I was calibrating my new brinsea incubator with barnyard eggs from a friend's farm while waiting for my Hedamora eggs to show up and some of the really nice looking barnyard-ers turned out to be viable (huge eggs with a nice seafoam green tint, and a similarly huge pink one with slight blue...
I have a 6 week old Welsummer pullet who had a swelling that is red and purple on the front of one leg. The other leg is developing the same color. I cleaned the legs with hydrogen peroxide, but I don't think it helped much. It doesn't look like the skin was broken or torn, but it could just...
I've ordered my first coop today and I'm looking forward to setting it up soon and getting some pullet hens. I got a killer deal on the coop at mypetchicken, and almost just signed up for their early november batch of chicks, but managed to restrain my enthusiasm and stick with the plan. When...