My Bantam Brahma Rooster Griffin, has red, sore looking legs. Not that long ago I saw that the outsides of his legs(were the feathers are) were red. I didnt think anything of it then the one day they were very bloody.....now they are just red on the outsides and there are no feathers growing...
I love having chickens ive got lots of them! I love seeing fresh eggs and collecting them. I sell them too! But... I HATE the taste of eggs and I never eat them.....anyone else like me?
I was suppose to get three light brown leghorn chicks on May 1st. I got the chicks and one seems to be a leghorn and the other two are not. The other two are smaller, they are a little different in colour and their feathers are coming in different. I was thinking they could be either soem colour...
I got my new chicks today. I ordered them back in February and got them today (may 1st). I recieved 1 Black Australorp female, 1 Buff Chantecler female, 1 Dominique female, 1 Light Brown Leghorn female, 1 Exchequer Leghorn Female, 1 Rhode Island Red Female and 2 Light Brown Leghorn males. I will...
My silkie Peaches just hatched 4 chicks on monday! 2 of them are silkies and the other 2 silkie/ bantam cochin x.
Check the thread out here : https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=310824
Here are the pictures! :
I have a second broody bird!
Bonnie is a white chantecler and this will be her second hatch. She has 11 eggs under her, 5 EE/Bantam Brahma eggs and 6 of her own eggs (Chantecler/ Bantam Brahma X). The eggs are due to hatch April 14th!
Here she is : (she is usually beautiful.... you dont...
Hello!
I have a nice broody silkie, Peaches who is sitting on five eggs. Two eggs are buff silkie eggs and the other three eggs are bantam buff cochin/buff silkie crosses. They are due to hatch on March 30th, I am so excited!! I thought I would share, I will keep everyone updated!!
The pictures...
Hello everyone!
I have a broody silkie whos babies will hatch on March 30th.
I am wondering, when the chicks are around two weeks old can they with their mother go with the flock?
The flock consist of three silkie hens, two bantam cochin hens and a silkie rooster....
Will the mother protect...
This morning I went out and my broody hen had pooped all over her eggs. I took them and cleaned them with a cloth and put fresh straw in the nest...... was this the right thing to do????
In October my Chantecler hen went broody for the 4th time. She had never been a mother, I had never let her, but this time she wouldnt stop being broody. So I gave her an egg from my bantam brahmas and on November 16th a little boy B.C hatched out......
this is his father Griffin(a bantam...
I am thinking about ordering these for the spring:
2 non white leghorn hens and roo
1 chantelcer hen
1 australorp hen
1 dominique hen
1 Rhode island red hen
and maybe 1 campine hen
what is everyones experience with these breeds?
post pictures add any comments thanks!!!
Its getting colder out, and I put my ducks outside in the snow every day.
I was just wondering do ducks get frost bite on their feet, if so is it common?
Thanks!
One of my birds went broody, so I gave her only two eggs. One of them is a green egg and when i candle it(with a regular flash light in a shoe box) I only see dark except the air pocket....... is it a bad thing that I can see the air pocket or is it hard to say? Thanks!