I have three female pekins and have had for about a year, One has gone broody. I have a friend with a drake, if I bring him over with them how long should I wait before allowing her to sit on the eggs?
Two rednecks are out hunting, and as they are walking along they come upon a huge hole in the ground.
They approach it and are amazed by the size of it. The first hunter says "Wow, that's some hole; I can't even see the bottom. I wonder how deep it is." The second hunter says" I don't know...
I just started getting some eggs from my duck, so I decided to research a little about them. I noticed that I kept seeing ads selling duck eggs promoted for people with allegies to chicken eggs? Is this a common replacement? Are most people that are alergic to chicken eggs able to eat duck...
I have 3 pekins, have no idea about their sex( I have never seen any mating behavior). They are about 10 months old, and to my knowledge have not laid any eggs, until yesterday, maybe. They have always free-ranged so it is possible they have laid elsewhere. I have 30+ chickens that have...
I have one hen with scaly leg in my flock of 35, but I don't want it to spread, I have Ivermectin pour on for my cattle, could I put it in a small bottle (like one for spray glasses cleaner) and spray everybodies legs, with a few spritzes?? Would this work as a preventative for the others?
I had 39 chickens up until about a week ago, 11 are 2yr and the other 28 ar 1 yr, I bought 6 day olds about a week ago. The problem is last Wed I came home from work and found a hen dead in the hen house, but I thought, "Who knows maybe it just happened?" but then today I cam home nad ther was...
I have a Broody Barred Rock hen and I was wondering if I could slip 2 or three day old Pekins under her, do you think she woudl raise them, it would be my first ry with ducks?
I have a Broody Barred Rock hen and I was wondering if I could slip 2 or three day old Pekins under her, do you think she woudl raise them, it would be my first ry with ducks?
My flock free-ranges on 2 acres fenced in web wire, daily. I have seen many suggestions about coop space on the boards like 4 sf per bird etc. If they free range is this still necessary. I have had chickens for about a year and a half now and I am thinking about getting a few more and was...
I am sure this has been answered many times before but I could not find it. She has been in her own coup with a run and the others have been able to see them and get up to the wire, so they have been aquainted, they are about 4 weeks old now?
I have a Young Barred Rock hen with eggs pipping right now, she is in a nest in my main coop with 35 other hens and 2 roos, my smaller coop has not been available until tommorow morning as it has had some other roos waiting for new homes. (last one goes home tommorow) I can move mom and...
I thought it was a Gold laced wyandotte, but it has a single comb so that is not right, sorry I dont have any pics, she is at the fair right now. looks like a partridge maybe but I can't find any breeds with that coloration and single comb??
Are the Chicks with the red marker on there heads red stars?, I ordered 25 brown egg layer assortment and they added some redstar roos for warmth, is that them? Queston 2 when is it safe to switch the chicks to pine shavings, I have them on towels with the shaving under them, they were hatched...
I am a high school science teacher and just found an incubator in the back of the storage in my lab, I have chickens at home and was wondering about hatching some chicks at school for the educational value of it, WHat do I need to know it is a square box like a little oven it has three open...
Is there something I can safely mark eggs as I gather them so I know which ones are older, I was thinking a crayon, as the wax probably wouldn't hurt anything?