I want a bunch of different types of poultry this spring. Which hatcheries offer assortments that include a variety of poultry types? So far, I've only found such a thing from Sandhill Preservation and Cackle..
I'll start by saying, I do not, nor have I ever owned any frizzled birds. No frizzled bird has ever come into contact with my flock, ever.
I hatched some eggs from my Easter Egger hen and rooster.
The chicks are 2.5 weeks old, and I'm noticing that one chick looks a bit different. It was the...
My girls are finally getting back to laying. That means it's time for me to fire up my incubator. I'm setting a half-dozen Easter Egger eggs and a half-dozen black sexlink eggs on the 23rd.
Anyone else care to join?
I just had 6 chicks hatch in the past 24 hours. These are my best guesses as to which are male and which are female. I'm kind of cheating because 4 of the 6 are black sexlink chicks (barred Rock mommas). The other 2 have either an Australorp or Jersey Giant momma. All chicks have the same Easter...
I got three Australorp chicks from my local feed store about 11 weeks ago. The store I got them from source their chicks from Ideal. The only other black chicks they had at the time were black sexlink pullets in a separrate bin. They all had pink toes when I got them. Now, one of the chicks has...