Hi Yesterday I bought 13 chicks at TSC and 7 Ducklings. I would like to find out the breeds. I kind of have an idea but not completely sure... I believe that I have Blue Orpingtons, A Golden Laxed Wyandotte, White rocks, A buff cochin, and not sure of the rest 3 of the blue are standard size and...
Hi all. I have 14 chickens 12 hens and 2 Roos. As of yesterday 5 have started laying and it seems like three started in one day. I am just really excited about this. Now I just have to figure out what im gonna do with all of these eggs. I have 4 buff orpington's, 4 Rirs, 2 ameracaunas, 2 Gold...
Hi, I know how awful this is going to sound but I made it better.... In april I bought 60 chickens, I built a 20ft by 15ft run and a 6 foot by 8 foot coop(for egglaying only). This is obviously too small for that many birds but I was letting them grow in here with plans of building a bigger run...
Today I checked one of my chickens today and found mites; so I decided to check the rest and I have a full blown infestation. What can I do for them as I don't have much money. I read about wood ash and was hoping that yall can give me some info as to what I can do.....
Hi I live in Florida and our weather has not been so nice recently. It has rained everyday for a week and everything is drenched. Since I built my run I have been putting hay on the dirt floor as a precaution against this but that isn't working. I let all of the chickens out in the yard because...
OMG I just did a head count on my birds which I have 60 chickens. Almost half are roosters.... In September we are planning to butcher most of them, At our annual chick day I got 10 free RIR straight run chicks for buying 5 bags of feed, 7 out of 10 ended up being roosters. It is just awful, I...
Today is the first day that I am allowing them out of the pen unsupervised all day. I usually let them out from 7- dark everyday but I have decided to let them start coming and going as they please. In the spring I bought about 60 chicks yes I went overboard. My Plan is to expand our run so...
Hi all, I woke up this morning to 8 new baby coturnix quail from my flock. I have had them in the incubator for a while and they were supposed to hatch on the 5th. Low and behold they hatched today just as I was about to give up hope. I believe tha tmy incubator temp was too low and that is why...
Here lately my birds have been dying one after another.... I had a guinea break its leg and died, Quite a few chickens get squashed by a door and then today one broke its neck...... Nothing wrong with them just clumsy chicks lol......
Hi this morning I went out to feed the chickens and only saw two guineas out of 3. The neighbor came over and said that she was stuck in their fence and broke her leg...... So I took her inside and splinted it and wrapped it up tight..... She is now in a confinement pen and hopefully will get...
I just went out to the coop and saw my 18 1/2 week old barred rock laying in the nest box panting..... So I took pics and went inside and reported the news to BYC..... Then I decided to go back out and found my first teeny tiny egg...... I looks like a bantam egg it is so small....
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Hi all! As Many of you know about getting impatient waiting on the first egg, I myself am looking everyday hour on the hour lol for a freakin egg.... My question is are any of your February/March chicks laying yet? if so What breed do you have? I have seen the squat on one of my birds(Barred...
Today I was at my uncles house and he was about to cull some of the pullets that he couldn't sell. I asked him If I could take a few and he agreed. He had hatched out about 50 for an order that fell through therefore he had no other choice than to cull them or give them to me. Well I was only...
About 2 months ago my neighbor gave me a White Leghorn rooster. Yes he was quite small..... I first tried him in the coop but my others were still too small for him. I have spring chicks and was hoping he would get along just fine with them. The problem started when he mated and killed one of my...
Hi 6 of my hens will be 16 weeks old tomorrow and I was wanting to know at what age do they usually start to lay. I have chooks younger than that that have already started crowing and I am just trying t be prepared..... Thank you......
I have approximately 50 chickens that range from 8-15 weeks old. They are currently in a 20 by 15 run with a 6 by 8 coop. I will be expanding their run to a 40 by 15 within the next two months. They have plenty of roosting poles/limbs and I cant get them to use them. I had them trained to go in...
Hi I have 2 pekin ducks and 2 Khaki Campbell ducks They are about 3 and four months old and basically full grown. I was wondering how you guys felt about letting them loose and run around the yard full time. Are they somewhat predator proof? Will they find their own food? Should I lock them up...
My neighbor gave me a white leghorn rooster last night and I am concerned..... His feathers look rough and damaged...... He was in a really tinny cage so I believe that's why they are the way they are..... My question is will the feathers mend back together and look neat again? He is a really...