I am so excited, I feel like I just hit the jackpot. I bought 6 chicks from a local guy and couldn't be more in love. They are supposed to be 1 Blue Cochin, 2 Blue Splash Cochins, 2 Lemon Cuckoo Marans and 1 Jubilee Orpington. He had them all mixed together in the same brooder and I told him...
I'm planning on buying a Brinsea Maxi II advance this week and have found a couple of local breeders to buy eggs from (2 different breeders, about an hour away). The breeds I was going to start with are silkies, Polish, and Americaunas. I've never hatched eggs before, and the silkies and Easter...
Any guesses on gender? I'm leaning towards all pullets but one, but that may be my wishful thinking and naïveté.
Here is the one I believe is a cockeral, and I could tell at 2 weeks. He had more of a comb then than the others do now, plus he's three weeks younger! He is currently 4 weeks old...
I have several breeds in my little flock, and now that they're getting a bit bigger, it's been fun trying to guess if they're pullets or roos.
Here are a couple of my Millie Fleur D'Uccles
And my sweet Buff Orpington, who always wants cuddles.
They will all be 5 weeks tomorrow or...
Hi there! I bought 11 bantams from tsc, 4 different breeds. The only ones I'm certain on are the three white silkie bantams.
Then there are these guys, which I think are either Partridge Cochins or Brahmas.
And here's another
Then there are these little guys, which have me absolutely...