This is my first year raising ducks and don't have a clue of what I'm doing!! First things first... I think I have a drake and a hen but not 100% sure... The duck I think is a drake is larger and he is developing his feathers faster. But his feather color is the same as a female Rouen. What do...
I usually order from Murray McMurray Hatchery, but unfortunetly, their out of everything I need. I show my chickens and I need real good show quality birds. I'm forced to go with Welp this year, but I've heard some things about them... If anyone has every purchased show birds from Welp and has...
Guys, i need your help. Have any of you ordered SHOW chickens from Welp and recieved good ribbons? I usually order from McMurray hatchery, and i did GREAT at fair. But their completley out of everything i want, so im forced to go with Welp. I would like some pictures of your show birds from...
I have five roosters, and one (Japanese bantam) has frostbite really bad on his comb and wattle. His comb is nearly completely black, and the tips of his wattles are black due to water freezing on them when he drinks. (I still need to get a heated waterer for them)He looks veryy bad and Im soo...
Im getting Lady Amherst pheasents, and im going to breed them. I'm getting them as juveniles and want to breed them right away. They should arrive about February or March. Keep in mind I'm in Iowa... We have twenty chickens so my dads worried about the cost of feed, so I told him I can breed...
I love to free range all my birds, but I'm getting a pair of lady Amherst pheasents next year and I don't believe in clipping wings (really, my dad dosnt). But I want to free range so I was thinking about clipping their wings for just for awhile so they can free rnage for at least a bit. . They...
I just got in a bunch of new chicks last week, and I am going to show them in july. But I have no idea what I am going to name them. I always have a hard time naming them! I need some name suggestions please. I don't want any names like fluffy, sweetie, or tootsie to just name a few. Lol. I need...
Hello, my name is Alyssa. I have had chickens before (from last year), and I just got my spring chicks a couple of days ago! (: I do 4-H, and my dad orders large, egg laying hens. Each year we get chickens, the bantams get picked on! My soon-to-be one year old hen, a Blue Cochin Bantam, bites do...