I've acquired three new hens, currently quarantined, and I inspected their poop...yeah, wormy. What do you use to de-worm your chickens? Also, when can you start eating their eggs again? I know you shouldn't eat during the treatment (I THINK I read somewhere to not eat the eggs up until a month...
Looking to Re-home my hand-raised 4-month-old Delaware Cockerel "Luke"
Hatch Date: April 1, 2020
First Cock-a-doodle-doo Date: July 26, 2020
Original Name: Princess Leia
After Crow Name: Master Jedi Luke
Location: Newtown Square (outside Philadelphia, PA)
Willing to drive him 90 mile radius...
Hi all,
I have a Jersey Giant chicken who is nearly 4 mos. old. "She" is very docile, I never see her spar with the other chickens, and "she" does not have that extra spur toe (I think that's what it's called) that roosters get. Obviously, "she" is not done growing (I read that they mature much...
"Little" laid her very first egg yesterday morning! And it's GREEN!!! I photographed it next to a plain-old ordinary store-bought white egg for reference. Guess what I had for breakfast this morning.
"Little" laid her very first egg yesterday morning! And it's GREEN!!! I photographed it next to a plain-old ordinary store-bought white egg for reference. Guess what I had for breakfast this morning.
Anyone? Ideas? She is 8-days old. She was fine (running around, eating, drinking like all the other chicks) up until last evening. Now she just stands there, with droopy eyelids. She doesn't even lay down. I thought maybe she was just tired from her daily "playtime" but she was no better this...
HI all,
I'm new to this whole BYC thing and raised my first set of chicks (6) this past summer. Since the babies were given to me by a co-worker, neither of us could sex the chicks, so I've had to wait until they either crowed or laid an egg. My luck, 5 of the 6 ended up crowing their heads off...
Hi all,
New to this whole chicken-raising thing. I took a crack at raising 6 Ameracauna chicks that were given to me by a work colleague (hey, they were free). He couldn't sex the chicks and frankly neither could I... so it was a gamble. And since I wasn't sure who would end up being a hen or a...