I know this is backyard chickens - and I have already posted this in backyard herds Michigan section - but hoping to spread the word as much as possible. Located in Shaftsburg/Perry Michigan
Unfortunately we have some sad news. Apparently after having our little mini-farm for over a year, the...
I know this is backyard chickens - and I have already posted this in backyard herds Michigan section - but hoping to spread the word as much as possible. Please feel free to delete this if it is not allowed, but we are getting desperate! Located in Shaftsburg/Perry Michigan.
Unfortunately we...
We acquired two nigerian dwarf goats from a person who got bottle babies but could not handle taking care of them anymore. Bottle babies just are not for everyone!! They take a lot of work, but the rewards have been so worth it. These two girls were born in February but were not registered. I...
We are new to goats, and happen to get 3 bred goats. One of them had some bleeding about a month ago and we thought that she may have miscarried. Hubby said when he was out feeding her grain this afternoon he felt her udder and squeezed a teat and some milky substance came out. IF she is...
We have our last chick hatching, and so far this is what it looks like. It started to pip this morning and has had no action for awhile. We took a small amount of the shell off to see what was going on, and that resulted in what you see here. It is still moving, and you can see it's beak poke...
We got 11 pullets and 1 cockrel chick from a local farm a few months ago. They are all about 2 months old right now and some are starting to crow!! We guess that out of the 12 about 5 of them are actually roosters.
With that being said.. besides the 12 Americanas our flock currently consists...
We are currently on day 19 of our very first incubation and hatching of 4 eggs. We have two Little Giant incubators, one with a turner, and one we have dedicated to a hatcher.
We ate dinner, looked at the eggs, checked temp and humidity. An hour later I walked by and glanced in and we have one...