Hello everyone! I recently acquired two female lemon cuckoo orpingtons and one rooster, they are about 4 months old. I do not know much about the variety but I have some questions about barring.
From what I understand roosters general carry the double barring gene, which I believe my rooster...
Hey everyone.. This morning at around 5 AM my coop got ransacked by a raccoon. Two days before this my backyard was attacked by 2 bears, I lost 3 hens and 15 pullets/cockerels I had been raising. My coop doors were destroyed from the bear so I was keeping my birds in the very very sturdy chain...
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Today is day 21 for me. I started out with about 33 eggs and only have about 5 that made it to lock down. This morning when I woke up one of the eggs was pipped, yay!! About an hour later the chick made it out and has been doing good all day. I left it in the incubator as the...
Golden Phoenix Pullets and Cockerels for sale!!
Local pick up in Upland, CA. I can do local drop off within a reasonable distance if needed.
These little guys are 6 weeks old and full of spunk. I have a variety of pullets and cockerels available. I have a few pictured here but if you are...
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I'm hatching some Ameraucana and FBCM eggs.. Out of 15 Ameraucanas only 4 have made it so far, out of 18 Marans only 2 have made it.. It has definitely been a rough first time incubating. =((
Anyways.. I went to candle the eggs tonight and one of my marans eggs was stuck to the...
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I am extremely worried. I have 8 3 ish month old chickens. A week or two ago I had my RIR die randomly in the night. I wasn't too sure what had happened since this is my first time raising chickens but since then I have been taking very close attention to my girls.
I went...
Hey everyone! This is my first post here so I hope I'm doing everything right! Anyways..
About a month ago my boyfriend and I purchased 8 baby chicks from a small local hatchery. We have 2 Ameracaunas, 2 Rhode Islands, 1 Buff Orpington, 1 Speckled Sussex, and 2 Delawares. He said they were all...