Ok so this is my 1st time with a broody hen hatching. 2 chicks were hatched Monday a black & yellow. Black doing great, yellow passed monday night. Another black chick hatched yesterday & one yellow chick partially hatched & died in shell. ??????? I caught my buffs in the box before I...
Yesterday this little guy got accidently shoved out of the nest when the broody mom was getting back in to sit & cracked his shell. Since today was the day for hatching we gently put him back under his mother. Today, I came home from work & he is completely hatched and kicking a leg & cheeping...
Meet Francesca. I have had her since September & she went broody a few weeks ago so we decided to let her sit. We have candled some of her eggs & everything appears to be developing nicely. We expect chicks around April 15th. We are so excited to be expecting for the 1st time. She acted...
I have 2 older Doms, 2 doms about two years old, 1 rhode island red about 2 years, 2 older buff orps & 2 red productions about 2 years old. No one in distress. Just one or more unusually large egg each week with shell defects. Egg so oblong that egg carton wont close properly. haha
My dad built my daughters' a playhouse and they never seemed interested in playing in it, so when we made the move to the country & wanted a backyard free range flock, we decided to convert the playhouse into a coop.
BEFORE
We have used our coop since we got our girls & guys since...
Just wanted to share our beautiful family with feathers & fur.
Pretty Boy, Mavis, Dixie & Leah.
Calvin
Leah
Pretty Boy watching over his ladies.
Pretty Boy posing.
Henny Penny
Taz our 8 month Nigerian Dwarf.
Dixie & Pedro.
Gracie Roberta
Our trusty puppy...
We have 10 hens & 2 roos.
Olivia is acting fine eating well but upon catching her & inspectiong her we found her red underside & bottom and this hole under her wing. She is under a year, not sure if she is laying, gets along well with the other girls. What is this & what do we need to do for...
On inspection of our chickens today we noticed that Olivia (our 3 year old's favorite) has some severe skin issues. We have inspected everyone else and no one has even the slightest deformity/or feather missing. She eats good & is not acting sick.
Anyone know what this is & what we need to...
Tackling chickens & goats as a 1st time owner. Everything going well so far. Looking for any advice from any experienced owners for any thing I should look out for.
We are the proud owners of a set of twins Emma & Pedro born 07/06/12. They are a Nigerian/ Pygmy mix.
Dixie...
Hello all! It's hot & humid in south Georgia. I am a 1st time chicken owner starting out with 2 roosters & 6 hens. 17 years ago in while in high school I actually won 3rd in state with Poultry Judging at a FFA competition hosted at The University of GA. Our team also placed and we won a trip...
Chicken owner for approx 4 days. We aquired 6 hens & 2 roosters from an old family friend. I currently only have 2 of the hens (dominickers) laying each day. The gentleman told me the others were still young and had not started.
My dad had built my girls a playhouse
a few years...
I am a new 1st time chicken owner! I have sooo many things to learn. Hopefully you all can help. I have had my chickens for 4 days now and everything seems to be going well. The old gentleman that I got them from did not know what kind they were just healthy. LOL I live in south georgia...