I have a pair of guinea fowl,and the male has been laying down quite a bit. He was causing trouble so I put him in a hutch inside the run for the past 2 weeks. I let him and his mate freerange every night. But I noticed that when I let him out he walked around and just laid down. Not sunning or...
Hey Guinea people! I need some advice. I saw someone on craigslist selling a breeding pair of Lavender Guineas. He said they have been raised with chickens , and free ranged. I have ten chickens and was wondering how hard it would be to integrate the Guinea fowl. Like would I have to keep them...
I got 4 EE chicks plus some others sexed as pullets this spring and now Im not so sure about one of the EE's.....
I wasnt really sure about sexing EE's by color either,but I do believe this is a more rooster color?
I mean i really hope not because I have a Roo and already got rid of one this...
I have 16 week old pullets and my dad mistakenly got reg layer pellets instead of chick food. *___* Is it ok for them to have it? I know it's bad for especially young birds because of calcium,but they are almost laying age. I have them in with my adult birds so they have been on chick feed too.
So yesterday I got eight chicks,2 Brown Leghorns,4 Easter eggers,1 Gold Laced Wyandotte and a Golden comet. They where fine when I brought them home and I gave them a splash of apple cidar vinegar in their water to top it off. I checked on them this morning and the smallest of them,the...
OK so I have a Buff orp and RIR rooster that just turned 1 year old 3 days ago. They have had their squabbles and such,but nothing serious. Actually a month ago The Buff Roo (Summer) sprained his leg pretty badly and I kept him inside for 3 weeks. When he healed up and I tried to put him with...
HI, first post ever!!!
Ok so I have five 21 week old chickens,and when i bought them at the feed store they said they where pullets(except for the one straight run RIR, that Im sure is a rooster) So one of my Buff orpington pullets looks like a rooster she is the same size as the RIR rooster...