While on vacation for a few days my broody hen sat on a few eggs and I decided to let her just go with it. This is my first go round with hatching and I didn't get an exact start date. This experience has NOT been textbook by any means. Earliest hatch date possible was last week. One egg had...
I was on a mission to get 2 brown egg layers around 2-3 months old to put in with the rest of my young flock—-request from my hubby. Been looking for a few weeks now and saw a post for Black Maran pullets-3 months old. I actually questioned one of pullets being a cockerel in my mind BUT got...
Quick question before I decide to post pics...my chicks are a few days shy of 6 weeks. Is that too soon for gender as far as feathers go? I already have one that I posted for breed ID a couple weeks back that everyone noticed (but me ) was a cockerel. Was that just by chance that his feathers...
This is my first go round with Chickens. When I received the Chicks, they were all alive and healthy but one (Chantecler) did have what looked like an injured beak (hole on top) and had pasty butt. It took a bit longer to start eating (had to do mash on the first day). It also ended up have a...
So I'm back to follow up with a post I made about 3 weeks back asking for opinions on the rare breed chicks I had gotten. There was one chick that everyone agreed could be a BB Red Aseel...but not 100% sure. We are officially at 4 weeks now so I'm thinking there have been some changes that...
Sorry this is long. It's an early question for me, but I'd rather be prepared with info being this is our first flock (chicks are a couple weeks old right now). My husband and I have been trying to decide if we need to clip their wings in the future. We have a couple of friends that have...
Sorry for the close-up vent post around breakfast time but pretty sure you’ve all seen it plenty times. This was one of chicks that came in last week. I now know its a Chantecler It showed up with what looked like a beak injury, which is mostly healed now. It also had pasty butt. I cleaned...
I know it’s early but I also know there are alot of knowledgeable people here that know their chicks! I thought I could be patient with IDing the unknown ones but not so much I have 7 from the Cackle Hatchery rare breed assortment. I know one is Buff Laced Polish so I didnt add a pic. I...
Sorry I'm not being creative--but these basics seem to cover it all!
(1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens?
- YES! Very new to chickens. As new as the 5 day old chicks I have now. I did do some homework before ordering and my husband and I have been planning on...