Looking for some C.O Bantams!! I currently have two hens and want to expand the flock with more of this breed!
I prefer buying locally instead of hatchery but all recommendations are welcome! :)
So as of yesterday it was hatch day!! My first chick pipped thursday night and hatched out sometime during the day on friday.
Well, one of the other eggs pipped early friday morning just barely a external pip, then sometime friday afternoon she/he managed to get the beak through to breathe...
My PBR eggs are set to hatch this coming saturday 5/14. This is the very time I have incubated and hatched out eggs! so EXCITING! but nerve wracking!!! Any advice for a newbie would be great!
As of now my humidity is around 65%-70% on day 18.
I locked down the bator today and yesterday when i...
So, I have 3 eggs set to hatch out this coming Saturday.
My question is, how old do the chicks need to be before I can put them with my established flock of four consisting of 3 hens and a rooster that are all PBR.
Of course I wont put them out the day they hatch but i dont want them in my...
Hello Eggybody!
Does anyone have any information on this breed? I am looking at purchasing two pullets of this breed but do not know much about them :)
Hello everyone!
I am still learning a lot about my chickens and of course their eggs!
Someone helped me determine if my eggs were fertile or not and yes they are!! YAY!
Well to start a small step into the chicken "business" I wanted to start selling fertile eggs to locals and just the eggs...
The long wait is over! I have my first ever flock of laying hens! :)
Now down to some eggy business.
I do have a Br Roo who is crowing however; does this mean he old enough to mate with my girls?
I am wanting to incubate my own eggs and I personally have not seen him try and mate with the...
In the future I would like to incubate and hatch my own chicks! But with the BR breed i hear its not often they go broody.
Anyhow, the question is, can you put day-week old chicks with the rest of the flock or is that a HUGE no-no?
Of course I have not done this and I wont anytime soon due to...
Hello, I'm a 20 something with my first flock of Plymouth Barred Rocks! At one point in time I had 6 RIR's who sadly did not make it due to foxes.
The Flock consists of four PBR one roo and three hens! All are 4 months old and are doing wonderful and very friendly!! I do have a few questions...