Well this is discouraging. We started keeping chickens several years ago when we lived in Tennessee, and as a total noob, I almost never lost a bird to something that I couldn't figure out. I even bought way more chicks than I needed thinking, surely I'm going to loose chicks since I have no...
Mystery Bantams! What can I say, I'm a sucker for bantams. I succumbed to temptation at Tractor Supply yesterday and bought a few of their "assorted bantams", halfway out of curiosity about what these little guys are. Anybody got any guesses?
I got a few other bigger bantams that I'm pretty...
Well, I was disappointed to pick up a box of dead Mille Fleur D'Uccles bantams at the post office this morning. And part of my order was missing- 3 Dominique pullet chicks. I'd rather not say who the hatchery was at this point, as they seem to be making it right by sending me out another order...
A couple of the breeders I've purchased my birds from (I have black, blue, and splash copper Marans, Mille Fleurs, and aracanas in my flock) like to feed purina game bird feed to their birds mixed with chicken feed, supposedly to get better plumage. Any thoughts/experience on this? One of them...
We've got four 5 month old black copper Marans cockerels from the same batch from a breeder. 3 out of the 4 are about the same size, crow about the same, etc., but number 4, well, let's just say he's a little "different" from the rest.
First of all, he's the best looking one of the bunch. Great...