Hello all, I'm trying to consolidate my birds for the winter and have a dilemma maybe ya'll can help me with. I started raising silkies this year and have this left after raising chicks and acquiring young birds and keeping my favorites from the stock.
Cage 1 a grey hen from last fall (i...
So this is my first time incubating eggs I ordered thru the mail. I was just wondering if 3 out of 16 was good? 3 having viable chicks growing and 13 being duds? They are about half way done "baking" so praying I get all three babies. I understand shipping is tricky business, I don't blame...
I had a bourbon red poult hatch last night and some how get stuck under the thermometer with one leg stretched out behind it, and caught on its back. I put him in the brooder and after a while realized he wasn't folding his leg up under him, so I taped them. Now he can fold his leg again,so I...
Sorry, I'm at a loss and about to kill a friend over this, you may want to come help me after you hear the cliff notes of the story! So this friend, who got in over her head in chickens, never owned them before, went to various feed stores and got about 50 chicks, then ordered 100 more. Ages...
Hi all! I've read threads here for the last year or so and finally decided to make an account to post questions and get more information. I've been a poultry addict since I was a child and even kept a Mcmurray hatchery catalog on my bedside table to look at at night! I finally got my first...