I have a hen putting feathers in her nest hopfully going broody Im looking for a dozen blue, green or mixed eggs to go under her, would like to get them pretty close to home because of the weather, I live in Ga on the Sc border thanks
Tomorrow is my birthday so Ive decided to get me a Incubator, My choices are limited, at our ts they only have to hover-bator probley not spelled right but I was wondering should I get the fan , Im getting the turner for sure.Ive always set my eggs under a hen so Ive never used one thank for the...
If I breed a lorp roo over some white leghorn hens, will this produce sex link chicks, What I would like to get is some good egg laying blue hens out of the cross is this possible
I was thinking about crossing some white or brown leghorn hens, with a black lorp roo. and was wondering if anyone knew of any pros or cons of doing so . your input would be very helpful thanks
I just went out and there was a fox in with my goats and chickens, he ran off before I could get to my shot gun, so far Ive found 4 hens probably more out there, I didn't know a fox would kill more than 1 at a time, any Idea when he might show back up and how I can get rid of him , There's to...
Ive been thinking about getting a live trap,almost bought one on E-bay, I have an occasional hen or roo that gets gone every so often, at night or early morning . I free range all of mine they roost in the trees, I know I cant catch an owl with one, but I don't think that's what it is Im finding...
Im interested in trading some 5-6 month old pullets for some brown leghorns, mine are RIR sex link mix and pure black lorps, The reason I want to swap is ,I free range all my chickens and the big heavy birds just don't fair as well with the critters around where I live, so I would like to try...
I have about 4 or 5 roos someone can have if they will come pick them up. you can take 1 or all . some are red star,RIR, black lorps. I live in north east Georgia on s.c. border (3 months old)
I bought my first eggs ever from a member of Byc, I ordered 6 and they sent 9 ,which was so cool, they hatched out 03/12/09, out of the 9 eggs, 5 hatched which is good for what Ive read about shipped eggs, so I thought I would share a picture with everyone, of my pure Black australorp chicks...
I was wondering, if any one has any experience using a heating pad, to finish hatching a clutch of chicks. I have 11 eggs under a hen, today is the hatch day,but only 4 have hatched,I have 1 peeped, but its been that way since 8 this morning its 12 ;30 now, I'm worried she might come off the...
I have a 2 y/o pretty game roo that I will give someone if they come pick him up, The reason I want to get rid of him is my father had him in a pen with some hens and he would flog him when he went to get eggs. but he would be a good free range roo he is red with white hackle feathers and has...
Sorry it took so long to post my little nig. twins that were born, Jan 26 2009, But I came down with a virus and today is the fist day I have felt like getting out of bed.
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Ive been watching for quite a while,I must have wrote the dates down wrong,I was off by a week, But today at dusk my fist nig. doe Zoie. had twins. They look to be white and blond,And black and brow with a white spot in the forhead. but it was almost dark and they were still wet,don't know the...
When I got up this morning and went to the mail box. I saw turkey feathers every where,so I knew something had got my royal palm Turkey,I didn't know what at the time, but as always its usually a dog around here. so I followed the feathers as far as I could to see which way they were going, and...