I'm so sad. I'm reading about and seeing everyone's little chicki-poos, and i wanted my own...
I 14 eggs on March 4, then I set 13 more on the 12th. The day I did the final candling to stop turning on Sunday. then we went to my nephew's 2nd birthday party. we were only gone for few hours...
i have a mystery roo (Monkey Stinkeye) who's attitude was just getting worse and worse. then he started attacking my SSH roo(Sarge) who is very non-aggressive. The Monkey flew at me 2 times, and i ran from him. my hubby saw me and told me that by me running from him, is showing him that he's...
farming for me was slow last summer, for many busy reasons...and i had been giving the hens a break for the winter. that meaning that they have no extra light in their coop to keep up egg production. I was under the impression that chickens needed 12-14 hours of light a day.
I live in...
How would you want to cook a hen that is just over a year old? I read that light brahmas are dual purpose, and mine are 14 mos. old. would they be best in a stew/crockpot, or can I use them as roasting? (I actually picture them in a roasting pan with lots of stuffing)
I read that they have...
My sil has no idea what she is, or what color eggs she lays and I cannot find any pics of her. Her name is Devil hen, I just posted about her in raising baby chicks. her earlobes are white, and her legs look like they are grey or bluish...I can't see really, like I said, she hates me, and I...
It's been forever since I've been able to post anything on BYC. I missed it here. I hope I'm posting in the right thread...
I set a bunch of eggs in my bator on 7/25. Less than a week later, my SIL gave me a broody hen, and the pile of eggs she was sitting on. i'm guessing they were laid...
How many times a year do chickens moult? There's feathers everywhere, I see bald patches, and feather regrowth. They were just starting to lay well because of the warmer weather, and suddenly slowed for the last few days, and now I got 1 egg from 21 hens
i really thought that they only did...
In my bator i have a dozen... all mixed eggs..3 EE, 3 from a different EE 2 leghorns, 1 australorp, and 3 sexlink eggs, fertilized by my SSH. I'm supposed to candle today, but since the motor on my turner died, i have to turn them by hand. I couldn't help but stick the flashlight behind a...
I was wondering if any one would want to trade a bunch of MUTT EGGS for a few pure eggs? My hens are Black Australorps, light brahmas, red sexlink, white leghorns, and maybe a couple green eggs, if they want to let me have some. The roo is a SS hamburg.
I am looking for fertile Black...
I never would have thought of this before yesterday, but should chickens of the same breed have the same eye color?
I have 6 black australorps. 5 of these girls have deep brown eyes, while the 6th, has more orangey brown eyes. it dosn't really matter to me what color their eyes are, as long...
Hand made beaded jewelry for sale to fund my chicken habit. Will sell or trade for pure RIR hatching eggs or Pure SSH hatching eggs, but will concider other eggs too!!
Star Flower earrings- $7.00+5.00 shipping
feather style earrrings-$7.00+5.00 shipping
bracelets-$6.00+5.00 shipping
Cowboy...
My Nigerian dwarf had blood in her urine. I just noticed it today. She seems fine and happy, just like usual. Nothing but the weather has changed, She has been dry for a month now, and i was planning to have her bred...HELP!! I have been told that there is only1 vet who handles goats in our...
About how long does it take them(BA's and LB's) to start laying? I think Tori told me they were supposed to start in December. They are the same age, born July 5. Do they mature about the same time? What's the usual?
if I wanted to raise cornish cross...do I have to order chicks, or can I get eggs somewhere? I'd really like to hatch eggs, and not have to worry about live chicks in the mail...our post office isn't too great about being speedy.
I was noticing some of my birds itching themselves, and when I checked, i saw littlebugs. I'm pretty sure it's lice, and i feel awful because i just added seven more to my flock, and I don't want my new girls to get it too! (Or do they already have it?)
I was in Trustworthy yesterday, and i...