So....I purchased 4 "Southern Ramblers" today at TSC. The woman helping me was very kind but confused thinking they were Rustic Ramblers. What are these 5 toed, clean shanked, all black cuties??!! Has anyone tried contacting Hoover's to find out?
Hello friends! I'm very new to keeping goats. I bought my first 2 alpine/nubian almost 5 month old doelings about 2 weeks ago. I began to notice 1 of the doelings was growing in the belly area and the area near her utter area began looking puffed up as well. I spoke to the original owner and...
Hi friends!! I just added 2 Whiting True Blues to my flock. First of all, wow...they are beautiful birds! My question is, my roo is a French Black Copper Maran, am I right in thinking that if I breed them, their babies will be olive eggers? I appreciate the answers!
I'm hatching my first clutch of eggs. I have 1 pipped facing the ground...should I reach in and turn the egg? Also, i have one that pipped on the wrong end of the egg...I should wait and watch for 24 hours before considering assisting, correct?
We currently have a small backyard flock of chickens. We have 11 hens and a roo (and 9 in the incubator due to hatch Monday). My son is absolutely duck OBSESSED and is begging for ducks. His bday is coming up in a week and my friend just hatched cayuga/saxony crosses and I'm planning on getting...
Hi friends! This is my second attempt at hatching. The first I had a homemade incubator and only got to day 8 or 9. I now have an actual incubator and these eggs in comparison are SO much healthier! Lots of veins and steady rapid development. We had heartbeats at 3 days and movement starting...
I have a "Welsummer" that lays light green eggs (I suspect she is a welsummer X cream legbar) and a French Cooper Maran roo. I put some of her eggs in the incubator on Monday. Am I right in thinking that those babies would lay a darker green egg?
Morning friends! I am on Day 8 of my first attempt at hatching. I am hatching green eggs (Welsummer X Cream Legbar) and they are very hard to see anything through. Can someone please give me a way to identify a blood ring vs. a blood island? I thought one was a blood island and then spotted very...
I would love to do an "experiment" with my kids while we are homeschooling for our quarantine...Can I hatch eggs under a brooder heater (the kind that's like a hot plate on legs) if we turn the eggs 4 times a day and mist them to keep them moist?
Hi there! I needs some help identifying breed and gender of these 5 week old chicks. The girl I bought them from said, "The roosters were blk sex link, amberlink, New Hampshire red and frizzle. Hens were americauna, amberlink, blk sex link, Rhode island red, New Hampshire red, barred rock...
I purchased these 5 RIR sexed pullets from Tractor Supply when they were about 1 week old. They are now 11 weeks. But there are 2 that definitely don't look like the others. Are the 2 to the right with the orange/yellow heads and multi colored feathers EEs or RIR roos or something else all...
So, I got a straight run and ended up with 3 roos. Had to get rid of them and bought 7 sexed chicks from Tractor Supply.....but I'm thinking these are roos!! However, I have zero experience with these breeds. 1 is a Rhode Island Red, 1 a Silver Laced Wyandotte and 1 a Barred Rock. Btw, what's up...
Hey all! I'm new to the chicken world and my family and I are loving it and looking forward to growing our flock! Anyone want to help me out if they think they may know gender?