Congratulation! I love your names. I like the old-fashion names. Having chickens is so much fun. I don't know why everyone doesn't have them. It's a learning process and you'll learn as you go along. Have fun and enjoy!
We have had some hens with names like Darth Vader, Luke Skywalker, Ethel, Henrietta, and Band-aid. I've seen some really great names. I think I need more chickens. LOL.
I'm not sure if you have purchased your poultry nipples yet but I tried contacting Neil and he never responded back to me. So, I purchased mine from ebay on Tuesday or Wednesday and they came in today. I paid like $1.89 each with free shipping. Farmtek wanted $11 just for shipping for 4 nipples...
This may seem like a stupid question but at what age can you tell for sure if a black or blue marans will be a rooster or pullet? My husband purchased 2 black, blue, and 2 black copper marans pullets. They are about 12 weeks old. One black copper and one blue marans have larger combs and wattles...
Sumrall, MS here. I've been a viewer for quite a while but just not a big poster. We moved to Sumrall, MS, over a year ago from Alabama. Got rid all my critters before moving since we knew we wouldn't have a place to put them for a while. Gone are my goats, horse, 30 hens (RI Reds, Barred...
A few years ago, I received my first laying hens that was given to me but they weren't laying even though they were over a year old. I don't know if they were laying before I got them. An old farmer I met at my local co-op told me to give them crush red pepper in their feed and they will start...
I'm a newbie. I bought hens (2 RIR and 1 Barred Rock)to get started. A few days later they came down with cholera. I went bought some medicine at our local co-op. They got better. About a month later, I got 5 (Bantams) more hens. Its been about 2 1/2 weeks. One of the bantams has came down with...