I hope this is appropriate here, I am posting this for someone else.
I am posting this for someone else, so I may be sketchy on some details. Ed has a 5 year old intact male GP that needs a home asap. He got Frosty as a rescue, I think about a year ago, and has to move suddenly and needs to find...
I have 10 ducks, muscovies, pekins and runners. They are our free ranging during the day and I herd them into a pen at night for safety. It is starting to get cold up here so, we built them a large house for the winter. It has an open door, lots of fresh warm inviting hay in it, and most...
I need to find new homes for my 2 roosters. I love them both dearly, but have decided to go rooster less. They are both good guys I've never had any problems with them as far as aggression. The picture of Dusty, the Easter Egger does not show his tail feathers well, they have since grown in...
I went out to let my ducks out this morning and one of my Muscovies cant walk. She won't use her legs at all. She doesn't seem to be in any pain and I was able to move them gently without any protest, but she won't stand on them. She pulled her self across the ground with her wings. I put...
I just got my Narragansett poults today and I noticed that some of them have little bumps on their foreheads, is this the first signs of a snood? These are my first Turkey's and I am quite excited.
Question for all you Scovie people. Do you build them housing and if so do they use it? I have 10 (I hope) scovie babies and they will eventually be housed in an outside enclosed area next to my chicken house. I was planning on making them a little house with nests inside. Is this something...
I guess my subject line says most of it. I ended up with more roos than I thought and I need to raise them up in a tractor. They are Plymouth Rocks and they will be meat birds. They are 1 month old now, and are already posturing for each other.
Any thoughts would be appreciated.
So I was wondering if I had a white egg layer rooster (ok so he won't lay the eggs, but you know) and brown egg laying hens, would their offspring lay white or brown eggs? Does anyone know? I really like Brown leghorn roosters but I prefer brown eggs and have all brown or tinted egg layers...
What is difference in size between Turkey, Duck and Goose eggs? I am getting an incubator and was wondering if you could incubate Turkey eggs in a turner for either of the other eggs?
I couldn't believe when I went out to check out the hens today. I had a RIR still setting so I reached under her and pulled out this little jem. She's been laying for several months now and I have never gotten an egg this small. It was just too cute. I took a pic of it next to her egg from...
Ok, so not chicks but poults, but I was looking for some help from those who have come before.
I am thinking of getting poults this coming spring and I want to keep them pastured with indoor space available to them at night. I have electric net fencing for them, but my question is... will...
I recently gave away my 2 happy healthy cochin roos. They were 2nd & 3rd roos in my flock and very docile. I got a call from the person who took them and a couple days into the transition they got into a big fight, I figure they were trying to establish who was now in charge. After a few days...
I have 4 roosters that need to find new homes. All were born in March and are healthy, I just have 2 many.
2 Black Cochins, they were supposed to be hens. Haha. They were late bloomers and we just discovered the roo-ness recently. They are very mild mannered.
1 Rir 2nd roo in our group, but...
Hello,
My daughter wants to raise her own chickens to sell. She is looking for an unusual (must be pretty) breed but not so unusual that nobody wants them. She likes Sebrights, Faverolles, Scots Greys & Marsh Daisies. Does anyone have opinions on these or suggestions for more. She is 9 years...
I have 2 black cochins that up until this point I thought were hens. Now one of them may be a rooster. I can't tell the difference between the 2 and was wondering if this is common. I am posting pictures of both of them, are they both roos? are they both hens? I already have 3 other roosters...
So I now have 5 laying hens who were free range, but now, not so much. I have them confined to the coop until they accept the fact that they are no longer completely free range. Once they are used to their new coop, I will begin to let them out during the day with the rest of the flock...