I've been breeding various breeds for the last 4 years including Ameraucanas which I started with 2 years ago. I work to breed to the SOP and am a NPIP breeder. I enjoy educating others (and always learning new things myself) on the standard of various breeds and what the birds should look like...
So I have been working with Easter Eggers and Olive Eggers for about 2 years and understand most of the basics but I was wondering if y'all could help me out with what these gens would be called...and just for anyone new that would like to learn I will post the words for the abbreviations...
So I’m planning to ship 8, 3-4 week old chicks today. It’s my first time shipping live birds. 😬😅
I will be putting shavings in the bottom of the box, I will have a cup of grow gel, a few pieces of apple, a cup of oranges and was planning to put a heat pack on the side…..but now I’m not sure...
It's almost Christmas! I have been offering digital art chicken portraits since with shorter daylight hours I'm usually inside more and have more time to practice one of my hobbies....digital art & designing. I'm not a professional but I really enjoy doing it and sometimes makes a little extra...
Any one need to add some color to their flock? I breed BBS Ameraucana, Black Copper Marans, pink, blue and light green Easter Eggers, F1, F2 and BC1 Olive eggers, and White Silkies. NPIP certified and would ship from SC.
Y'all I need help. Noticed one of my Silver Sebright hens had a weird growth near her eye and her eye is sort of deformed. I posted this on a facebook group and they told me I needed to pop the swollen place and a cheesy puss would come out. Well I tried to pop it some tonight but blood just...
Hey y'all I know there is already a lot of hatch along threads going....but I thought hey would another one hurt? I'm going to start putting all my hatches on this thread to help me keep track of how many eggs I set and how many hatch. I try to keep precise records (which is my New Years...
Hey, I've made several threads about this topic but now I'm actually working on getting on the schedule to be certified. But I have a few problems.
The biggest one is back in April/May a friend of ours was working in his fields and ran over a turkey nest. A few of the eggs were still okay so he...
I've had my white silkies for like 2 years. I've been hatching their eggs I they always have white chicks with 0 leakage. I know their parents were white. Does this make them recessive or dominant white silkies?? Help please. 😂
So lately I've gotten into designing logos, stuff for social media and such lately. I'm far from professional but if anyone is interested I can make one for your farm page, small business or whatever. I really just enjoy doing it. I do it with real pictures and edit and cut them out. You can...
Hey y'all I was reading through some old threads but I couldn't find anything exactly like my problem. I've been having problems with my Silver Duckwing Old English hen for the last 2-3 weeks. Last summer y'all helped me with her. She had gotten real pale, and wasn't eating. Well I gave her...
So I got a show quality sebright hen and rooster back in October from a good breeder. But the hen has not layed at all. All my other hens are going crazy laying. I got eggs sitting around everywhere. But this girl just doesn't. She seems to be very healthy. Please tell me show quality chickens...
Hey y'all I've been hearing things about feed that isn't good for your flock from TSC but which kind of feed is it? I've heard something about Producers Pride....I use Dumor feed.
Hi y'all. So right now I've been looking for some hens to add to my flock but I can't find any. But I found this person that has a lot of breeds and good quality hens. But I want to make sure its not a scam.....Last time I got chickens shipped to me I paid $100 just for shipping. What is the...
Ya'll I have a really weak chick. Its only a few days old. This morning I started noticing that it was acting a little sick or something. Well now this evening its flipped over on its back twice, and is peeping with its eyes closed. Any suggestions on what I can give it to help it? If it keeps...
Hello everyone!
Lately I've been making a lot of chicken saddles or (Hen aprons) for my flock. I thought I might put them on here if anyone is interested.
Some of you might be like what's a chicken saddle? Well its to protect the hens back and feathers, when the roosters are being rough. Not...
I decided to start another fall contest! Show us your best fall pictures of your flock! Please read the rules before entering! There are no prizes this time other than recognition and bragging points. 😜
Rules (Meant for reading)
1. Your picture most have 2 or more members of your flock in it...
Hi ya'll! One of my poor sebright roosters is sick. He's really really pale, and he was puffing himself up like he's cold. He eating and drinking like normal I think. But he acts really tired. Like I'll pick him up and he'll just close his eyes and kinda drop his head down. So last night I put...
Hey ya'll! Yup you read the title. TO MANY ROOSTERS! 😭 I hatch them and this time I got several roosters. They are all very sweet, and easy to catch. They are very used to being handled. I really wish I could keep them but....two sharing one hen is not generally a good idea. 😕 So let me...