We have four hens that we got as chicks from a local farm that has a free-roaming free-loving flock of various breeds. We are a nature center and like to have informative information about all of our animals so I'm hoping to pick out at least the dominant breed in each of these hens. I got the...
We incubate eggs each year for our preschool and we never know what we are going to get from the farm (we love surprises!). This year one of the wee ones started getting crazy curled feathers which after some research seems to be a frizzle. I'll try to post some pictures this weekend but have...
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We are incubating eggs for our second year at the nature center and are considering keeping one or two of the hens to add to our small flock. We have three hens from last year's hatch. What is the best way to do this? I read a couple of posts that talked about putting the new...
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I am brand new to this board so I hope I am doing everything right! I am in charge of animal care at a nature center and we recently hatched several chicks as a project for our on site preschool. We got so attached to them we decided to build a yard/coop, keep the hens, collect...