Hello. I killed 8 roosters then let them sit in the fridge for a day before cleaning it and it smelled really terrible. Did it go bad? Did it not cool down enough quick enough and how do I tell if it’s safe to eat?
😭 I have killed some before but cleaned them and put them in the freezer right...
Hello everyone I had a freshly hatched chick (still wet from hatching) with, what appears to be, a severely prolapsed vent. There is some blood and two protrusions. Any advise as to how I can support this little one?
Hello, I am looking to get a couple different duck breeds one being Muscovy and others I am open too. I have never kept ducks before so looking for breeds that are friendly with kids and easy to handle. Looking to use them primarily for egg production.
Quail: looking for hatching eggs for quail...
Hello I am looking for BCM eggs preferably close to Oregon :) please post picks of chickens and eggs if you happen to have any hatching eggs available for sale!
Thank you
Brianna
hello! I am looking for heritage breed chickens as well a couple other from local breeders in California. I don’t want to support big hatcheries and am looking for someone I can drive and pick up the chicks from!
I live in the bay are but visit yolo county often so I am willing to drive as far...
This spring I will be getting chicks from an array of different hatch dates and I was wondering If keepig them all in the same brooder would be ok!
ok are you ready for the list!??!
on MARCH,16th I will be getting:
(1) silver seabright bantam
(1) bantam millie fleur D'uccle
on MARCH 23rd (1 week...
HI I free range my chickens and I live I the forest, they are getting to the age to lay and I'm nervous they will lay somewhere in the brush where they are susceptible to being attacked. One (my Aussie) has been squatting for about 4 days now whenever I go to pick her up and my problem child Ji...
Hi I'm relatively new to chicken keeping and had a few questions about chicken behavior.
My youngest, Sky (a FBCM), is always quivering her little tail in nervousness when sh comes out of the run to free range it takes her abut an hour to settle down and she wont leave the side of the older...
Hi there BYC!!
I need some advice, I have 3 new chicks: Sky-BCM (6 weeks 5 days), Ji-Dominique (8 weeks 5 days) and Bertha-Aussy (8 weeks 5 days).
I have had all three for a week and a half, now that Sky is old enough to stay outside and they have been around my almost 5 month old rooster...
I've been surfing the forums for about a year now but not until recently did I really get addicted. My first ever batch of chicks as composed of two unknown chickens from the hardware store down the road; one was mine and one was my younger brothers. They were as cute as can be and soon after we...