My neighbour is feeding her newly hatched chicks grower feed instead of chick starter. I was trying to tell her she needed to feed chick starter only but she was adamant that she can feed them grower no problem.
i guess I am just wondering who is right?
I have two white silkie roosters, one has a perfect walnut comb BUT it is more of a blue colour than mulberry. The other has a mulberry comb but it has more bumps.
I am struggling to figure out what rooster to keep for breeding... Is it easier to breed out the colour of the comb? Should I keep...
Three weeks ago I bought a hen, the owner said she was two years old and that she was staying on the roost all day and only coming down at night. I assumed she was just afraid of some other birds in the flock. Well, I have had the hen three weeks and she has been doing the same kind of...
My neighbour has a pen of buff birds and only owns that colour. She just had a hen hatch out some chicks and not all the chicks look buff. One looks partridge and a few are yellow coloured but also dark in spots.
What could be going on?? Can you get different colours from breeding buffs together??
Hello everyone I am looking for a cabinet incubator or possibly a hovabator near Ottawa, ON, CANADA
Please let me know if you have one and the price. Thank you very much
In two weeks I will be moving houses, the new house is about a 20 minute drive from where we are now.
Is it a terrible idea to put some eggs in my bator now? And then cover the bator with a blanket when it's time to move?
Hello everyone! I just got a little flock of Silkies going. I have ten hens and five roosters.
I've never owned Silkies before so this is all very exciting.
I'm just wondering how many eggs I should expect once they start laying? I have ten hens, would I be getting at least a few eggs a day...