I returned home from work yesterday and my son greeted me with an egg..."We've got another layer Mom!" were his words!
He had a medium sized white egg. This confused me as right now I have two hens laying. One is my ameracauna who lays a large size pretty blue egg almost daily and recently...
So I am curious to know what everybody thinks about hatchery chicks. There are some specific breeds that I was really wanting to get and haven't had any luck finding breeders near me so I was going to order online. I've seen posts about the color varying quite a bit from true or normal but are...
My Barred Rock Hen Harriet is about 14 wks old and I swear she sounds like she is trying to crow...I have never heard a hen make that noise before. All my other girls are quiet and make their soft sweet clucks when they're happy and also get a bit more vocal when they're upset but...Harriet...
So we recently went to a local chicken breeder to purchase some new chicks and while there we were introduced to Sami.
Sami was in a small cage in the barn and my husband saw her first. He stuck his head out of the barn just long enough to say "honey, they got a duck!"
"Uh, Oh" I thought...
Greetings from ND. My husband and I recently purchased 6 chickens and 2 ducks. We are currently working on building a good coop for them all. My chickens were referred to as a "barnyard mix". I have one black and white (looks like what we have always referred to as an x-checker) one pure...
I have 2 2wk old ducklings and I am wondering if we can tell the sex at this age? They really don't have feathers yet so the tail feather option is out I think. When they are just "talking they both sound the same but if they get separated from each other or us one is definitely more vocal.