Hey all just got my order of chicks yesterday from Murray McMurray hatchery, I opted to have them include the free rate exotic chick and I'm stumped on the breed.
It's yellow and has a really cool pompadour. Here are a couple pictures, any ideas on the breed?? And I'm crossing my fingers for it...
That is the question :)
I'm new to raising chicks - we got our 40 babies - originally 43, but sadly we lost 3 in the first three days...very hard on this first time raiser (my husband had to handle a crying wife after the third one died and hadn't a clue why) We figured out with help from the...
My hope/plan is to start raising chickens this spring but I'm new to just about everything regarding chickens so some questions:
When is the best time to order or buy chickens or eggs? I live in Iowa and at the moment it is freezing outside, but we start warming up around here in March or so...