Hello All!
I'm in the SW suburb of Chicago.
Early this morning, I found a family of ducks in my backyard - mother with probably 10 ducklings, look like day olds.
The mother didn't seem well: she barely walked and once she saw us, she managed to fly away. I gathered as many ducklings as...
Hello all. I purchased 4 young hens today at the Kankakee County Fair Free Organic Chicken Feed (IL). These are my first ever chickens. Can someone tell me what breed they are? They are rather small and extremely skittish (at least the ones that I got ). Thank you.
Hello All, I am new to this forum and to the whole bird raising thing.
I am currently considering getting a few chickens or quails for my Chicago area backyard.
While I was successful in locating several chicken hatcheries in the area, I cannot find that large of a selection in quail hatcheries...
So, I'm going to get my first chicks ever in spring. I see in pictures people put newspaper in their boxes. Won't the chicks get lead poisoning from lead in the paint?
Hello All!
Glad to be here making my introduction.
My name is VJ and I live in one of the suburbs of Chicago.
I found this awesome site while researching the issue of keeping chicken in urban areas.
I know the Village of Worth allows for two chickens or any other poultry per property but I know...