We have a 7 month old (approximately) hen that went broody on us about 2 weeks ago. She laid great for about 9 weeks and then decided she wanted her own babies. Not having a "brooder breaker" cage we opted with the manual approach: ie: pick her up several times a day and remove her from the...
I have no idea what her lineage is but she just started laying beautiful brown eggs. She's friendly and purdy. I need the room so she needs to find another home - actually I have some SLW's that need to go too, if you're interested They should be laying within the next 2-4 weeks. $12 for the...
I have two roos that I need to get rid of rather quickly. They are about 8 weeks old now and not yet crowing (thank gosh).
If anyone is interested just PM me. Here's a pic of the cute one. I'll have to look for a pic of Rico Suav-ay - all the girls say he's a dreamboat
I was lucky enough to run across a BYC member who was kind enough to make my DW's birthday one to remember. We picked these gorgeous girls up on saturday and could not believe how beautiful they actually are. So I just had to share with you all.
These pics were taken this weekend when I put the babies out in their new coop. I need your help because I cannot have any roos where I am located and am afraid I have at least two roos. Have a look and let me know.
Here is pic one. The two in question are the two buff orpington's (one is...
She/He looks like an Ameraucana, based solely on pics I have seen. But I have never been very good at figuring out the "ladies"
The farm we bought her/him from had no clue. So I thought I would ask the eggs-perts.
Here's another pic; same chick
And another (last one):
And here's 3...
Ok ladies and gents, roos and hens. I need some help clarifying something. I'm a very new newbie - this is my first post - and I am somewhat confused with how many chicks to purchase. This is my first attempt at raising chickens and in doing some research I have noticed that many hatcheries...