I'm leaning towards rooster, the lady I got it from gave it to me for free, but she didn't know if it was a male or female. And does anybody has had a chick with similar color? If so, could you post pictures of how he or she feathered out?
Thanks in Advance.
Ok so we know that the color black usually absorbs more heat then other colors,
but does this apply to chcikens too? Does Black colored birds do well in the heat?
I wanna get a flock of Black Ameraucanas but during the summer we get temperatures of 115+ will this affect them more cuz of their...
here is a little video of my chicken set up guys hopefully you guys like it.
Its divided onto 3 sections, 2 of them are 12x16, and one of them is 3x16.
What you guys think? Check it out on my youtube
My chicken pens!
I also have more pics on my Facebook page if you guys wanna check it out...
So I,ve been hatching out some Olive eggers lately, this boy was hatched out back in january, and surprisingly he is turning out into a really interesting boy, his chest is all golden laced nad part of his tail too.
What you guys think?
So this are my chicken breeding pens! What you guys think, they are 15x16 each.
Check out more pics here http://www.facebook.com/media/set/fbx/?set=a.143030445769611.34373.139058206166835&l=43f1011e8a
Ok so I have a question for all the breeders out there.
So I've been reading a lot here about heritage breeds like Barred rocks RIRs New Hampshires and all those other breeds, I know people try to perfectionate their birds so they look like the breed real thing. My question araises as I was...
Ok so I know my chickens are a little sick since their egg laying has dropped from and average of 15 to now just 10 a day, also their eggs have been loosing their color some of them are almost white now, even tho they are brown egg layer, first I thought it was lice but they have been treated...
Anyone interested on a Chicken swap meet or is there one planned for us in Southern California?
I would really like to attend one. Anybody wants to stand up and organize one????????
Has anybody ever used Ivomec Eprinex?
I just did, I used it on my chickens 2 days ago and today I checked them and the lice still there nothing has happened to it. My question is, how long does it takes to see results?
Thanks
I bought a couple of chicks this past weekend, and I'm specially interested on knowing what kind of chick is this, the seller said it was a molted Java, which i kind of believe since she had some molted Javas running on her backyard.
I got home from work went to the quail pens to check they were doing fine and to my surprise the first thing I see is an egg Yay!!!
I think its too early in the season but ever since I moved them to their pen which is a more natural setting and its got suplemmental light it has really help them...
Can you huys help me determine the breed or breeds of my little hen, I hatched her out of eggs I bought from a guy thought they'll all be pure bred but turns out maybe they aren't after all.
She's red but has kind of a double penciled pattern on her feather barely noticeable but its there!
Hi, so this year I wanna try my hand at some red golden pheasnts, I really like them I mean their coloring and all.
I contacted this guy whois selling last years hatchings for $30 per males and $40 pre females, I'm looking to get a trio.
Questions,
Is that a good price?
Will last year hatch...
Ok so this year is the first year that I raised chickens since they we're babies and had the cjance to see their development and all, so far the earliest I've seen an egg is 20 weeks old and that one was laid by a Production red hen soon after a second production pullet followed, and it took...
Was looking to get some Cornish X this month but it seems like all hatcheries have stopped hatching them, anybody know if there's any other way ro get them, really wanna try my hand at this meaties.
Hello.
I have a question regarding meat chickens, I have a couple of roosters, heavy breeds, that I wanna eat fro christmas thing is they are really skinny, dont know why since I feed them well everyday.
I have them all on layer feed, since they are mixed with my laying hens. What kind of feed...