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Today is Day 0 of our Blue Australorps incubation! These are the first generation from our Splash rooster crossed over Black hens. We have pictures of our crossbreeds, but this will be our first group of purebred Australorps. Incubator is a Magicfly 12, forced air incubator. Temp - 99.5...

1-15-19: Day 19 of Blue Sex Link double egg. Movement and veins are still visible. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ UPDATED INFORMATION: Blue Brahma double did not hatch. They made it to lockdown, but did not hatch. One twin...

1) What type of bird , age and weight (does the chicken seem or feel lighter or thinner than the others.) Easter Easter, 12 weeks old, little heavier than others. Bottom of the pecking order. 2) What is the behavior, exactly. N/A 3) How long has the bird been exhibiting symptoms? A few weeks...

This chick is nine weeks old, and is the most confusing chick we’ve ever had. It has thin legs like a pullet, fights like a cockerel, splotchy coloring like a cockerel, and an in-between comb that is pinkish, but we live in very hot Texas so all our pullets have that. We will have to get rid of...

We are expecting around eight chicks to hatch in the next week. They will be $3 dollars a chick, and straight run only. The eggs are from our Black Langshan, Light Brahma, and Cuckoo Marans hens, and all have been bred by our Splash Australorp Rooster. I have attached a picture of our rooster...

We have 9 seven week old chicks that we know some of the genders but we have a few questionables. There is one VERY obvious cockerel, but do you guys see any others? :) The first chick is the one we are the most unsure on. It’s super flighty (literally) and hates being held, touched, etc...

We were on Day 13 with our two Black Langshans x Splash Australorp (Roo) eggs when mites took over and she ate one of the eggs. The other egg looks to be dead as well but I have left it with her just in case. We have treated the mites with Sevin Dust as well as treated all the birds in that...

We have a broody Cuckoo Marans who was being a good broody up until this morning when we found she had ate one of her eggs. :hit We only gave her two eggs because we don’t need anymore chickens, especially mixed breeds, but she wouldn’t give up being broody. She would get up to scratch, nap and...

Hello everyone! :frow We have quietly been around the site for a while and finally decided to formally introduce our little farm. Just last year we decided to get chickens as we had moved out onto five acres. :wee We have seven 10 month old chickens, one being a broody with two developing eggs...

We ordered nine chicks from Ideal Poultry. They are a week and 3 days old. We purchased 2 New Hampshires, 2 Black Australorps, 2 Barred Rocks, and 2 Easter Eggers, along with 1 pullet surprise. We thought we had figured out the surprise but when they started feathering on their wings, that...