I have 50 straight run chicks and 9 straight run turkeys that are penned together. They are currently 5 weeks old. They've been doing great together! I know I'll need to separate them soon due to have fast turkeys grow.
I've noticed some of my chicks are loosing their feathers. Are they old...
To me it appears as an Easter Egger with the speckle pattern but it had a bigger comb than my other Egger hens. So I'm leaning towards a Cinnamon Queen. Or it she something else?
I've looked at several posts on here and pictures else where and I don't know what to think. I bought some chicks from my local store that are suppose to be pullets. Loving friends and family found out I bought some and brought me more. What started out as about a dozen chickens turned into...
I know how to do the fertile egg check or at least I think I do.
Last February I got some bantam chicks from my local tractor supply. We had a few roosters but the winter got the best of them. I however have 2 leghorn roosters with our 22 hens (14 leghorn hens, 3 black sex links, and 5 bantams)...
My family has never had a lot of luck hatching eggs. I blamed my fathers old incubator. I recently bought a new one that is a double decker with fans.
My humidity for the first 18 days was 60-65 and my temp was 99.5°F. All the higher I could get my humidity to go after day 18 was 70.
First...
Hello. I’m new to Backyard Chickens.
I’ve been around chickens my entire life. My dad grew up on a 3,000 flock chicken farm up until he was 18 and then coverted to dairy. So we’ve always had chickens ranging from 20-100, depends on the year. We’ve always had leghorns. I also have some Kakhi...