On Sunday, I started 21 eggs in an incubator that was borrowed from a friend, as they are quite pricy here in Ireland and there aren't many good/cheap options that can handle more than a dozen eggs. However, today I've found out that the one time that they used the incubator, they only had about...
I have a 10-week old Blackrock hen that I am 99.99% sure is, in fact, not a Blackrock hen. "She" is from one of the larger hatcheries in Ireland. However, I wanted to get confirmation on that last .01% before I email the hatchery. Copper Marans rooster, maybe? Or something else entirely?
And...
Greetings from the (currently very windy) midlands of Ireland, where the wind knocked down my poor 4-year-old apple tree two days ago.
I've been lurking on this forum for quite a while, but decided it was time to go ahead and join now that I have my own chickens and questions about them. I grew...