I purchased two "roosters" from a 10 year old girl who was trying to earn some money for summer vacation. They are NPIP Easter Eggers. Beautiful birds. When I got said birds home I began to notice some very distinct difference between the two.
The first bird is smaller and has virtually no...
I just changed my 8 week old chickens' feed from FRM grower, to Tucker Millings non-gmo starter/grower. I did it fairly gradually, but I've noticed some of my birds have got loose poop. They're still acting as normal as ever. Could the loose stool be from the feed change or something more serious?
Hi Peafowl People!
Yesterday my hubbs and I, purchased four Indian Blue peachicks.
We are about as green as you can get as far as Peafowl go, although I've been doing my research. (I can't find a whole lot about them)
So my question is this: What do you wish you would have known before getting...
Ok so about 5 weeks ago, I bought some straight run chicks both RIRs, and white leghorns. I can tell the genders of the WL easily,but I'm having trouble telling on the RIRs. They all seem to look the same, and are pretty docile. Nothing about any of them 'scream' rooster to me, although my...
Ive been using this page to find answers to my questions for a while so I thought it would be better to just join.
I've had chickens since I was a kid, but took a break for a while, and I've just decided recently to get back into them, only this time I'm going non GMO style, and as natural as...