Can anyone advise me on the sexes of my turkeys? I am afraid I have 2 toms and if that's the case I'll just have to get some hens! They are about 3-4 months old now if that matters. Thank you so much!
The ONE TIME my husband calls me and ask if I want chicks! That will never happen again! Definitely now that the dreaded tractor supply (at least ours) gave him a jumble of idk what. Which brings me here. I thought I was getting cream legbar (this one ticked me off the most as it's my unicorn...
I bought these birds last year as Mille fleur cochin bantams. As soon as they laid , they brooded. I decided to let them sit on 15 eggs , all but 2 hatched and lost few due to chicks just dying for no apparent reason. I'm leaning towards trampling. Getting back on track , I'm curious if anyone...
I cannot find anything about how to actually get certified AI/NPIP or how to become a tester myself. I have looked for workshops , followed leads from previous posts here , googled until I couldn't Google anymore but there's no number , email, application , nothing. Is there something I'm...
My SO is arguing with me that I feed my chickens too much. That they only need to be fed once daily , and that instead of starter , I should be feeding them scratch mixed with layer feed because thats how his friend feeds his 4 chickens -who are grown and have been laying for quite some time...
so I got my first batch of chicks the last week of July.
About 2 weeks later chicken math grabbed me and I ended up with 10 more from a local feed store. A mix of turkens , silkies , & "ameraucanas" which we will call EEs.
I kept them all in one room but seperate brooders. After Hurricane...
Lost another SF chick today. Showed no symptoms or signs of illness at all up until a couple of hours ago. Gave vitamins and electrolytes in their water , cleaned coop out completely last night , perfectly healthy seeming chick and now its dead. Fatboy is still going strong although still has...
I have this salmon favorelle chick and out of 10 chicks he is the only one with issues. He constantly pecks his right wing , rubs his eye on his back and has missing down on his shoulders (the down missing i claim fault for having the brooder plate too low and hes the biggest chick so his wings...
I was so close to having my jubilees but my seller got sent the wrong breed of chick eggs.
So after 2 months , I'm still searching! My unicorn chicken is jubilee orpington but id also like some mosaics if thats even a miniscule possibility in my area , which im seeing is probably not.
I'm...
My name is April , I'm 34 and I've been dreaming of my own small backyard farm for quite some time now. We've recently finished - well 99% finished - our coop where I will *hopefully* soon be raising Jubilee Orpintons God willing they all hatch in our breeders care safe and healthy!
I already...