So I have a bunch of birds, given to us as random chicks last year.
One hen is white with the odd black speckles, with dark beak/red comb/dark feet. Another is a lovely lavender/grey, with black beak/comb/feet.
I am pretty certain they are crosses, along with another chick that turned into our...
I have a batch of 5 week old chicks, bantam and standard size, the bantams are some sort of Hamburg cross, the standards are an I'm not sure yet. 7 were in the batch, and two were ITTY BITTY TEENY runts. They are now slightly larger, but still a third the size of their hatchmates. But almost all...
We recently incubated and hatched out 7 chicks, and that has brought me here today, as one is having troubles I can't yet figure out.
They are 3 days old now.
The brooder has a warm section where the temp goes between 98-100 F. There is water, feed, socializing and drop-naps in between moments...
Here after a long night of a very loud chick...
We've had layers and meat birds on and off for 15 years, have two hens and 2 roos now (one roo in a pen separated) and recently lost a lovely hen who despised the (now) separated roo so much that she stayed out of the coop a night last week to...