Does anyone have any of these for sale near Big Stone Gap in Lee county VA?:
White Silkies- Looking for 3-6 pet quality is fine
Frizzle Cochin- Looking for 3-6 pet quality is fine
Also interested in the following breeds: Brahma, Salmon Faverolle, and EE's
Non chicken interests are:
Ducks-...
We just recently lost one of our three chicks. It was fine one minute and gone the next, still not sure what happened. DH says that I should fire up the bator, especially since our silkies have laid over a dozen eggs this week alone. He says it would be a waste not to try and hatch them since we...
I have always loved animals and can remember keeping chickens as a child. Chickens were one of the most fun animals that my great grandparents kept and they are part of my fondest memories with them. I knew I wanted to have those same memories with my children, but six years away while DH was...
I am looking for a pair of broody hens near SW VA, Eastern KY, or NE tennessee. I am also looking for some blue/green fertile eggs to put under them. I don't care about breed or showing or any of that. Tempermant matters more than anything else. They will be pets. We would like the fertile eggs...
I am all set to try incubating/hatching for the second time. I have a Genesis bator coming in the mail, and 18+ameraucana *eggs from a breeder I met online. I ordered the automatic turner this time to eleminate the possibility that I turned my first hatch wrong or messed them up that way. I have...
My two cochin's passed away 1.5 days after hatching, and never were strong enough to stand. I had a buff orpington chick that died last night after making it about 4 days. They were the only three out of 5 that developed to make it to hatching. This whole process has been something that our...
Hello,
I remember taking care of chickens that belonged to my great grandparents growing up, so now that my husband and I have some land and time we have decided to start getting a few animals for our farm. For me, chickens were high on the list. We have two sons, 6 and 2yrs old. We have our...