Hi I have a black silkie rooster in a coop with 2 white silkie hens, a buff silkie hen and two polish hens.
I hatched 13 chicks and they are all black gray and one is black with a little buff. Do I need to get a different color rooster to get lighter chicks? I know nothing about this as you can...
Hello I live in north San Diego co and have some beautiful Serama roosters free. They are about 6 months old. Healthy and very cute.
Also have 1 white silkie rooster.
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I was hoping someone could help with this:
I have 2 broody seramas that hatched nine eggs, I was watching them to make sure there were no scuffles fighting for the chicks, everything was super until one black chick was born late it seems. All of the chicks are yellow except this one. I...
I have a small coop with 6 Seramas, one roo and 5 hens. Three hens are broody. Only have room to separate one. Two hens are in the nest box side by side and one is in a dog crate in the run. Anyone have ideas on what to do with them? Thanks in advance....
I have always used a hens to hatch but I have no roosters so no more fertile eggs. I will have to purchase some eggs because
Now I would like to hatch some seramas. What is the most user friendly bator ? Thanks so much y’all!
Does anyone know how I find an old post from Aart on a simple single, round opening nest box? I remember there was a picture of it somewhere years ago. I need to make one like that. Thanks so much!
Marie
Hello,
I hatched this frizzle rooster from a mixed flock.
Can anyone guess what mix he is? He is about 6 months old. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
The roosters I have that could be his daddy are a pure brabanter, black bantam cochin or a silkie mix.
Thanks
Marie
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I have about 40 chickens running together and my main rooster is a Brabanter. If he mates with a blue and brown egg layer what color eggs will that hen lay?
Thanks
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I have a blind chick that is about two months old. She is doing well but I have a question.
I dont know where to keep her at night. She is in a coop that is attached to the main coop and she is in there with her two sisters from her hatch. The sisters go up to roost and leave "Chicken...
My week old baby chick got away from Mom and got its eye pecked out. There is a big glob of matter hanging there. I have it separated with a heat source but I dont know what to do now. Please help someone.......
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I have a scissor beak chick that is 4 weeks old. She is a Salmon Faverolle and she is being brooded by her mama along with 4 other chicks. The mama and the chicks have been kept in a section of the coop separated by wire. They could see the other chickens but could not touch. I let them...
What can I use to clean this chicks wounds?
She has been mauled by another broody mama. I have her separated and under a lamp but she has been pecked all over and bleeding pretty bad. Please help
Marie
Just had another attack involving a bobcat here. It happened about three oclock in the afternoon.
My upstairs deck looks down unto our backyard where we have the coop and run. The flock was out free ranging.
I just happened to look down from the deck when I was shocked to see a bobcat right...
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Has anyone out there had a few of their flock die a sudden death? I have and it started about 6 months ago. The first was my roo. His feathers looked puffed up in the morning and he was dead by that night. Then about 2 months later a perfectly healthy RIR was dead in the coop when I got...