So I have a 9 week old BL roo and 9 options for breeding when the time comes.
The hens that are about 15 months old are
1) Red Cross
2) whiting true green
3) whiting true blue
4) easter eager
5) easter eager
6) New Hampshire red
3 pullets that are also 9 weeks
1) whiting true green
2)...
Hi all,
Recently added 4 more to the flock and im almost certain this one is a roo, but the internet says they mature quickly and have large combs but thought id ask here.
For information purposes I bought
1 White Leghorn
1 Brown Leghorn
1 Speckled sussex
1 whiting true green
The WL and...
Wondering if anyone has some advice, last year I built a 96 sq ft chicken coop/tractor and it was great all last summer, I moved it every 3 or 4 days and the grass while somewhat beat up wasn't to bad and recovered fairly quickly. There are 6 hens in the tractor.
I moved the tractor to a spot I...
I was just curious if anyone's tried this method on a tractor? I'm currently using 2 modified trailer Jack's which work ok but am interested in making life a little easier. Anyway the design looks interesting if those hinges can take the abuse 🤔
That are some kind of locking 90 degree hinge
Found our 1st egg today, a little on the small size but still exciting. I assume it's Chicky the red stars as I've seen her checking out the nesting box but who knows. Hoping to get more soon. Kids thought this was the best thing since Xmas. Also they are 19 weeks old today for info purposes.
So I think the white/black named Snow White is a mcmurray "Americauna" EE but I think it's comb is turning red faster, hen/roo?
The second one is Midnight, he's looked like a roo for some time but I think he's supposed to be a black star, which should have been easy enough to sex at hatch so...
How often should i move a 96 sq foot tractor/run with 8 chickens? They are about 7 weeks old.
I dont want to let them destroy the lawn completely and I'm trying to let them eat as many bugs as possible.
I have been moving my extremely heavy chicken tractor every 2-3 days weather depending...
Finally finished (well mostly) and thought I'd ask what you guys think could be improved upon in general. I would very much like to hear about any security issues, we lost our first flock to a raccoon in May (no skirting) and it took it toll on us. The skirting is 1/2 inch hardware cloth framed...
New chicks
1. No name ( there's disagreement amongst the minions)
2. Edgar
3. Eleanor
4. Henrietta
5. Red beak
6. Alvin
7. Chick
8. Midnight
Possible breeds and in no particular order
1. Golden comet
2. New Hampshire red
3. Black sex link
4. Whiting true green
5. Whiting true blue
6. Easter...
Recieved my small order from Mcmurray last Wednesday and am reasonably confident of which chick is what so I think this one is the mystery chick, what do you think?
So this little chick was walking funny, upon inspection it seems to have something on its hind end, should I be concerned? I'm talking about the blackish spot/sac. It had wood chip stuck to it so I rinsed in warm water..
We recently had our first batch of pullets killed by a raccoon during the day, which put quite the damper on mothers day. Wife and kids still arent quite over the loss. That raccoon is no longer going to be an issue but I have new chicks coming from mcmurray this week which gives me about a...
So I'm very new to all this but it seems that some hybrid type birds are the same but have different names ie golden comet = red cross. I'm wondering if whiting true blue is essentially just a different name for prarie bluebell egger? Whiting true green = starlight green egger ?
I understand...
So this little guy has a bump on his head but my Google search doesn't really help. Anyone have any thoughts ?
The types I thought I purchased
1) starlight green egger
2) easter egger
3)olive egger
4) prarie bluebell egger
5) blue australorp
6) Golden comet
7) red cross
She's my favorite...
Hi, I'm new here and was hoping that someone could look at the tractor I want to build and tell me if it will work for my area?
I live about 70 miles north of NYC. Im basically going to copy a facebook ad and will attach a few pics from said add. My concerns are
A) will the metal siding be...
Hello all, I just acquired some chicks and am in the process of building a coop tractor. Looking forward to getting some feedback as I go and hopefully learning enough to be of some use to the next guy. Thanks for all the info, this site is such agreat resource.