I am so upset, the day before my babies were to hatch, rats stole the eggs,
Now I have not seen a rat, but the eggs were all gone and a friend spotted a tunnel beside the chicken house that has been obviously dug out, grrrrrr
Pullet?
What colour would you call it? its kind of mottled, I think its a roo, but I have not had these before, I think the black is a female,,,,, please please be a female.
The little mottly one has a bigger top knot and a bigger comb, but the black has a small dark comb, Does comb size...
This is Hedgy, he was found on my steps, making a heck of a lot of noise for something so tiny, He was going peep peeep peeeep,,, I bottle fed him as his eyes and ears were closed and he had ever so soft prickles, so cute, He is in a box while I clean his cage.
Hedgy at 7 days
I buy from a person that makes their own, he sells eggs free range, the mash has I think 3% more protein then the commercially sold stuff and they do well on it, I put it o
in a feeder, they stand on it and the lid pops up, it was amazing how much went to the wild birds before I bought the...
Hello.
Has anyone done the feather sexing on ancona chicks. I'm getting some fertile eggs tomorrow for Momma Hen,
I am not looking at feather sexing as the absolute reliable way to check for sex, but it would be nice to have an idea.
We don't have fox's here, but we do have stoats and possums, I had a possum going frantic for two hrs trying to get into my house when it could smell my eggs hatching in the incubator. it was insane. The dog chased it a couple of times and it came back. He eventually was dispatched.
Then...
Hello.
Im new to here, but not new to chickens. I love chickens, I've had them for years and encountered some problems but oh sooooo many cool things about them.
At the moment I have a clucky mum (Momma Hen) , I have ordered some ancona eggs, she is always clucky, this is her third...