I am hoping to see some brabanters. Cream or golden. I really want to get the breed and I'm wondering how the hatchery birds turn out. Post your pics and where you got them!
Which one would you choose? I want a bird that's good looking as well as lays frequently, large eggs, and doesn't go broody every week. I'm having a hard time deciding. I like the idea that I would be helping the Brabanters make a come back but is there a high demand for fertile eggs or...
I want to start a flock of cream brabanters and I can't find them anywhere!! Ideal had them but they are sold out till next year! I have a broody cochin mama who would be looking after them if only I could find them. Anybody have any day old chicks they can ship to New Mexico?
My one year old silkie hen is sick, I think. She's eating, drinking and acting fine. No lethargy or droopiness. She is however breathing very loudly. Kind of a "popping" noise when she breaths. Sounds like she's congested. She's very loud when she breaths. I first noticed it about a week ago. I...
My silkie brooded and hatched two chicks. They are juveniles now. Bigger than mama. But the silkie just started laying again. I've gotten maybe seven eggs from her and now she's broody again! Is this normal for silkies? She's made a nest under our wood pile and has one teeny tiny egg under...
I can't find any. I know they are a rare breed. Anybody have some? I live in central New Mexico so unless you also live around here I would need them to be shipped.
I love the look of blue laced red chickens. What breeds are that color? I'm hoping to find large egg layer, rarely broody. Please let there be a breed like that
I went out to check on my three broody hens and their six chicks. I only found two. Eventually i found three dead chicks and one that, to my suprise was still breathing. There are some eggs missing too. It rained last night. I think what happened was a snake came in and ate the three missing...
I have a standard Cochin Rooster who is approx. a yr old. I've had him since he was a few months old. He is in a pen with ten other chickens, none of which are presenting with the same problem. I noticed he was starting to limp a little. I checked his feet and the only thing I saw that was...
I have two broody hens. One was sitting on four eggs for the last week. Today my sons got into the coop and removed the eggs and broke them. The chicks were growing. It was sad. I was wondering if I can slip some chicks under her instead of taking the chance that she would abandon the nest...
I heard that there is a proper way of handling eggs that you plan on hatching out. I want to know what that is. I have a broody cochin and I want her to hatch out some eggs for me. Well, the eggs from my one EE hen. I want to get a good clutch going and have them incubated at the same time so...
I have a first time broody cochin. She's a big girl. How many eggs should I give her to sit on? Also, what's the proper way to collect the eggs until I get a good clutch for her?
I have a Cayuga duck who lives with some chickens. She is about 8 months old. Yesterday and today I got a strange looking egg. It was bggerthan my chicken eggs and "bullet" shaped. It was a white with a green hew to it. It also felt like it had a wax film on it. I thought cayugas lay black...
I have a breeding pair of cayugas. I really want to build them a nice pond. Any suggestions on how big and how deep it should be? What kind of filtration system there should be?