I have two black amerucanas who just started laying about 1 month ago. They are both laying about 1 egg a day. Which I love but everything online says they only lay like 4 eggs a week. Are they laying so much because they are young and it will eventually slow down, or do I just have super...
I bought some chicks today and stupidly mixed them up before put any sort of identification on them.
3 are supposed to be olive eggers, 2 beifelders, 1 I think is supposed to be a welsummer.
Is there anyway to tell them apart?
I picked up my new chicks yesterday from the post office. All looked great. Came home from work today and one was dead and another one is very very lethargic.
I gave it a few drops of nutri drench. The brooder temp is between 90 and 95.
The one that died did have a very mild case of pasty...
So i believe i have 2 roosters and i am hoping one hen.
The solid black olive egger is definitely a rooster.
The lighter headed easter egger i believe is also a rooster.
But the darker headed easter egg is the one i am hoping is a hen.
What do yall think?
I received my day old chicks from meyers hatchery yesterday by mail. 1 of the 4 did not survive the trip. 2 of the survivors are doing great. But the one little wheaten maran is fairly lethargic.
No pasty butt but just has no energy, cant seem to stay awake.
I syringe fed it some warm water...
I am trying to understand sex linked colors.
It looks like my black olive egger is going to end up being a rooster. So i was wondering if i bought a bunch of cream legbar or barred rock hens. Then could i technically breed them and end up with sex linked chicks. Or would that not work being the...
My chickies are officially 4 weeks old. They were all hatching eggs from meyers hatchery.
This is my first time raising chickens.
I know it is still a bit early to tell and i ask this basically every week.. i am just so anxious to know
Anyone have any guesses on gender or color?
My little mixed flock is finally 2 weeks old.
I think i have 4 hens and 1 rooster. But this is my first time raising chicks so who knows what i really will end up with.
I am interested is anyone has any ideas what colors they will end up being as adults.
The one i think could be a rooster...
So i have 5, 2 week old chicks. Currently i have been using puppy pads in the brooder and just changing them daily. But as they grow and poop more. It is just to messy. I have been reading about people using sand, and scooping it like a cat litter box.
I think i would like to switch to sand but...
I am a new chicken owner. I would love to giving my chickens treats and left overs. I know the basic stuff they are not allowed to have like chocolate, citrus, onions, raw potatos, avacado pits.all the stuff google tells you.
But i was wondering if anyone has any personal experience on things...
This is my first time hatching eggs.
I ended up with 6 hatchlings. I think at least four are girls because their wing feathers and vent both match up to be girls.
But there are 2 i am not sure about.
The first is frizzle easter egger. Whose wing feathers look like a male but i dont see a bump...