Hello chicken people! I am in search of the above breeds, ideally within an hour of Maryland zip code 20853 but willing to have items shipped if I find what I want.
Ideally I would like older pullets, second choice would be sexed female chicks. Third choice would be hatching eggs.
The...
Looking in Rockville, Silver Spring, Brookville or Olney. (Or anywhere else that is 20 minutes or less away from zip 20853.
We had a disastrous hatch in August. 16 polish eggs we got 1 hen and 1 roo. The roo has chronic health issues so we will be "ending his gene line" soon which will...
My BO went broody for the first time late March, and at 19-20 days we popped 5 chicks from the site under her. She immediately burst into happy mommy songs and was a devoted mommy, even tho we put them in in the middle of the day. (They were pecking the crap out of each other so we had to)...
We had 13 eggs that candles as fertile at day 10-12. 3 hatched yesterday day 21, 2 hatched over night Day 22. Several more have pips. I have read here and elsewhere that you don't want to give up before day 25.
At what point do you need to take the first chicks out of the bator and pop them...
We got these as freebies from someone who had only had them for 4 days and said they were 3 weeks old. They are no bigger than our chicks who we KNOW are 3 weeks old. When can we leave them out at night?
Someone is offering them to me but does not know the sex. I've heard male ducks will get amorous with female chickens and can harm them so I need to know the sex. Thanks!
Flossie our buff Orp is an awesome mom! We didn't even wait til dark because one chick was beating up on the other 4. She straightened that out right away! It sure beats raising them indoors!!
I posted this on the Duck forum but I'd like more feedback so here I am!
We are in year two of our lives as crazy chicken people and we decided our family and friends do not think we are weird enough. We needed ducks too!
Chicken math further complicated by duck arithmetic took us from 6...
We are in year two of our lives as crazy chicken people and we decided our family and friends do not think we are weird enough. We needed ducks too!
Chicken math further complicated by duck arithmetic took us from 6 birds to 10 through a series of conversations, compromises, rationalizations...
Clementine in the chicken hospital. She was the victim of a vicious attack by one or more of 5 known suspects. So far no one is pointing feathers but we hope under enhanced interrogation techniques one of them will sing like a bird.
LWAYS always do a "Post Checken Visit Full Body Poop Check"!
Fortunately my sue ded microfiber sofa has a slip cover on it. Which is washable.
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The 3 weekers and the 7 weekers are still separated but we do field trips in a small enclosure next to the coop so they have seen and heard each other.
priscilla the friendliest and clearly head hen
Cordelia a close number 2
the "Twins" two EE"packing peanuts that we have a hard time...