Hi everyone! I just had some chicks hatch out this morning/late last night. Some of them are from a breeder friend near by with some fancy 4h chickens. Anyway, she gave me a bunch of eggs she found scattered around her farm and I really don't know what she has. I know some are mixed but this...
This year I did something I would never do: stagger hatch. I have eggs that are due on Sunday and eggs that are due on the 24th.
I have two incubators but one is a still air and the other has a fan.
I set all eggs in the same incubator (with fan) and have left them alone but lockdown is...
Hello. This is my boy Steve. He is 6 years old roughly.
Sorry about cruddy photos. He is currently separated from the hens and other rooster since I found him like this. Missing a great bit of feathets from behind his head. Is this my other roosters doing or are my hens involved too? I have...
Normally at a month or so I can tell gender. But, alas, as I get more muddled in lineage I find myself more lost. So I'm gonna give you my chooks lol
Pardon their dirty faces. They like to play in my garden and eat my tomatoes.
First off is what I assume to be a hen. Is exceptionally docile...
back in january I posted on here with three chicks. I was told male, female and female. but the last one made me nervous because i was pretty sure it was rooster. now, several months later the chicks are 6 months old. One is a rooster for sure, one is hen for sure. and then there is Bonnie. the...
OK. These chicks hatched on November sixteenth. I'm pretty sure I know what 2 of them are but the third is iffy. Crossbreeding chickens is messy business when it comes to genderizin'
First up is Carl, or Carol? Pretty sure its a boy so we will call him Carl!
Boy?
Black star x Rhode island red...
So, 23 days ago I started 5 eggs under broody momma hen, Phyllis.
I smashed one by accident :(
1 still hasn't hatched and has no signs (ie pipping, chirping) so I'm gonna pull it tomorrow.
2 have hatched. Healthy bouncy babies :
And 1 who is taking its time. Which is why I'm here. It has...
Ok, I have a Rhode island Red rooster named Steve who has somehow managed to rip off one of his spurs. We managed to get that cleaned up and stopped the bleeding. Its currently covered now. I do however want to trim his other one back now.
What is the best way to go about doing that? Is it...
OK, this summer me and my dad are planning on building a new coop and I want to try a different watering system then just what we have now which is pretty much two big hog pans filled with water that I change everyday. However, I have birds that have been raised with the bowls.
Will they be...
OK ladies and gentlemen, I have a question. Around September last year I gave a friend of mine several chicken eggs to put in his incubator. He has hatched eggs before. Well, after being in the incubator for several days he candled them and told me they were not fertile. Now, I do have a rhodie...
Hello! I'm new but I figured I would just start talking to everyone since that's what I do best.
Anyway, I have a hobby. Well, me and my dad. We restore old tractors and stationary engines.
my mother on our 1948 Farmall Cub
The Cub Again
The cub supporting our girl for mayor
Cub in...
Ok, I have a question so I figured I would ask you guys since what better way to get questions answered than the great world wide web and it's amazing community. I have a hen, a banty, who is all black and the most gorgeous bird I own. She has feathered feet and looks a little portly. Here is a...
HI! My name is Emily and I'm from Burnsville Indiana, population 30 people, 30 chickens, 2 cows, 12 dogs, 30 goldfish, 2 bunnies, and 2 exceptionally well behaved seniors. I have had chickens since 2010 and have been all over this website reading just about everything I could get my hands on. I...