Hi! My CL rooster is finally grown and has just started fertilizing eggs. He is the only rooster in my bunch so he has all the girls going now.
I’m wanting to breed for egg color, particularly the dark browns, deep olives and strong blues.
What would be good crosses to work towards these...
Hi! I have 2 girls that I don't know the breed of. One is about a year and a half old and the other is about 5 months old. I just can't remember the older ones breed and my kids asked. The younger one was supposed to be a wellsummer but the eggs she's Laying are a light pinkish tan so I'm not...
Hi, My eggs have been in the incubator for 3 days now. I just went to check on them and one has broke open since this morning. I pulled it out but I am guessing I should remove the others and wipe out the incubator real quick since there is white spilled all over the edge? I'm bummed...by...
Hi! I am a newbie to hatching, this is the first attempt. I bought a Magic Fly automatic incubator for my kids. The temperature is doing fine and remaining consistent however the humidity is really tough to manage. The incubator isn't large enough with the turning try in it to leave a gauge...
Hi, I went out to feed and water my keets yesterday and saw a few of them have their feathers on their backs sticking straight up, they look like pine cones. I thought maybe dehydrated since it's been really hot so put some electrolyte water in and then their regular water as well, there hasn't...
I have some chicks I got as 'specialty' breed but dont know what they are as it was a grab bag from a hatchery. They are all supposed to be pure breeds and not barnyard mix or anything but does anyone know what kinds they are? They are about 12-16 weeks old. The solid black one is the one I...
Hi, last night I noticed several spots of both pink blood and bright red blood in my brooder that appeared chicks are pooping blood. I picked up each chick and looked them over, none appeared injured and none had signs of blood on their butts or anything so I couldn't really tell anything. This...
I'm totally new to trying to figure out gender and the chicks I got were all supposed to be pullets but something nags at me that this might be a rooster...this one is pretty assertive in the coop, even towards the older chickens. It guards the hen house and won't let the younger ones up. Based...
We just got new baby chicks. When we went to go put one in her home. She sneezed. We thought it was just that one time, nope she started sneezing a lot more and keeps getting snot on her beak any thing we can do?