We are under a heat lamp and starting to fluff. Mama has 10 more hatching out in the barn. This little one got kicked out of the nest after its egg broke two days ago and daddy tried to make a best and sit on it but it wasn't quite working so We brought it in.
Ok I went out to gather eggs and peeked on my geese to see that my male was in with his lady, found an egg out of the nest and it has a big hole in it. Chick is moving a bit and I have it in an incubator but what do I do can it be saved??
Hi, I want to add some Dokings to my flock in the spring and was wondering where everyone suggests ordering from as I have not had any luck in finding a breeder in our area
I have 20 hens/pullets and one cockerel should I have another or wait until I add a few heritage chickens to my flock what would be a good ratio for me I would like to hatch a few chicks but am not trying to get to big farm or breeder status just trying to supply my family and my mom's and few...
OOOOKKK so here is my issue, I have a pullet who seems to be broody, she has sat in the box ALL day I went out to see if she was hiding anything and low and behold she has an egg one single little egg and boy did she give me hell for messing with her. now it is September do I let her hatch her...
Ok so my flock I got this spring I have twenty pullets amber sex links and black sex links and 1 white leghorn of a mystery age but I am guessing she is pretty young as she does not lay every day and her eggs seem kind of on the small size. well lately I am not getting that many eggs after...
Well in a house with 5 boys one in diapers (cloth diapers) as you can imagine we have a TON of laundry. and JUST as I was getting a handle on the beast our washer BROKE so now I have to wait gods know how long to get a tech out here (in BFE) to fix it and Mordor (laundry room) is bound to heap...
I have 20 hens and one Roo my oldest son (12) has the interest of incubating a few. My mom ordered him a small incubator off amazon for Christmas it only does 7 eggs which I figured was plenty for a starter of his age, sooo my big question is how do we tell the eggs he picks are actually...
I have 20 hens my first flock got them this spring, we were up to getting 12 eggs a day AND a duck egg. then today I only got 5??? what gives I am so lost here, Not molting, no signs of predators at all, pretty much the same day light hours I am so lost I was expecting a drop in production this...
So I wanted to share my Kitty one of our Black sex links who I think is just the prettiest little thing and is in her opinion waaay above us featherless types
SOOO this little lady is at the pound (thanks for the tip mom) ANNNDDDD I am working the hubby so I can bail her out. I mean it's the pound I HAVE to right? I figured out she is a Leghorn, and ya know because 19 sex link hens and a Jersey Giant Halfling Roo plus a double handful of Ducks is...
I got this Roo and when I got him he was all black but now he has some spots on his wings, real pretty and he is very sweet but we were told he was a Jersey Giant. all of the roo's were Giants I don't remember the hens though as they were running around. What do you guys think? the last pic is...
HI!!! I am new here and just this year we dove head first into the home dairy life, along with the chickens and ducks we got 2 alpine doelings and a lamancha buckling our goal is to be able to provide healthy fresh milk for our families
Hey There Chicken People!!! We are new to Chickens and DUCKS!!! and Goats but that is a different story. I have 5 boys (6 with the husband) We have 19 sex link hens and 1 jersey giant roo, a Rouen drake and 4 pekin "hens" and 2 Muscovy ducklings we have just started getting eggs from the...