Search results for query: *

  • Users: nova022
  • Content: Threads
  • Order by date
  1. nova022

    Hens to drake ratio

    Do to several of my hens being killed the one and only time I have forgotten to lock them up, I have three hens and two drake Pekin ducks. What is a good ratio of hen to drake? I like both drakes and would like to add females rather than rehome a drake.
  2. nova022

    Do turkey hens raise their poults

    I was given two pair of turkeys, one Royal Palm pair and one Narragansett pair. They have been laying eggs for a while and I was wondering if the hens would hatch the eggs and raise the poults or should I incubate and brood them. The lady who gave them to me said she had very bad luck with...
  3. nova022

    Love My Chickens

    I have had chickens for a while now and love them just as much now as I did when I got my first five chicks. Somehow they magically multiplied and I now have thirty and get more eggs than I know what to do with. My first chicks were purchased from My Pet Chicken and even though I look at their...
  4. nova022

    Everything is Ducky

    My husbands friend gave us a few duck eggs to use to test our Hovabator incubator that we bought used. Even though our hatch rate was not very good we are happy to have our little trio. It is unbelievable how quickly they are growing and they are so much fun to watch. They were hatched on...
  5. nova022

    still pretty young but wondering about gender

    This is the father of all the 3 week old barnyard mixes. #1 below mother is a White Plymouth Rock. I think it is a female because the comb is pale and the feathers came in very quickly. #2 (below)The mother is an EE and I believe it is a male because of the huge feet and more developed...
  6. nova022

    First Chicks Have Hatched Hurray!!!!

    My Buff Orpington and one of my Easter Eggers have been going broody regularly since they started laying. I finally talked my husband in to letting them each hatch a batch of eggs. They both sat on their eggs faithfully, but the Easter Egger was clumsy and ended up breaking all but two of hers...
  7. nova022

    Can't post pictures

    Hello, I am unable to post pictures. It does not matter which url I am using. The tool bar that is nomally at the top of the reply box is totally missing. I am using internet explorer 8 and have posted pictures many times with no problem, but about a month ago I lost the tool bar that has...
  8. nova022

    Anyone know what beed Max is?

    This is Max who is 16 weeks old. He was given to my husband and we do not know what he is. Any ideas would be appreciated. Sorry the stripes are shadown from the pampas grass.
  9. nova022

    Broody Hen Causing Havoc

    I have a broody hen who is causing havoc in the coop. She stays in the nest box until I boot her out, but promptly returns. She fights with the other pullets when they come to lay and ends up breaking most of the eggs. Normally I would move her to another pen but everything is full at the...
  10. nova022

    Help! What am I?

    Hi, this is Max. He is about 13 weeks old. My husbands friend gave him to us because his flock mates were beating him up pretty badly. When we got him he was bald from being pecked on the head and his right eye was swollen so much we were afraid he had lost it. He has healed up nicely in the...
  11. nova022

    Wheres the shell

    My 6 month old Speckled Sussex was acting very strangely yesterday. She was puffed up and barely waddling around the yard. Usually she is like a rocket ship zooming around and getting into everything. I was afraid she had eaten something poisonous and was really beginning to worry. After a...
  12. nova022

    xing welsumer and orpington

    If you cross a welsummer and buff orpington will the chick still have a dark breast if it a male? Someone gave my husband an 11 week old chick. He had a welsummer roo and welsummer and orpinton hens. He was not sure which was the mother. He told my husband it was a cockrel, but it is very...
  13. nova022

    Is echinacea safe for chickens to eat?

    I have a lot of echinacea in my flower beds and am wondering if it is okay for the chickens? I have read that people use it on sick chickens, but no mention was made of the just eating it when they free range.
  14. nova022

    Help with introducing new chickens

    I have five 7 1/2 month old chickens (all girls) and four 5 1/2 month old chickens (all girls)that I have been trying to combine for over a month. They have lived side by side in seperate runs and roost in seperate coops with a shared fence for two months. I have tried to let them range...
  15. nova022

    Is this weed safe to feed to chickens

    My yard is being taken over by a viney weed. I would like to turn my chickens loose on it, but I do not know what it is or if it is safe for them to eat. When you pull it, it smells similar to a morning glory vine but not as strong. Although it has tendrils, it does not wrap itself tightly and...
  16. nova022

    Is Blu Kote oaky for beaks

    When I went out to feed my girls I noticed one had dried blood on her beak. I cleaned it and put blu kote in it, but didn't really know if this is the proper treatmeant, It was still bleeding a tad. I don't know how she injured it. Should I do something else?
  17. nova022

    Thinking of adding a roo

    I have a flock of nine girls 5 to 7mos old and am thinking about adding a roo. What is the best way to do this? My friend has offered to give me a roo from his last hatch which is now two months old. He is pretty and I would Iike to have him which leads to two other questions: Is this too...
  18. nova022

    this is a pullet right?

    I think I am getting the hang of telling gender, but just want to double check that this is an EE pullet. 16 weeks. Thanks
  19. nova022

    Hurray -My First EGG!

    My first egg!!!!!
  20. nova022

    introducing new girls

    i am trying to combine my 14 week olds with my my 22 week olds and am not having any luck, They have been in seperate coops but with ajoinning runs since the youngest came out of the brooder, but the first time I put them together in a large fenced area there was total mayhem. I decided to...
Back
Top Bottom