Yayyyy my babies are here! Here are 7 of them(we have 15, but the rest are known breeds)! A few have beards, which you'll see, and they are alllll the best colors I have ever seen! for all hens! I don't wanna sell a single one!
Splash(or whatever you want to call it) chick! Such a cool pattern...
So, a few weeks ago I got a GORGEOUS Maran/Araucana mix, sold to me as a pullet. But now, "Sweet Pea" has tiny little rose-thorn spurs! some hens have spurs too, I know. But She's rumpless! hahahaha so I'm not sure if it would get saddle feathers and such. so, how do you tell YOUR young rumpless...
I posted on here..... quite a long time ago when she was still a pullet. Now she has filled out and all her lacing is in. I think she's the prettiest blrw hen in the world But I'm no biased or anything Her name is "Delilah" and I'm hatching more BLRW! I can't WAIT! Pray that my dad can get a...
So, if this the wrong place to put this, I would love a mod to change it. I just was very conflicted as to where to put it.
A couple weeks ago we got FIVE new pullets! It's been soooo long since we had chickies and they are so spoiled! Even more so than our first ones! Partly because we know...
So we put in 7 minorca/jungle fowl eggs about 2 hours ago. I have 17 more eggs (14 from Shay!) that will go in tomorrow morning, and then 12 from Wendy this weekend! So that's.... 36 eggs. I know it seems like a lot for a first time, but the incubator is running really well, we have an auto egg...
So my incubator finally came! We are putting the first eggs in on thursday night or friday morning. But I'm not sure whether to do the full dry hatch that I've read about having great results or keep the humidity up. It seems to be one extreme or the other. What if we just put a little water...
So basically I've wanted to get into meat chickens for a while and now it's looking serious. So this is just a general advice and story thread. Share your biggest bird ever, what % feed you use, How long YOU think the food shifts should be (e.g. taking the food at night, leaving it all day)...
I know this seems like a question that should be on the other forum section, but it's specific to meat birds so I thought I'd get better opinions here. If I want to do meat birds, what housing can I give them that's simple, meaning easy to build and clean? Since we would only be raising them for...
Okay so the other day I ordered a hova-bator (# 1602, new) along with the hygrometer, thermometer, egg turner, and fan. (btw, If anyone is looking for this incubator and accessories, it's only $109 on ebay. Just search Hova-bator and it's about 3rd). I'm so excited to get hatching eggs and new...
Okay so I honestly don't know if that's what it could be, but it's my best guess. She's having a lot of trouble going to the bathroom, she's super skinny(keeps her head tucked in close to her body), and is strangely swollen down between her legs. Theories? I feel bad for her....
This is my BLR hen, Kat. She's not even a year old, but has already been broody and I want to get a BLR roo and breed her. Critiquing please!
She kind of looks like the black laced variety on her neck but then lightens up along her body... weird. Took this pic a couple hours ago.
Added more pics.