So I had nine chicks hatch out Friday, and the ninth came out with some unabsorbed yoke. Well here I am on Tuesday and everything seems fine except that one little chick still has this black crusty thing on its backside. (Kinda like when you cut a babies umbilical cord and it turns black and...
So about a month ago I got 8 new little fuzzybutts and today a friend of mine called and asked a bunch of questions on chickens.
wonders if it is bad thing that I seem to be the living chicken encyclopedia
So now after seeing me with chickens for a few years, they are thinking about going to...
So what does everybody have planned for their flock this spring ?
I know we have a lot planned,
We just finished a coop for my barnevelder project today and got them moved in and settled.
We are also planning on moving the other coop closer to the house to make things more organized and less...
I currently have a Hovabator 1602n, still air, hand turning. I have had it for a few years now, and its starting to show a little wear and use. I have had some great hatches out of it but the last few have not been so well. My birthday is in march and I was thinking of upgrading my bator, and I...
I have gotten a mix review on Cedar shavings.... Some say NO DON'T USE IT ! ! ! But I have also seen where people say that they have always used it and never had any problems...
I am asking because it has gotten to the point where I almost can't find pine shavings anywhere... so I have been...
We got stuck with over a foot of snow, and my poor silver phoenix rooster with his large single comb got some frostbite despite our efforts to keep them warm. I brought him in and I
1.)gave him a warm bath to wash the blood out of his feathers.
2.) cleaned his comb and surrounding area with a...
The Phoenix is my absolute favorite chicken breed. Right now I only have a silver boy but as soon as I can get him some I plan on getting him some ladies.
This is my Silver Phoenix Fawkes, He is just now starting to try and crow.
Ok So I came home from school with this in the bator......
He Piped on the side of the egg made a huge hole and stuck his head out... He needed a little help so I did he was really ready to come out. his feet look curly too guess I will need to get her a set of boots too...
Really not liking this hatch... my house is rapidly turning into a chick ICU
So this one hatched out with funny feet and is walking on its haunches and is starting to rub them so much they are starting to get a little bloody... do you think it's ok to use the boot ? his toes don't seem to want...
Alright so due to a family emergency I had to leave my eggs with someone else for about half the incubation period.... not that I am blaming them for anything it could be a number of reasons from bad eggs to transportation or humidity or whatever, just saying that I was absent for about half the...
Today I am going to set an assortment of eggs in my bator thanks to the wonderful people at church !
I am setting some
Red Shouldered Yokahama,
Indian Red Jungle Fowl,
Silver Phoenix,
Cubalaya,
White Laced Red,
Is so happy can't wait ! Today is day 0....
I would like to start a breeding project with barnevelders this spring/summer. what I would like to do is to keep the barnevelders pretty much the same as they are except maybe work on darker eggshell color... and maybe some minor tweaks else where (Depends on the birds I get until I get them I...
Was thinking of asking for one for an R-Com mini with Ez scope for Christmas, but was wondering how well they worked ? and if anyone had experience using them or had any helpful hints... also it says it holds three large chicken eggs ? how many bantam does it hold ? how much do you think the...
We are in the process of moving out into the country and building a house, and when we get out there I want to breed Barnevelders. Two reasons being I love their coloring, and they are supposed to be really docile. I plan to try and get some eggs maybe this early spring since we are still in...
back in the beginning of April my broody went over, and about the third week we had one baby... well now she has really stopped caring for her, so the baby is looking a little tiny and has bald spots.... now that is a first in my experience, so I am going to try and catch the baby and bring her...
All right the Curse/Gift worked again and I some how managed to come home with a presuming Muscovy duck egg.... and yet again I am stuck in the dark. I need some people to tell me what to do .... so what do I do BYC ? I have the Incubator plugged in and running my thermometer is either broken or...
I go out side to check on her to find two of her three eggs had been bumped out of the nest and one of them was majorly piped and zipped ! so I go over thinking it is dead and pick it up and it starts peeping really loudly so back under momma Barred rock it went so now I am waiting to see the...