These are mixed, I believe some may be true mallard, but otherwise the female mallard mated with both the Rouen Drake and Mallard drake I had. So I have lots of youngsters ready. Already at least 4 months old.
I am located on the central coast of california, SLO county!
If you are interested...
I was wondering the pros and cons might be to chickens being tightly feathers, with the sleek appearance, or the fluffier more loose feathering. Is the a reason/purpose for this in certain breeds?
Bantam, crosses, not sure of exact lineage but I have a Creole OEGB roo, Light brown OEGB hen, Speckled OEGB hen and a golden hen. I have many other roosters as well, but mostly LF.
Can deliver as long as it isn't far from zip 93420.... Otherwise no delivery, pick up only!
Thank you for looking...
My DH insists there is a chicken breed call the Alabama Democrat that is a large breed and lays huge white eggs. He can't give me any further detail as he has not seen this so called breed, however his "Freind" supposedly has a hen. Now DH is on a path to obtaining this breed.....
Any one ever...
So while browsing Craigslist, I came across this awesome idea.... Thought to share
"mobile chicken farm for sale with everything you need to start a egg production business. The coop is made on a truck bed trailer with two rows of roost and 12 laying boxes, the two roost lift up for...
I am curious to know if anyone here does something similar....
I have enclosures where we re-use old dog houses for their nesting needs, but often times they want to roost on top of them, or inside where they soil the nesting area.
I have used some bamboo in our yard to create a roost...
He got his name because he makes a noise that almost sounds like a sneeze, or so I thought at first until my hubs set me straight, but turns out to be a Gruff sound. His Tom Sire is a Bourbon Red, his Hen mother is a Lavendar! I think he is handsome. Only about 4 1/2 to 5 mos old!
We have 3 young Phoenix Cockerels. We obtained them from a local breeder in Templeton CA whom is also apart of the Central Coast Feather Fanciers, my husband was only looking for 1, but decided to choose from 5~ so here we are, he kept 2 now need to find homes for the remaining 3.
They are...
I need some experienced advice.
I am wanting to raise my own self sustainable backyard dual purpose birds. My goal is, to not only have beautiful birds but also a colorful egg basket and some tasty meaty birds. I can't afford heritage, I don't think, and so far I have almost 2 of every kind...
Found this interesting informational, thought of projects for those of you whom have little ones whom could use it to learn!
http://novascotia.ca/agri/documents/education/resources_hatchbook2013.pdf
Week of: Colors: Enter # of eggs for each color for each day collected.
Day of Week Blue Green Pink Lt Brown Brown Dk Brown White Total for each day
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I have these 3, although only able to post 2 right now, 14 week old Chicks I need assistance with knowing Pullet or Cockerel? hatched by my silkie (foster mom) on New Years.
I posted on FB, got lots of feedback, mostly pullet! I am somewhat skeptical of the silver one, I don't think...
So on Monday afternoon, about 330 pm, I bought 4 baby chicks. First time I have ever bought chicks from this place but they are really the only Feed/Farm supply company that has a monopoly around here, other than my favorite Atascadero Hay and Feed in north county.
Anyway, there was nothing...
I had a rooster who was an Egyptian Fayoumi, could he have sired this chick? I cant figure out what other possible breed she came from. I only hatched barred rocks, buff orps, RIR hens eggs/brown eggs (I think, as the other 2 chicks, 1 is RIR-strong, other is Barred Rock-strong) and she hatched...
Does anyone here use Neck Wringers for their Turkeys, or even Chickens? I am thinking of going this route for the next culling session. I don't like dealing with the bloody mess in the water when I go to pluck, so I prefer to decapitate after plucking. Also, we just processed our Turkey the...
First dose given this morning, if they lay an egg today, does that egg count towards the purge, or do I start with tomorrows egg? Assuming they even lay today or haven't already!
TIA
Symptoms of what was 1 chicken when I first acquired him months ago but had done much better over the time he's been with us, but now other chickens are sounding like the have a chest cold! Here are the symptoms in at least 3:
~mouth breathing
~rattly breathing (rales)
~sneezing, sounds like a...
I currently "rescued" 6 free chickens to add to my flock that have these nasty buggars! They were free of course and the poster on Craigslist made it very clear that the chickens have sticktight fleas, but due to being near thier due date of havin twins cannot treat the chickens. I wanted to...