Suddenly my neighborhood wants covenants and my husband wants to move to another state. So with a sad heart, I need to sell my girls, and find them a loving home.
They were born around Easter, so to my calculations should start laying soon. Due to the chicks I bought more recently, I got them...
Hey-I'm hoping to share an order of chicks with some kids at church wanting to be involved with 4H.
Where would be the best place to get approx. 12 cochins that will be relatively standard bred? Is there a hatchery that has particularly good ones? Thank you!!
So, I have been trying to save these little chicks. This is Limpy, a partridge silkie, that is about 5-6 weeks old. I call him Limpy because when I got him a week ago, I noticed he limped and his leg looks like this...
So, a week later, thanks to the kind folks here, Limpy appears to be more...
I went to "look at" some chicks on Friday-Silkies and a Cochin... ...and because I'm crazy, I had to get the last 4 the lady had. They were covered in lice, and this Partridge Silkie one in particular was limping. The lady told me that this little one was under a heap and she took her (hoping)...
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I got 3 Silkies & a Cochin, b/c I'm addicted. They were pitiful, covered in lice. This is after the saltwater, then Dr. Bronner's, then blow dried.
Thanks to the valuable information here!!
Before I get too attached, since I can't really have roosters, these are the 2 that I think...
Sorry so long in advance!!
You may have seen some of my recent posts while I have been accumulating all kinds of knowledge from this great site!
I live on 1/2 an acre, and had a problem with crawfish in my yard. My husband's a landscaper, and fixed our drainage problem, but our water table...
Hey all, I am new here, and totally new to raising poultry. As in, I've been doing lots of reading up on it, but haven't taken the plunge officially...
We live in a neighborhood (for now) outside of the city limits, hoping to have land in about 3 years. So for now, we've got about a 1/2 an...