Hi everyone,
I have a question for fellow goat owners about the cd&t vaccine.
We have two Nigerian dwarf goats we've had for three years now and Ive given them their cd&t shots every year since we got them
and i was wondering if this is necessary to do every year?They don't ever leave our...
My buff goose has been sitting on her eggs for the past month at least and just when i was about to give up.
I went out to do my chores this morning i had a big surprise waiting for me at least one baby gosling was under her wing!!!
Question is now Ive raised many from the hatcheries but this...
Lately ive had a few eggs with a blood spot on the yoke.
Is there anything I can do to prevent this?
my mixed flock seems to be in good health is this common.
here is my question:
I have been packing my eggs tips down in the carton for a few years now.
Yesterday I was at the supermarket looking at thier eggs and prices and
i noticed that the eggs i looked at were all tip up in the carton.
And so the big question is tip up or down?
Sooooo i thought my coop was big enough, well it was untill i went chick crazy this spring. I did some figuring as to what i needed and this is what we came up with.
We started out with a 8'x8' coop with a 8'x24' run we decided to add 8'x6' to make the new coop 8'x14'.
here is the new floor...
READY TO HAVE SOME FUN???? I WANT TO TRY TO ID THE BREEDS OF CHICKS IVE JUST RECIVED IN MY HATCHERY SURPRISE!!!!!!!
33 chicks total here they are ill do a few each day:pop
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THERE IS THE FIRST ROUND OF PICS I WILL DO MORE IN A DAY OR TWO THANKS FOR THE HELP REGGIE
I'm going to be building a new run this spring for my coop.And I would like to see some others to get some ideas.my coop is 8x8 what size should my run be.if you could do yours again what would you change or what are some neat ideas you've seen for runs.My birds free range alot but I want a safe...
HI here are two birds I hatched and raised from my flock they are 15 weeks old and doing well.
I know they are mutts but do you see any dominate breed features?
mom is red sex link
possible dads slw or golden sebright
do they look like hens or roos?no crows yet I'm guessing one hen one roo you...
I have a small flock of chickens and last week i noticed one of my hens limping.I figured she must have strained herself some how.so i kept a close eye on her, and everyday she seemed to get worse.I closely inspected her legs and found nothing, no bruises ,no spots under feet ,no swelling of any...
got one last week too and forgot to take pictures.I got some this time:D.this egg was a monster i figured it had to be a double yoaker and sure enough it was.it was from one of my red sex link hens.
here it is near a normal sized egg
HI i have a breeding pair and i want to incubate a few eggs.how long do they have to be separated from the flock for before i should start saving the eggs for the incubator?how many days could i accumulate eggs before incubating them?how do you usually handle this phase of preincubation.thanks...
Im building a new coop right now 8x8 w/8' walls and i was wondering the capacity this coop could house?also my birds are free range during daylight hours.