I have a single Muscovy egg under a broody who up to a few days ago I would say was developing normally (never had or incubated Muscovy before but the embryo was moving when candled). Then one day I didn't see it moving thought nothing of it maybe just it's position with the egg at the time. We...
I have a recent clutch of 5 out of a sky blue yellowface1 SF opaline hen and a light green greywing male. All the chicks ended up normal light green(wild type) but is there anyway to tell which of them have the yellowface gene?? By looking at their faces I think it would be impossible to tell...
I have a clutch of 5 that are refusing to fledge. This is the hens first clutch and she's taking very good care of them. The oldest one turned 5 weeks on Wednesday and the second oldest today. She still feeds them so this isn't a dire situation. They do poke there heads out of the box but never...
Hello everyone, I'm hoping to find more pictures of hamburgs from Ideal Hatchery. I bought two SSH pullets a year and a half ago and LOVE them. They're very pretty, constant layers, and to top it off SILENT. no egg song ever, I love that.
I'm thinking of replacing my entire small flick with...
I have 2 silver spangled hamburgs that I got from IDEAL poultry (1 yr 3 months old ) that are silent. They have no, and never had any egg song (which I love as an outlaw). Neither of them sing when they lay, they do rarely participate when the other girls do a community egg song. Is this normal...
Hey guys, can anyone tell me at what day these eggs are, approximately
These are from a hidden brood I didn't know a hen was incubating. Mallard eggs with possibly Peking father
I have recently implemented several no crow rooster collars on several extremely loud HENS
Im asking the question on proper placement of the collar, Ive heard that lower on the neck is better (proper) than higher.
The reason im asking this question is because after I put on the collars I...
So first off, this rooster collar was on a hen to quite her extremely loud and constant egg song (I am an outlaw owner) I have 8 hens, only 4 of which sing, 2 of the four sing loud, constantly and early (very distressing as an outlaw). I made 3 IDENTICAL collars, just an 7-8 inch Velcro strap...
Hello everyone, so I'm a semi outlaw chicken owner, in my suburb area of SoCal we have a 3 hen in city limit law, so naturally I have 8. This isn't the problem, what is the problem is that my out of my 8 girls the 2 barnevelders have the LOUDEST egg song I have ever heard, worst of all they do...
Hello everyone, I have one ringnecks dove that I rescued a while back and everything is fine except one thing, he is the pickiest eater. I have tried all kinds of food ( quail&dove mix, parakeet&cockateil, finch, wild bird even parrot) but for all the foods he just picks out a few seeds and...
Hello everyone, I hope someone will be able to help me. Anyways I started with 2 amaryllis bulbs and over the years they have divided into 5 now blooming sized bulbs 1 from one bulb and 2 from the other. Is there any way to increase the number of offset bulbs they produce? I really like one...
I bought and planted a couple of amaryllis bulbs about a month ago and today I accidentally know one of the bulbs while watering and was shocked to see that the bulb just popped out of the soil. There are no roots on either bulb although the flower spike keeps growing on both. Is this normal ? I...
So here's the story, about 3 months ago at the grocery store I came across a very weak looking tangerine dove, it had a band on its leg so it must have been hatched in captivity and then escaped, I caught it easily as it didn't even have the energy to run away.i took it home fed it, and gave it...
I've got a small flock of 7 birds and would like to expand it this spring but don't want to order chicks again, the hassle and everything, I would prefer my Cochin just brood the chicks for me. The problem is I do not own a rooster nor am I allowed to have one. I do however have a friend in town...
Does anyone know the correct time to repot an amaryllis bulb ? I've heard it's when the bulbs are dormant but here in Southern California my bulbs never go dormant. I started with 2 in a pot and over the years have divided and now I have 5, and its a bit cozy for them and think I should repot them.
I have a small flock of 8 hens (all 8 months old) and up until about a month or two ago i don't think they really had any sort of pecking order established but they do now and my poor partridge Cochin is on the bottom. She's so nervous to eat around the other hens and runs away when they...
silver spangled Hamburg. 27/28 weeks old. No crowing, no egg song, no eggs, no sounds ever. Is this a male or female?!? Bought as a sexed pullet. The obviously female one next to the bird in question has been laying for 2 weeks now and has a NOTICABLY smaller comb but no egg song. I'm certain it...
Hello everyone, I looking to get a rooster for my flock, I'm not really interested in producing pure bred bird or really extremely prolific layers, just pretty birds as my chickens are pets more than anything else. Ive been messing around with a color calculator and like the chicken colors that...
So around 7pm (7/24) last night my Hamburg pullet laid her first egg. It was very small which I expected, but was without a shell or yolk, just the albumen and membrane. When do you think she will lay again or start laying "normal" eggs?
Thanks everyone
this is about the fourth time I've posted about this bird, every time everyone says puller but please take a look. At around 19 weeks the comb just blew up over the course of about a week. This bird will be 21 weeks in a couple days. No eggs or crowing yet.
The picture doesn't show how red...