Hi,
I recently acquired some leftover hens from a chicken house that made hatching eggs. I am assuming they are white rocks (white bird/red earlobes). I have a Silver laced Wyandotte rooster and in the spring plan to hatch out some eggs from my mixed up flock to sell as live birds for meat...
Hi everyone,
I picked up a straight run of SLW two weeks ago. Might be too soon to figure out their sex. I plan to update the thread with new pictures as they grow. Any input helps. Thanks!
Looking for some advice on caring for my rooster's "favorite" hen. He's scratching her under her wing on one side pretty bad, about the size of the bottom of a coke can. Most of it is scabbed over but she has some fresh open cuts. I plan to isolate her until she heals, but is there a spray I can...
Hi everyone, I posted awhile back when I first got the hens and too. But I now have more pictures and they have started laying. In the egg picture, all the small ones are from the one with the black collar and the larger egg is from the larger brown chicken. Also the barred rock hen in the...
Just picked up a small flock from a coworker who is moving. He bought the chicks at the farm store as unsexed 6. He had 4 survive. 2 rooster and 2 hens, each pair look nearly identical. I thought they were all RIR but after looking at RIR hen pictures on Google, I think they are too light...