It was hatched on April 16th 2015. I grabbed the egg before it hatched from under my bantam chicken (haha yes it was comical to see her sitting on this egg but it worked) and it imprinted on me. I named it Harper as it's a unisex name.
A picture from today:
1 day old:
May 25 photo...
I raise chickens. I raise a lot of chickens. lol
I sell pullets for egg laying and end up with a lot of barred rock and RIR roosters, plus lots of mixed breed roosters.
I eat those. Currently they free range so they get scratch and layer feed. Probably not the best for growing meat?
I...
So I live in Hawaii, our in AG land. No street lights, etc.
I have a RIR rooster that crows, literally ALL. NIGHT. LONG.
Sometimes he'll even crow continuously for over an hour at a time. Usually he crows for 10-15 minutes about every hour or so.
Homes in my area of Hawaii do not have...
I know that sounds like a death sentence, but some one gave me a chick.... I have MANY chickens of various ages. Never dealt with this before.
It's got pus in it's joints in the legs.
I made it a chick chair so it has the weight off the leg joints (hopefully while it heals). I'm "force...
I've got some feral chickens that I had trapped in another town and re homed on my property. There are three hens and one rooster.
They are so cute! They come begging for food and while are scared of me, they stick around my three acres.
And here is me with my big red chicken...
Hello,
I live on the Big Island of Hawaii.
Just getting started with my chickens, have 10 week old chicks!
I do have 3 feral hens and 1 feral rooster that hang out in my yard.