Hello everybody, long time no post! A few topics below if you feel like reading lol
1 - I'm getting my chicks in June and my breeder will be custom breeding me Easter Eggers which will be Silver Sussex hen x White Ameraucana roo. We're both pretty excited and were wondering if anyone has ever...
I'm just wondering how one would go about getting chicks that were hatched by a hen familiar to you?
I'll be raising my first flock by hand in a brooder so the future "mother" hen would be used to me already. What happens with chicks a hen raises herself? Do the chicks... learn off mama to...
Hi guys
I'm still slowly setting up for next year's flock, and have decided to be prepared for coccidiosis ahead of time. However, I'm in Canada and Corid is not sold up here as far as I know. There are a few brands made for coccidiosis in cattle, but none for chickens, which is pretty...
Hi everyone, a quick question on building your open runs
Up here in Canada, our main predators are hawks/eagles, raccoons, foxes, weasels, skunks; pretty much everything big and small.
We will be setting up the large open run next spring and we have regular galvanized fencing (the kind you see...
Hiya everybody--- there's a new newbie in town!
My name's Jolene (friends call me Jo) and I'm a Northerner so that means freakin' cold winters so I'm looking for any tips that could help my in-coming flock survive Canadian winters.
I am very new to chickens; the most experience I've ever had...
Hello everyone, I'm new to BYC. I have no chicks as of yet but I am planning on getting some in April 2018...
With that being said, a little back story--I'm from Canada and have done a ton of research on raising chicks but when it comes to shipping..? I have no idea what to expect, here...