So this spring will be the first time spring we have EVER incubated eggs.We got an incubator for Christmas and have been highly anticipating this for awhile, whilst doing a little research on google I have found that incubating yourself is apparently harder and longer then naturally hatching...
Found her laying like this , and supposedly she had been acting weird,well here we are today and she can stand but just sits lop sided with her spread out.Not sure what’s going on, I assumed worms, I noticed a bloody stool a couple times but not major in all the birds,gave her a small amount of...
So, in ALL my years of raising chickens, I have NEVER had flies hatch eggs underneath my chickens poop.When I had a smaller chicken coop, it held about 20 birds (Was extremely small, will do admit).It use to get cluttered with poop quick, mainly underneath the roost plus the ducks who made it...
So I recently have been looking at my birds feet.I noticed raised scales on my Brahams feet BUT o figured this was from feathers growing underneath scales considering she is a feathered footed breed.Plus, this her feet’s the only ones who like this and they’ve been like this for a few...
So I currently have a large flock of about 26 birds(two are males).I have most of them since last spring ,and about 7 of them are this spring(March).One of the males I have had over about a year.I kept him out of 6 males because I Perosnally thought he was best fitted for the flock,Not a shy...
About a month ago (close two the beginning of June),my mom went and purchased a female turkey from the local Amish store.It was to accompany the current hen (I think it is a hen) we have now.When the turkey was bought it was sold as a gurl turkey,nobody ever said anything about age but consider...
I have been raising chickens for years.I have noticed and the past couples the newest of my birds that I’ve picked form hatcheries or Tsc are relatively Small,much unlike birds I got when I was a kid, by 5 months birds use to be almost full size (aside from big breeds)now I have fourish...