Do you we have any master Breeders on this site ??? I'm working on a bit of project I'd really like to include some information from a master breeder /someone who's being doing this for a while with good info to offer new ppl looking to learn from quality sources .
I got myself some porcelain D'uccles to hatch and then a friend traded me some of her little eggs ( silkies & call duck bantam) to hatch for sourdough starter lol. I've Never hatched a bantam call duck I assume since I got all the eggs together they can be incubated in same time frame as the...
I currently have a small flock of Greenfire farms Barbizeux ,my last hatch gave me a ton of Roo's and one hen so I'm looking to bring in some different lines . I realize it might be a bit earlier but I figured I'd post up and see . Thanks 😊
I have a small flock of Barbizeux I'm raising on my farmstead , they are gf farms lines and my last hatch produced a very large beautiful amount of roosters lolol and one hen ! So I'm trying to find another quality breeder I can bring a different line or two into my farmstead . Thanks :)
I was interested in finding a breeder that might be local to me or willing to ship eggs when they have some available ? Just started a search to see what I could find and I didn't find much ..I'm partial to Porcelain but really I think all the little buggers are adorable . I know I could order...
So I decided to get into ducks now I've chickens a while and I decided to a trade with a nice lady chickens for ducks . Anyway they seem pretty healthy with the exception of one she just started laying but she's not walking , I agree to take her in the hopes I could fix her up .
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I am interested in finding a quality breeder of Crevecoeurs to do some breeding of my own . I'm not interested so much in show quality but at least quality stock to breed for preservation & help get more ppl interested in them . Currently located in San Diego and this has been quite a search...
Seems to me that the symptoms for both are similar . Consequently I did do a glove check to see if I could feel an egg and there was nothing so I wasn't too worried . Olive is lethargic moving once in a while to eat ,poop etc ,I did bring her in the house for some electrolytes /vitamins gave her...
My Andalusian hens comb recently like in the last 24 hours went rather pale . She is close to laying I assumed based on age and for the last week her comb went really really red . Trying to think if anything has been reg a stress for her but I haven't come up with much otherwise she seems...
I have a really nice roo Jimmy he's just started crowing ,easy to handle ,good to his ladies unfortunately someone is pecking the begeezus out of his flock ....I know this is kinda par for the course with mixing this breed into a flock a lot of the times . I've been watching to see if I can find...
I'm considering adding a duck to my flock and I'm wondering since all my chickens are vaccinated for Marek's I'm curious do ducks get that as well ? Should I do a quarantine for any new bird no matter the breed before putting any other type of bird breed with my chickens ? Wondering what the...
So I have flock of mixed ages hens a couple should beaying any day now ( fingers crossed ) and in a few weeks a few more ladies should be pooping the nuggets too .
Being new to this I thought I factored in everything but I missed thinking about feeding . Right now everyone is on grower but...
My Maran hen is nesting at night in the pepper tree over their coop . She is ready to lay anytime now so I assume it has to do with that perhaps ? My ladies have a comfy coop ,nesting boxes ,roosting poles etc How can I discourage this behavior as I worry about her safety at night . I woke up...
I'm not gonna lie I've been struggling with this for a minute . I have had a couple ppl tell me Diane is in fact Diane others say Diane is actually a young man lol Some have said this is how hens of this breed grow out but I can't help but feeling like I'm going to hear a crow outta this one lol...
I made some roasted chicken thighs for my husband's dinner , specifically sticky pomegranate chicken thighs with sticky rice and my husband isn't good with eating leftovers . I feel weird about feeding chickens chicken lol but I know it's safe just not sure about the pomegranate ?? I think it...
I have my ladies outside one of which will be of laying age soon but the other ladies in my flock are a couple months in age behind . So my question is if it's ok if layer feed is mixed in with the younger ones feed that are not yet laying ? I just gave everyone a bit of fermented feed to see...
My husband grabbed a couple white crested blue polish ,weren't really a part of my flock plan but he's polish lol and we had to have them so some chicks were grabbed from the feed store . I've been anxiously reading sexing threads because this breed seemed like it was trickier to tell and so I...
I got into chickens recently and I'm now hooked lol . Before I got chicks I did a ton of reading ,forum surfing to find what exactly I wanted and I live in a small town with a few backyard breeders that have usual high egg producing breeds, local feed stores have the same with a few rare breeds...
So ya I went a little crazy bought a bunch of birds right out of the gate as new chicken lady lol I researched everything I wanted specifically so I'm happy with everything I got however there are two ladies I'm a little confused about as to breed . Like I said bought almost 20 lol and a couple...
Still honing my sexing skills and I got these two fcbms straight run ...Now I'd be tickled pink if I had one of each but for now I'm only suspecting at least on is a roo . Thoughts ? ExhibitA & B I'm gathering the first one is roo material lol