what is a good base to put down for the chicken run. I was thinking gravel or sand for them to run on. The grass just turns to dirt and then mud when it rains or snows. During the winter it will get down to -30degs and summer will get to 100 degs. Wyoming is generally a dry state but we do...
I breed my golden laced hens to a black laced red Wyandotte roo and my golden hens have a darker richer lacing around the golden parts of their feathers. I want to see how it colors out when I breed these chicks back to my golden laced roo.
These are pictures of my girls and a Columbian Roo that hid out with the girls and then he bread them to their surprise. These birds are about 6 months old or less. Their dad Roo is a black lacey red Wyandotte and the hen to these birds is either a splash or blue lacey red Wyandotte. Those are...
I have a 4 month old hen and her feet just curled up about 3 days ago. She is unable to stand. She was out side in the yard and we had all that rain. I have 48 more hens and being in the water did not bother them so can this be water related.
I found a foul smell coming from my incubator so I found the source. A bad egg and I removed it before it could explode. The egg did leak fluid in my incubator so it was close to blowing. I removed it and cleaned the incubator with a good alcohol wipe down. Just wondering if my other eggs will...
I have never hatched any kind of bird before. These are my first try. I started with 14 in my Brisea 2 Advanced. I came out with 9 eggs that had chicks in them when I candled them of course that was my first time to do that too. I have a 5 cell flash light that I taped a empty toilet paper...
I add 4 new hens and a roo to my flock and the hens are laying. One hen and I have not figured out which one layed and egg that has a wrinkled up egg shell. being a novice I did not know to throw it out. I put it under my broody hen who set the egg for one day and it burst. I moved her and the...
My chicken has a sore on her comb, and it might be from my aggressive rooster, but not sure so I have some pics of the comb. She is eating fine, and runs with all the other chickens, and her poop does not look bad. Have any Ideas.
I have 3 Americana's or I believe I have 3 Americana's and they are to be hen's but I think one is an imposter. I hope the pic's are where you can see them but one has a lot more feathers around the head and neck. I am definitely on a learning curve. Thank you.
I have two silver lace Wyandot's and I think one is not a hen and is hiding out with the hens. The one closest to the camera is that a roo or a hen. that one has long hackles.