I bought 12 baby chicks at the local feed store that had been marked down to $2 because they were getting older and new babies were coming in soon. The elderly gentleman wasn't quite sure what they were, he said thought they were Buff Orpingtons. Two were a little darker than the rest when I got...
Let me see if I have this right. According to the chart in one of these threads, if you cross a Golden Laced Wyandotte Rooster with a Silver Laced Wyandotte Hen you get sex-linked chicks, right? Does it work the other way around too?
5 of my eggs are hatching already and we just went into lockdown yesterday. What do I do? Leave them in the incubator until the rest hatch? I'm not supposed to open the incubator tomorrow right? ACK! This is so stressful!
While I've always had chickens, I've never had bantams before and I've never bought from the feed store. Usually when I need to replace my flock I order one or two specific breeds from the hatchery. Can someone help me out as to what I have here?
The first two chicks look similar in color...
I received 5 chickens from a lady on freecycle that couldn't keep them any more. She told me that she bought them at the feedstore and that they were all rhode island reds. Two of them I am positive are not, but I don't know what they are. The other two hens might be, but the rooster makes me...
My FIL brought me 4 chickens this morning and it took me about 2 hours to butcher and cut them up. Kinda makes me rethink ordering some meat birds this spring. Granted this was only the second time I've ever butchered by myself. Once I get the hang of it, how fast should I be able to do it...
We got a new dog from the rescue society about two months ago. She is a wonderful dog, fully house trained, crate trained, and understands basic commands. The problem is about 3 weeks ago, it was raining so she decided she didn't want to go out in the grass to do her business anymore. Now she...
My name is Mandie, I'm a mom to 4 beautiful kids. We currently go through between 4-6 dozen eggs a week and at almost $2/dozen that eats up way too much of our food budget. After 6 LONG years of being stuck in town we are finally back in the country where we belong and the first addition to...