Mom had 7 eggs initially, a few days later I went to check on her and she had added 3 more eggs to her clutch. That being said, one stopped developing some time around day 11ish. Hatch day was the 14th. First one hatched a day early. This one hatched today. He had hatching trouble.. he was stuck...
So I have just a few questions, I have 1 rooster that free ranges with 7 hens and 1 bantam hen. A hen is sitting on some eggs and I’m just curious what to expect from them? I have 5 Leghorn x dark Brahma, 3 French cuckoo maran x dark Brahma, and 2 Rhode Island Red x dark Brahma. I’m dumb when it...
So we have 4 roosters and 8 hens. They are in small pens Right now and separated because they fight each other. We would like to build some new more spacious pens for them but I'm not sure a good size for a single rooster, and for a breeding pen. And what is a good fencing that won't mess up...
Only 13 out of 16 survived the first month, now only 8 out of 13 survived the edge of Harvey. And only one chick has deformed feet. Can I correct his feet or is he gonna be the odd one out? He's slower than the rest too..
We have had our rounds of foul pox and we use VetRX to treat it, which usually takes a couple weeks to clear our chickens up. Is there a more effective way? Or any way to PREVENT it all together? Our new batch of 13 2 month old babies is starting to get the "blisters" on their beak and eyes...
So we have this rooster and one more just like him but with a yellow face/beak instead of black. He's got 5 toes, plus his spur. He is not very aggressive at all. He is just scared of us and have to chase him around an acre of land just to catch him!! Lol. And let me tell you, this little pecker...
I'm very new to raising Gamefowl. We have a little rooster I believe that is about 3.5 months old and he has green legs! Just curious is how common or uncommon this is in a Warhorse breed or Gray breed of Gamefowl. TIA
Hi, I'm new here and new to hatching and raising baby chicks. We have a litter of warhorse/grey and warhorse/Hatch that hatched May 11, well this one particular chicken, which I believe to be a rooster has green legs while all the others that I know have black legs! Just curious to how common...