Would anyone be interested or willing to send out a couple of postcards?
My Cousin is a pre-school teacher, her class is 3-4 year olds. And she is teaching them about our mail system and a little about different places and people around the country/world... Its a year round class project. Each...
My first hatch ever and I need some advice...
I have one egg that pipped yesterday around noon, started to zip, but then got knocked around and made no progress. The membrane around the zipline has dried, and the poor little booger is trying, but not making any progress. It has been over 24...
So this is as far as the weather has allowed me to get on my coop. It is 4'x8', I have the frame work almost complete, and now my husband wants me to make it bigger!!! How??? I am drawing a blank every time I try to figure it out. I have aprox. 12 Ameraucanas coming home on the 19th. granted...
Ok, I think I have succesfully fried my brain...Ive been reading on building my own incubator, and I think I have confused myself even more... I am SO not a technical person, and the thought of wiring anything non automotive just makes my brain freeze... It has GOT to be easier than my brain...
Ok so here is the coop and run...
The front of the coop has an aluminum plate with 1/4" circles drilled every 1/4"... Below the plate is the entrance to the coop. Unfortunately when the door is open the vent plate is mostly covered up. At the moment this coop is 4' high, 5'wide, and 4' deep. I...
I have four locations on my property that have potential as the location for the new coop... Anyone care to help make the selection?
First location is behind the garage in the horse pasture. The problem I see with this location is the lack of shade during the summer.
Location number two is...
I tried when these pullets were younger to figure out what they are. But they keep changing on me. I swear once I "think" I know what they are, they go and confuse me again. I'm hoping that now that they are about to lay, that it might be easier to tell what they are, or what mix they might...
I went to my families reunion today. Everything wentgreat, was having a good time. I took my daughter inside to put her down for her nap. Finally get her to sleep after an hour of fighting with her. Went in to check on her about 30 minutes later, and there in the hallway is my close friends...
I'm pretty sure that the Polish is a cockeral. And I think the other two are pullets, please let me know what you think.
Silky
Not sure what breed this one is... Buff Rock maby?
And my Polish. Am I right? Is he a cockeral? And what would his color be called? Buff Laced?
Help me please...! What am I doing wrong? a month ago all my hens were giving me nice healthy looking eggs with rich colored yolks. Now the yolks are a pale yellow instead of the nice rich orange color that I am used to seeing. My hens get layer pellets, scratch "as a treat", lots of water, vegi...
I bought this chick along with 3 Silkies from Cenex. They are aproxamately 6 weeks old now. Can anyone give me some ideas on what this chick is?
Thanks!
I brought this chick home on a whim, and have no clue what breed it is. I'm not even positive that I picked a pullet. But I was wondering if anyone could help me to figure out what she/he is???
So what do you all think now?
I saw this chick and had to bring her home! So pretty! But I have NO idea what she is suposed to be... Can anyone help me with this one?
And just cause she's cute, my little Buff Orp.
Any ideas on what the white speckled one is?
I have a breeding quad of Muscovie Ducks. I was wondering if anyone could give me some ideas of simple ways to keep records on who is bred to who, and what duckling came from each pair. Is this even possible? lol
Thanks in advance for any help.
I was given what I believe are two Kahki Campbell ducks, a drake and a duck. The drake seems very healthy, but I am a bit concerned about the female. You see her bill is twisted and it looks like her skull is deformed. "I will post pictures later today.
What my question is, Does the female have...
I am finally getting the fence put up for the run today, and I was wondering what way works the best. I have 2"x4" no climb field fencing, I am trying to decide wether to burry the fence 1 foot deep, or make a 1 foot apron around the edges.
In your own experience, what way works the best for...
I am posting this for my sister, life circumstances have led to the sale of her entire flock.
I have a small flock of 8 week old chicks. There are 3 hens, and 1 roo. The roo is a pretty Blue Cochin, he is friendly, and doesn't crow yet. The girls are a mixed bunch. There is, 1 Buff Cochin, 1...
I am in the process of building a coop/run for a breeding trio, and was planning on using my grow out pen for the run. The thing is that the grow out pen in only 1' 6" tall x 7'6" long x 4' wide. I plan on making the run iether longer or double the width. Is this too short/small of a run for a...
I have 4 Danish brown Leghorn pullets 1 roo, and 2 New Hampshire red pullets. They are now 3 weeks old today, so I am not sure if they are even old enough to be sexed yet. I can not tell them apart for the life of me. Could you all take a look and give me your best guess? Any ideas are...