Hello everyone!
I just wanted to share some fun news. I recently got a baby Rhode Island Red chick and started using positive reinforcement training (Clicker Training) on him. He is officially 6 days old and is already understanding that the clicker means food. I'm using mealworms as...
Hello everyone! I'm new to quail keeping and have a few questions. Next spring I hope to hatch some Bobwhite quail for a hunting club and raise them till they are almost adults. My first question is do quail need to raised off the ground? I've heard this from a few people at the pheasant club...
Hello everyone. Today I would like some help and advise for keeping indoor chickens. I currently have a chick around 3 weeks old who can not survive with the others due to a genetic defect. If anyone has any advise on caring for one; including poop removing tips let me know. I would also like...
So excited to finally share this with Backyard Chickens!I've found and developed the first offspring of Laced Lavender Orpingtons. If anyone else has seen this color pattern let me know, but I've been working hard to find anything like this. This are 100% Lavender from a english Bloodline.
I found my lavender orpington chick dead yesterday afternoon with blood all over the brooder. The blood came from her butt and she had a very quick death no more than 4 hours after I had left. Need help quick! If anyone has any medications or remedies please post. The bird was a young pullet...
I have successfully gotten rid of all the lice in my coop, but now i need to find a way to get rid of the eggs which are cemented on the feathers. Anyone have any suggestions?
I've learned a couple tricks from showing so I thought I would post them.
#1 Wash you birds three days before so their oils can restore
#2 Put canola oil on the face to bring out the red
#3 Take your bird for short drives to prepare for traveling
#4 Give delicious treats when first...
Hello. I breed Lavender Orpington chickens and have a lot of chick orders that I need to fill from my last show. Anyone have a good reliable brand of incubator that they use for there hatchings. Keep In mind I'm willing to spend around $250.00. The farm innovators styrofoam incubator worked...
I hatched out a lot of chickens last year out of my still air incubator. This year I used it to try and hatch some lavender orpington eggs from the Uk. The eggs were doing great up till lock down but they have not hatched and its the 22 day for hatching. All the eggs are completely filled with...
Hi. I'm a long time breeder of Lavender Orpingtons and I want to start shipping the chicks. I live in California and want to ship to other states. Anyone have an idea on how to go about the process from my house to theirs?
Let's see those pictures girls!
My first pig in Willows, California
My First Buck In Lassen County, California!
Burney, California Dove Hunt
Frogging in Burney, California