I'm new to ducks, and so far, I've learned that different breeds can't mate, or the ducklings will be sterile. I have recently bought, what I'm pretty sure is a gold phase Welsh Harlequin drake, and possibly a silver phase Welsh Harlequin hen. Now for the dumb question, will the different color...
I have a black copper marans hen who went broody for the first time. All was going well until a couple of days ago. She started staying off the nest and the eggs would get cold before she would return, and last night she didn't get on the nest at all. Could this be because it's her first time...
My BCM hen started sitting on five eggs about a week and a half ago. I checked on her this morning, and she only had three eggs left. Are there any possible reasons she would dispose of some of her eggs?
Someone recently gave me three beautiful black copper marans hens, and a black copper marans rooster. I absolutely love them. They didn't lay for the first few weeks after we got them, so I put a fake egg in their nest, and about a week later they started laying a couple of eggs every other day...
I recently purchased eight chickens called Bovans Browns from some FHA students. They each lay a large brown egg on a daily basis. I couldn't be more pleased. I know they are a hybrid, I just don't know what the parents are. I've tried looking this up, to no avail. Does anyone on here know what...
I've only had my chickens for a little over two weeks now, but I've discovered that they absolutely love freshly picked turnip and mustard greens. I've been feeding them laying pellets and oyster shell, and supplementing that with fresh greens and black sunflower seeds. Is this ok? Will it...
I bought two pullets at a swap and the man said that they are Game Reds. I came home, looked on line trying to find them and came up empty. The closest I came was maybe American game. Has anyone ever heard of a Game Red?
Hi, I'm very new to raising chickens. I've always wanted them, but never had the opportunity to have any, now I do. I have turned an old four stall horse barn into a chicken house. I went to a local animal swap and came across two american game pullets, and I was given a white leghorn rooster by...