Contact your local cooperative extension office. They are the ones who give the class here in Newton County. Quite a few people up here sell eggs at farmer's markets and through CSA's. They are supposed to have taken the candling class.
I will try to wash everything off tomorrow morning. It is not bright red anymore, kind of brown like the splotches she has anyway. I think we will put her back tomorrow. There is a feather in her tail or maybe more than one that is gone. That is probably what happened. We were in the pen...
This morning I noticed that the smallest of my chickens, probably around 16 to 20 weeks old, had a bloody spot near her tail and that the others in my mixed flock were very curious about it. She has not started laying yet. Only 2 in this group of 8 have; they are a few weeks older than this...
I'm going to get some diatomaceous earth to spread in the run to see if that helps if it is some kind of lice or something. They are still pretty skiddish of us and we are not very spry anymore, so I am diagnosing from a distance. I keep trying to offer them treats to gain their trust, but...
Not one that is apparently a rooster. They are all supposed to be pullets. I've had them a week. There are 8 chickens, 3 ameraucaunas, 3 french wheaton marans and 2 olive eggers. This is one of the olive eggers. I just noticed it last night. She is behaving fine and is active and no one...
One of my young olive egger pullets has lost some of her feathers so that there is a bare patch on her tail. I haven't seen any of the others picking on her and she seems healthy; she is not lethargic or anything. Does anyone know what might be causing that?
Well after we had to carry them back into the coop on Sunday night, we kept them cooped up Monday and Tuesday. We let them out this morning and they went out on their own. Tonight, they all managed to make it back into the coop. The little one went in first and was calling to the others to...
I think it is ok to eat. And the blood is ok too. Keep and eye on them and if it keeps up it couild be a problem but that is not unusual for the first egg.
Now we have the opposite problem. They won't go back in the coop at night, except for the little one. She/he is probably about 6-7 weeks old. The rest appear to be more like 12 to 14 weeks old. The little one is the smartest of the bunch. They were all piled up the corner of the pen...
Well, they finally all made it out by middle of the afternoon. They are still pretty skiddish of us, but they will get used to us after a while. Now, I believe they have all gone back in. They don't seem to quite all understand the roosts yet but they will get it. The littlest one was the...
Ok. I'll relax. Making a line of feed was my next plan. I may do that. They don't seem to be drinking anything. But I don't know what's happening when we are not out there. We took the treat so they would begin to associate good things to eat with us coming to visit.
I just got 8 half grown chickens yesterday. We kept them in a large dog crate during the day and at dark last night we put them into the coop so they would know their sleeping place. This morning we were able to get three of them to come out but the others are wandering around in there and...
Hi,
I am looking for young hens that haven't started laying yet or only just started to purchase. I would like some Auracaunas and maybe Delawares, Buff Orpingtons or Marans. I really just want a variety of egg colors. If anyone has any available please let me know. I've tried the Farm...
I looked at the website for Little Gem Hatchery and it is not working. Are they still in business? I am looking for new pullets. I live near Atlanta in Covington, and was hoping to find some nearby. If anyone has some Americaunas or Auracanunas or Delawares or Marans or any good layers that...
We trimmed up so short ribs and got rid of the bones that were cut into small pieces cut across. The hens always like any fat that we trim off of meat and so we threw that out. They scarfed it all up immediately but now I'm a little worried about those bones. They were less than one half inch...