Currently I have 4 speckled sussex hens and plan on keeping 1 each of my spec. sussex and Faverolle roos. So anyone know if a pairing of the two breeds will result in somesort of sexlink chicks? Would the pullets have 5 toes and the cockrels not ? Or would I get some of each? Has anyone bred the...
I have 4 hens and 6 roosters (cockrels?), born 5/28. Keeping the ladies, but for their sake four of the boys need to go. I want to keep one of each type, so that leaves 2 of each kind for anyone who's interested. I'm about 35 mins. southeast of Buffalo.
Of the 14 chicks I have it's looking more and more like 10 of them are roosters, including all 4 of my faverolles, sooo, any one in the WNY area interested in either breed, please let me know. I received them as 2 day olds from Cackle on May 30th. They may not be true to type (I'm hoping at...
Can you use DE in your liter if you plan on using the liter in your compost? Won't the DE harm the worms and things you need for a good garden? If it does, and I can't use DE, what would you suggest as an alternative for parasite control? Thanks Ray
We are building my tractor as I type this, so anyone who can answer this now, would be most appriciated. I'm planing on having the acess to the outside drop down fron the floor, the coop part will be 18inches to 2 feet off the ground. What is the minimum the whole should be cut for heavy birds...
Well, while my BF and I were securing tarp from the top of my shed to the back of my fence, for shade, in my newly built chicken coop/run; the zoning officer was posting a notice on my door with a stop order. Apparently, while the city of Buffalo has NO restrictions on chickens, My country town...
My babies are one week old today. I ordered 5 faverolles and 10 speckled sussex, and Cackle sent me an extra sussex. Unfortunitly one of the favs was pretty spent when I got them, and didn't last the day. As of today, I still have all the other 15. ( This is my first forray into raising...
I'm building my coop in a corner of my shed. http://links.pictures.aol.com/pic/b360zF79YOTbwXk3JjKl9I8uU8nOuG0J6cinv4xQp5Fd3Ig=_l.jpg http://links.pictures.aol.com/pic/b360zF79YOTbwXk3JjKl9I8uU-3CTvXvdmtqv4xQp5Fd3Ig=_l.jpg...
I think I've decided on the breeds I'd like to get, but I would love some input from experienced owners before I commit. Also I'm not sure if my choices are "okay". I was thinking of getting 1 or 2 Faverolles roosters, and 5 to 6 Sussex hens. Is it okay to mix breeds like that? Is it better to...
When I bought my house, I had a 5 foot chain link fence put around the side and back of my shed. It's L-shaped and to describe runs from front corner of shed 10 feet to edge of property line, 25 feet down to the corner of PL, 22 feet down back of PL and 10 feet back up to the opp. back corner of...