I cracked open an egg today for breakfast, and it had two mysterious milky white balls in it. As well as the yolk. They are pretty solid! They are about the size of a marble. Any ideas? Eggs within an egg? I've never seen this...they are pictured top right of the yolk.
Our rooster has been extremely aggressive to one specific chicken. Open bloody wound on the back of her head. Happened just today. Rooster is being slaughtered as I type this. What can i do for my poor girl? TIA.
I'm looking for some advice on how to set up our coop for the winter. We live in central new york. We are known for bitterly cold temperatures, and record snow falls from the great lakes. Our coop is 32 square feet, has 4 nesting boxes, and is on stilts about 4 feet off of the ground. They have...
We are new to raising chickens. We have 5 roosters and 3 hens. Lavendar orpintons, barnevelders, australorpes, and black orpingtons. They are approximately 6 months now. I live in upstate/central new york, so winters come quick. The time that I believe that they should start laying, is the same...
I'm assuming he's a male. He is fairly large, and is pretty "fuzzy". Especially his cheeks. Hense, why we named him,"cheeksy". :) when we got our chicks, I thought we got australorps, black and lavendar orpingtons, and barnevelders. He although us different than any others that we have. Any...
Any advice on how to get chickens to go into their coop at night? Ours don't seem to want to just yet. We have a raised coop, with a ramp that goes up to a small door. They have a long fenced in run. At night, the pile together underneath the coop by the fence. Last night, something(thinking...
My husband and I are new to raising backyard chickens, and are in the process of designing/building our coop. We have 10 chicks at the moment, that are all still in a large brooder. My question is, we live in upstate new york. Our winters are quite brutal. The chickens we got are all cold...
Hello there! My husband and I own a farm to table restaurant in upstate NY. We are very passionate about keeping our food local, and healthy. In the two years that our restaurant has been open, we have made many great relationships with many of our local farmers. We have learned that raising...