Hi all,
I need some suggestions. I washed a Yokohama hen a few days ago for a show on Sat. When she dried a few fethers on one side dried with a curve going the wrong direction. Never shown before!! Is there a fix for this? Thanks for any info.
I could use some help from some of you that have shown your birds before. I have never shown before but I am interested in the Hamilton show this year.My Welsummers have gone into molt because I turned off their night light too soon and they thought it was fall instead of spring (and subseqently...
They are pretty but they are not Whooping Cranes, the are Sand Hill Cranes. I always get them mixed up. The Whooping ones are still very rare. Happy Easter all !!!!!!!
Thanks for the reply. I don't know what the humidity has been because they came from eggs stolen from a broody hen a week or so ago. I had to gather them up and put them in the incubator beacause of a freek snow storm and cold temps. they seem to be healthy...just have thier down slicked back.
I'm sure this has been asked and answered before but here it goes. All the chicks I hatch at home look wet even long after the are good and dry. They look like they are wearing gel or something. Takes about 5-7 days for them to fluff out. Any reason for this??????????????
Thank you, I always liked "choose to be happy" as well. However I didn't make it up. I saw it many years ago on a Flower Power painted VW bus. It always stuck in my head but I don't think I truely understood what it meant till I slowed down a bit and realized we all really DO have that choice...
Try the French Favarolle breed of chicken. They are very calm and pleasant to be around and make good kids pets if the child is taught how to handle the bird properly. I had them at one time but they are so calm (or stupid) they are on the bottom of the peck order in a mixed flock and they don't...
Try the French Favarolle breed of chicken. They are very calm and pleasant to be around and make good kids pets if the child is taught how to handle the bird properly. I had them at one time but they are so calm (or stupid) they are on the bottom of the peck order in a mixed flock and they don't...