I have a Red Sex Link roo in with my Dominique hens. I know that crossing two sex links will not produce sex link chicks, but what about a sex link crossed with a pure breed. The reason I ask is because the chicks that I've hatched out from my Doms which are about one week old are 50% all grey...
I have 14 Buff Orpington eggs that I will be setting August 8th. This is my first attempt to hatch eggs so hopefully everthing goes well. I have been running my incubator for 1 week now and the temp has been steady at 99.6 and humidity at 47% to 53%. Anyone else setting eggs around this time?
4 of my hens have started molting for the first time and they have also stopped laying. Is there anything I should do to assist them? They are usually pretty energetic but not they are like "Just leave me alone" Should I switch them to a better feed or add anything to their diet? I really...
I am considering adding some guinea fowl to my existing flock of hens but I know very little about them such as temperment. Are they much more different that raising chickens?
Hi, I am Big A from Georgia. I have been around chickens pretty much all of my life, but really haven't had any interest in raising chickens until a few months ago when my son wanted to buy some from a local feed store. Now, I think that I am addicted to them and regret not raising them...