I have a 9 week old chick who is showing signs of Mareks. She was hatched with 3 other healthy chicks here on our farm, from eggs from 1 year old hens. Her mother hen is 1 year old. All this from my own hens. No outside hens. These hens free range and do not leave the farm. The closest flock...
We are looking to add geese to our farm and are interested in buying Buff or African goslings. We would like to pick-up, in central Indiana or would be willing to talk to a reputable breeeder about shipping.
Thanks,
I have an 8 week old hen who is acting funny. Some background. She was hatched from an egg laid on our farm by one of my hens. She is 1 of 4. I have noticed that she has been holding her feet funny for about a week. And seems to at times act a little dizzy. Like when she is eating, she...
They are so friendly and easy going. They are daily layers. They follow us around like our cats and always want to know what we are doing. They come to the truck when we get home, like a good farm dog.
Thank you for your response Amiga. Daisy has been fine the last two days. I wonder if the wind was bothering her. I have been keeping an eye on them all. It was so quick and passed. Strange. I did pick her up and gave her a good once over.
To answer your questions: She is one of 11 ducks...
I have a year old Pekin who was just walking along fine one minute and then spread out her wings and put her head to the ground as if to balance herself. She keeps spreading out her wings when she is walking. It is so strange. Any ideas?
Hello all, we have a broodie EE hen and I have so many questions:
We have successfully moved her to a brooder. It is going to get to 8 degrees tonight, will it effect her if I leave her heat light light on? She normally does not have a light on as she sleeps in th coop with the other hens...
I have 4 roosters that each need a new home. These are not meat birds, or for sale to process.
I have 2 Turkens who are 14 weeks old. A Buff who is 20 weeks and a RIR who is 20 weeks.
They are all healthy, I hatched 9 roosters this spring. All are interested in the ladies and...
I am looking for a duck friend for my Pekin Rosie. She was in a nest of many and the only survivor, last minute incubator hatch. Pick-up in Indiana, please. Any breed. We take wonderful care of our ducks. Please PM or respond here.
I believe happy chickens lay more eggs. I have 5 hens that are laying now (20 that will be old enough to lay in the next 2 months). I get an average of 4 eggs a day, easily 2 dozen a week. Here is my advice for happy chickens:
spend time with them, even holding them sometimes (my girls...
When I was a new poster I loved the "what am I" cockrel or pullet posts, but was dissapointed when we didn't find out how it turned out.
SO here is my update:
Skunkback is the head rooster at our place! He is a beautiful Silkie/EE mix.
Nakedbutt, Eaglehead and Twin are all roosters...
I would by no way suggest I am an authority, but this is what I have done and it has worked good.
We bought 5, 2 day old hens from the local feed store. Then 4 weeks later hatched 6 more. When the original hens were 6 weeks old we put them in the chicken yard, we also free range, and they...
I have a rumpless muffed rooster mixed Araucana , a purebreed RIR, and 2 mixed RIR that I need to rehome.
They are quite active with the ladies and have nice solid crows.
They have been free range their entire life and we have feed 1/2 flock raiser and 1/2 scraps and forage.
Very healthy...
I have a rumpless muffed rooster that I need to rehome. He is a mixed Araucana.
He is quite active with the ladies and has a nice solid crow.
He has been free range his entire life and we have feed 1/2 flock raiser and 1/2 scraps and forage.
Very healthy bird. He is a pet and has been...