Hi all,
My bantam buff orpington was desperate to hatch babies, today they have started to hatch. All chicks except one are the result of a lavender araucana rooster x black araucana hen. This darker one has the same lavender araucana rooster father but the bantam buff orpington with it is the...
Hi all! :jumpy
Check this out: https://m.twitch.tv/thatbeechick/
You might remember me from the silver campine and black copper marans chick threads, I'm also a YouTuber and occasionally stream. I've got the camera live on the brooder now, come say hi. I'm chatting for a bit before bed, but...
Hi friends, check out the coop I built out of a discarded crib and the storage bin food weather protector and laying box. I've added LOTS of ventilation, as it's starting to get hot in Australia. I insulate it a little more during cooler months with some flooring, but we are likely to hit...
Hi all,
1 have 6x 3.5 week old chicks, 5x black copper maran and 1x silver campine. One BCM and the campine grew tails, the others haven't yet. Please tell me I don't have 4 roosters....
So I got one random Silver Campine egg sent to me in a fertile lot of black copper marans. It hatched. The resulting bird is the most chatty, stubborn, hilarious little thing I've ever experienced! What are some really weird experiences you've had with chicken temperaments? What were they, and...
Hi all,
I had an emergency 3 days late hatch yesterday with this little one, she was unable to get out of the egg on her own despite fully absorbed yolk and receded membrane veins, I had to lift her out, clean her up, provide vitamins and electrolytes and warm her up (She was VERY cold) for a...
Went in for an egg autopsy before shutting off the incubator - 3.5 days past due and no obvious signs of life, all other remaining eggs expired. 11 straight hours of intensive birb care later.... I'm exhausted and leaving this hatch with what appears to be an extra chick!
Hi all, I just hatched this chick, 3 days late with very slight assistance, it was halfway zipped and struggling, so it went into some paper towel and clean polar fleece, into my heated blanket to help chip away the rest of the shell and soften the membrane. Very clearly overdue, fully absorbed...
We are in our second week of Spring here in Australia, and this afternoon I was greeted by this beautiful little chick in my incubator, hopefully the first of a few more yet! I've never hatched chickens before (But have hatched a few Japanese Quail in my time) so this is a very happy day indeed...
Hi, I'm Bee :)
(1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens?
Sort-of/not really. I've had them about a year now, but grew up around them and many other birds too.
(2) How many chickens do you have right now?
5. I also keep Japanese Quail.
(3) What breeds do you have?
I've got a...