A quick question. I’m looking to replace my roo. He’s not a total ass, but I certainly can’t turn my back on him. He’s much better then my last one, who would charge across the yard to do battle anytime I walked out.
I’m thinking of trying a black astralthorp. I want a brown egg laying breed...
I don’t incubate a lot, but have been generally successful when I do. However something horrible has been going wrong with my latest. I started with 15 eggs. Candled them at 10 days and culled the ones that weren’t developing. Hatch started early this am. With 12 eggs still good (presumably)...
I don’t incubate a lot, but have been generally successful when I do. However something horrible has been going wrong with my latest. I started with 15 eggs. Candled them at 10 days and culled the ones that weren’t developing. Hatch started early this am. With 12 eggs still good (presumably)...
I get that chicks can go a few days without food or water, while in the nest. What’s bothering me, is how do they get out of the nest? My nesting boxes are about eighteen inches off the ground. I’ve seen the video of baby ducks jumping off the cliff in Alaska falling several hundred feet and...
I have a Rhode Island Red hen that was caught by three puppies and used in a three way tug of war “game”. The hen survived after several weeks of nursing her back to health and has even returned to laying. The last few weeks she’s been isolating herself in a nesting box and becomes irate but not...