also how will they know to eat their grower feed not layer feed?
Thanks in advance
-Caleb
Hey everyone.... I was Just wondering a few things about my roo.... recently he has started pecking me hard... and then today he attacked me when i went to let them out... He has never done this before... he even used to let me hold him... he is now 1 and a half years old...
Will he grow out...
Hey guys I am possibly going to my local feed store to pick up MORE chicks xD
I have heard about several ways to sex baby chicks.... could anyone help me out?
Hey everyone, I was just wondering if anyone would know of a hatchery that lets you buy less then 10 chickens... Also if anyone would be willing to go in on a batch that live in the NY PA NJ tristate area....
This is going to be a thread of pics of your favorite roos and funny stories about them =]
This is fred =] no funny stories but he is my only roo, hes HUGE and ILH
Hey guys this is a thread to share you funny stories/good ways to catch your chickens as this can be a pain in the butt......
This afternoon I had to catch a roo, but he wouldnt let me anywhere near him, so finally what i did was made a very loose lasso and lasso'd him =]=]=] (I made sure I...
Hey guys We started out letting our chickens free range dawn to dusk. Even once they started laying they still came back to the nesting box. But a few months ago we stopped getting eggs. So i went looking around and found a clutch of over 5 dozen eggs. We kept them penned up for a while and they...
Hey guys a few days ago i posted a thread asking for some advice.... Well I just finished Everything and got the chickens moved in !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Here are some pics
Hi everyone, I have 15 RIR chicks, there are now 4 weeks old, and nearly completley feathered out... Highs are in the fifties and lows in the 30's...... I am wondering when i will be able to let them out... (yes i know they were hatched way to early but it was a birthday present from my...