Never hatched chicks before but I've read some about it. I saw these two incubators online for the same price, same company, and seemingly same features, but different capacity. Can anyone tell me if there's a difference that I missed or why anyone would get the little one as opposed to the big...
I picked this up:
and the back says you can add it to water or feed. As the water mix needs to be refreshed daily feed seems easier to deal with assuming dry feed is okay. Has anyone added this to dry feed and what ratio did you use? The package says to add it to a ton of feed and I can...
This is my first backyard flock and I have three 4 month old pullets: a buff orp, welsummer, and maran. About 2 days ago I noticed the maran had a cracked beak tip and a slightly damaged beak base. Today the buff has a damaged beak base and upon checking the welsummer closely she has a very...
Moral of the story, build your coop before you get chicks.
So I tried to do a cheap diy but awesome coop with little experience. Long story short it didn't happen and the designer (family member) quit partway through. So I bought a cheap shitty coop from the internet (plenty big for 3...
I've read too many posts where people are crossing their fingers that their chicks will live long enough for medicine to ship to them. It seems being proactive on having a stocked medical cabinet is the way to go. I'm not looking for everything under the sun but what are some good essential...
Hi all, I'm new to keeping chickens and have 3 pullets and 1 cockerel who was supposed to be pullet #4 (avatar pic). I wanted my flock to be girls only but this little guy has become my little buddy and so I'm reconsidering. One thing a friend with a flock said is that roosters tend to be very...
Hi everyone! Thanks for the help last time with confirming my thoughts (and crushing my dreams of blue eggs) that my pullet Ameraucana is actually a cockerel EasterEgger.
Now my Welsummer (5ish weeks) is starting to get pink on the waddles and a little on the base of the comb and I'm getting...