I have new babies in the hen house today! I'm so excited! I want to take photos to share but I don't want to upset mama anymore than I already have by peeking under her at the three new chicks I saw, one light gold color, one medium golden buff, and one mostly black like my avatar, who is...
I think I have a disaster at my house, but I'm not sure. I apologize for the long story. I bought some hatching eggs on ebay and hatched a single chick out of the eggs purchased. It was entirely my fault, I think, that the hatch went so badly. The poor thing had a difficult hatch, too...
I am 5 hours away from the end of the 21st day of my first hatch, or non-hatch as the case may be, and there is not a single pip. This may change. My temps may have been low. They may have been too low. I attempted to use an old Hovabator still-air incubator, and I can now see how...
My very first flock of chickens is five young Buff Brahma bantams, and between them and my first chicken, I now have a whole two years of chicken experience. Of course, my first chicken, one bantam Easter Egger, didn't give me quantity experience, but I like to take things slowly. After I...
I started my chicken life with five little bantam EEs that I bought from a local person. Four turned out to be boys, so I found them new homes and kept the one pullet in a large dog kennel in the house in my spare room. That might not sound so extreme when you consider that I live in Alaska...
I think my bantam eggs are much tastier than the big girl eggs. Is anyone else as sold on these not-so-little gourmet treats? Except for one woman I met who told me that if she had it to do over she would only have bantams, I never see or hear this subject discussed. I attribute the extra...
Hello and thanks in advance for any assistance offered. I live in southcentral Alaska outside of Anchorage about 50 miles. The area is semi-rural and heavily wooded, and I and all my neighbors own at least one acre, and many of us own two or more acres. My neighbor has always kept chickens...
Hi, all. I am brand new to the forum and to chickens. I currently have my very first chickens, and they are bantam Easter Eggers I purchased locally. The chicks are within a day or two of being six weeks old. I was hoping for help with sexing these guys, if it's possible at this time...