I recently hatched a random lavender chick!! Or blue.. not sure.... It hatched from eggs from my hens though, so I am 100% sure what breeds I have. :) It's wing feathers seem to be quite a bit lighter than blue, but it is still very young so they may darken up. I believe mine is a roo as I...
I have a SLW hen, that I love dearly. She layed some eggs at around 6 months old. At about 8 months old she lost a lot of feathers around her neck and rump. It could have been due to breeding, but no one else was showing those signs. She stopped laying, that I know of, and her comb is not...
I will make this as concise as possible. I have ordered about 34 chickens from Ideal and plan to keep 6 as layers, 1 roo, and the rest in freezer heaven. Will choose btwn the Br and Del roo, depends on who looks best.
25 Red broilers SR
1 Blk Australorp Pul
1 Ideal 236( or whatever lol)...
I have taken much from this site so I though I would add some. My first 4 chickens came from a resale place that orders through ideal. When I went to purchase, I was told I could not go back because there had been issues with people transferring disease on there shoes and clothes from flocks...
Ugh. This chicken thing isn't as fun as I had hoped. So...been noticing decreased egg production, could be heat, start of molt (never seen a molt) etc. Now, one chicken has what looks like mud on her comb and wattles that has a dark bluish hue as well as under her eyes and another has what...
Hi there. I am a first time chicken owner. I purchased 3 Dominiques that were 8 weeks old and one Silver Laced Wyandotte that was 5 weeks old. 2 months ago I bought 4 more day old Doms. A week ago, at 8 weeks, I found one of the babies dead on 2 separate occasions. I went out of town a few...