Austrosummer and Black Austrolorp chick. Produced from Black Austrolorp Rooster X Welsummer Hen and Black Austrolorp Hen. Good laying quality and the hens have shown good broody instinct over the years. There is a photo of my first experiment with the hybrid last fall notice the Welsummer comb...
I am from the state of Iowa which has all four seasons to the extreme. Now is winter and like every other winter the temperatures can never make up their mind and range from -30 to 30. One thing that does seem to stay the same is that once it gets cold, the birds slow to a crawl for egg...
Hello my name is Zach and I am helping my brother out for his first year of 4-H. I am graduated and in college and have competed in county and the Iowa state fair. We are are from northeastern Iowa and are looking for different roosters to help complete his matches with hens. I am looking for...
Hello my name is Zach and I am helping my 6th grade brother find some different roosters to match hens for his 4-H project. I am from northeast Iowa and am looking for Black Austrolorp, Buff Orpington, Wellsummer and Rhode Island Red Roosters. Should be decent quality ie. no frostbite, good...
Taking orders for anyone interested in Austrolorp chicks starting in January. Beautiful parents that are proven to be useful dual purpose birds. Strong year round layers with a sleek black feathering. Pictures to come soon. will ship if wanted
For all who want a good egg laying flock or just want to increase their size. RIR, BA, Orpington, Red Star eggs. Eggs can be pure or mixed going 12, 18 and 24 cartons. PM if intrested. Pricing will vary on quantity
As the broiler season ends in some areas I was curious to see how people did this year for production, how the weather affected production and any creative ways to raise broilers for the season of 2013. Pictures are encouraged
I have decided that it is about time to do some upgrading on the farm to help out my duck flock of 16. These are East Indie ducks that I bought last year at about the same time and they have been doing ok but I know that they could be much happier. Right now they live in a medium size room of...
I am looking for 1 pure Austrolorp rooster for my 3 girls and a few D'Uccle hens for breeding and to show at my local county fair as a few FFA projects. Please respond back if intrested by response or pm asap
I have a pair of homing pigeons that are almost ready to start flying. They have a white feather tipping around wings and neck. Not sure if they are opposite sex or not. Sleek bodies made for flying longer distances.
Hello, I live in Dundee Iowa and around my coop there are many opposum, raccoons and red tail hawks. I have hardly any trouble with these predators but there is on menace that is a true slayer of birds. My dog. He is a Labrador who will track and eliminate any scent of free ranging bird that i...
Hello here's my story. I have some friendly neighbors with 15 east indie ducks and unfortunately are moving somewhere that doesn't have room and asked me if I would take them because I raise quail, pheasant chickens and pigeons and have room. My problem is I have no idea about ducks and they are...
I have been raising chicks since last year and have always fed them chick starter feed but then I had a neighbor who wanted to buy some organic eggs. Since chick starter is medicated that wasn't what he wanted so I got to thinking...how else can you feed a chick. I tried some different feeds...
With all the new chicks hatching sometimes they aren't all the same so I was wondering how to tell which chicks are good with each other and which ones may be a problem in the future? I am hatching silverduckwing, RIR, Star reds, Australorps, Serama, Mille fleur, Americanas, Cochin and leghorns...
I am posting this here because it really doesnt fit anywhere else. I am a newbie and was wondering if there is an online calender on this website because I am becoming apart of all kinds of things on BYC like hatchalongs, egg swaps and more and thought it would be kinda handy if there was a...