I went to the coop this morning to let out the chickens and found a dead hen. She appeared to have an egg just inside of her vent. Her vent was a little bloodied up and enlarged. My hens started to lay about a month ago, so they are still new to it. I'm not upset, as my chickens are for food...
So who here has information on what needs to be done to sell eggs as a business? I plan on selling the majority of the eggs from 20 hens and I would like to do it as a small business. I have heard of opening a checking account under a business name and name myself as the sole proprietor. I do...
I will be culling about 25 SLW roosters and keeping 2 for my flock continuation. Basically, I'm looking at all aspects of confirmation in the roosters to make my decision on which two to keep. I need pictures of a rose comb which is as close to show standard as possible. All help would be...
I have two Toulouse Goslings and they have managed to get water everywhere. Their water is in a normal waterer you would use for chicks. The goslings are splashing it constantly and going through a whole gallon in less than a day. Any suggestions?
I finally got the coop far enough done to move the 51 chickens outside, and not a moment too soon. My DW and I were almost at our wits end with the smell. I let them run around the 20x24 run for about a hour before I locked them up for the night. They didn't know what to do with all the room...
Does anyone have pictures of Silver Laced Wyandottes at about 1-2 months old? I have 50 and am curious as to when they will start to get their adult plumage and color. Right now they have a lot of black, especially the hens.
I picked up three bronze turkey poults today, and one of them constantly is chirping. Is this something I should worry about? I have lots of chickens, but I'm new to turkeys.
I think I have figured out what my free rare chick from McMurray is. I just need confirmation. I think he is a White Faced Black Spanish. What's your opinon?
I was almost certain they would go absolutely crazy over shredded carrots. They are picking at them slowly, but not devouring them as I expected. Is there something that is similar to 'catnip' for chickens? In other words, what is it your chickens can not get enough of?
My Silver Laced Wyandotte roosters are already starting to fight. They will be 2 weeks old on Sat. Any suggestions? Had to cull one today as he had a real nasty eye injury.