I need some input. We got 8 peachicks last week and a couple of days in we notice a few of them have an eye shut. We observe closer and the other few are pecking each other's eyes. I read in a different thread that peachicks do this, but I don't know how to stop it. Right now we separate them...
I hard boiled eggs today and most of them came out like this. Like there wasn't any white around the yolk. I've never had this happen before. There was also water inside the shell when I was peeling them. Also often times lately when I make eggs the yolks almost seem scrambled inside. So the...
Okay, I'll start off by saying this is the first time we've incubated eggs, and I have done research....but I don't feel like I know that much about it. The first of the eggs pipped yesterday, but didn't make progress at all througout the day. I can hear it peeping and see it's little beak. I...
I picked this one up a week ago with two other Barred Rocks. (It came out of the BR cage) it's significantly smaller and the feathers are slower at coming in. It doesn't look anything like the other BR's we've got. What do you think? The wing feathers are kind of tan.
A couple of my Barred Rocks babies have bare bottoms and had them when I bought them, but I didn't know any better. They did have pasty butt, which I cleaned off. Is the bare bottoms part of pasty butt or what else could it be?
So, we have been planning on getting chickens for about 6 months. The local feed store started getting their chicks in, so we thought this was a perfect time. I figured 6 was enough....so we picked up 3 Barred Rocks and 3 Brown Leghorns. Well then my 6 year old tells me "It feels like we are...
Hi all! I am totally new to chickens....We've got 3 Barred Rocks, 3 Brown Leghorns, Golden sex link, Black sex link and an Ameraucana (or Easter Egger, who knows) so far we totally and completely LOVE THEM so much! I can't wait for them to get bigger and see their colors and have fun with them...