I purchased a "family" (rooster, hen, one pulley, and a chick) of Mille Fleur D'Uccles from an auction. I couldn't resist, they were beautiful, healthy looking birds. I've had them about 2 weeks now.
My husband had let them out to free range a bit on Saturday and was putting them back up in...
My favorite bantam blue cochin has gone broody :) I know broody poop is... let's say.... "mountainous." However, this poop looked funky, almost gelatin like? Is it normal?
I have a columbian wyandotte bantam that was sickly. Her eye was watery, pinkish, and she seemed less active than the rest. I separated her, and treated her with Tylan 50. I gave her a 1/2cc per day for 9 days. She has improved a LOT. Her eye is no longer pinkish looking, and she is acting...
Our flock keeps expanding... and expanding.... and expanding.... I wonder why that is? lol
Anyway, I have a thing for beautiful roosters. However, many times, more than one rooster in one coop doesn't work out very well when there are hens involved. My solution? Chicken apartments! This way, I...
This is the coop my husband built! All the shingles are hand split (so he proudly boasts to everyone who asks lol) I love that we have windows to pop open for ventilation, the whole front side opens up for easy cleaning, and the nesting boxes are on the outside, so I don't need to go inside the...
Any idea what the breeds these two roosters might be??? I'm thinking some type of mixed color Cochin on the first, and maybe old English game bantam on the second???? The first one I think is just beautiful! I would love to keep him and let him breed with my blue cochins to see what i got, but...
I just started my flock a few weeks ago. I got some Columbian Wyandottes from a man with... shall we say... less than healthy living conditions for his chickens. His birds all looked nice and healthy, so I decided to get them despite the conditions of their living quarters.
Anyway, since...
We got a few fertile eggs to try our hand at hatching a few, 10 to be precise.
Yesterday (Sunday) was the 21st day, and some chicks started hatching on day 20 (Saturday) Out of 10 eggs, 7 hatched so far. Out of the 3 left, one feels like it never produced a chicken (the weight of it doesn't...
Hi! I'm from Eastern/Central Alabama, the Lake Martin Area! I am new to the chicken scene! My husband is currently finishing our first coop, and we should be purchasing our first chicks soon!
Can anybody give us some advice? We are looking for chickens that lay well, are friendly, and are not...