Originally wanted chickens for eggs for my family. Now my family including myself love them as pets. Also, It is calming to watch them hunt and peck all over the yard. Even when our Sixty was gobbling up our cover crop seeds she was just too precious. Plus I think I was always a chicken lover...
beautiful chickens. My DH fell in love with BLRW when we bought two from a lady in Del Mar. They were docile and would come to us. unfortunately we lost our two, Chief and Pocahontas to an unknown predator. We are hoping to have them again once we get our new incubator, due here 3/6. I will be...
In our house we use a heat source when they are only a couple days old. We keep them in a box in our garage with a broody light. we let our chicks outside at about three days old during the day. at night we generally keep the light on them until they are about three weeks. the light keeps them...
I'm in Riverside, Ca. New to raising chickens. I wanted chickens but the control freak in me wanted to start from "the beginning." So I made an incubator. It was nice enough. I tried to hatch about 32 eggs and only 4 made it. Heaven knows what i did wrong. Maybe over candling/touching. But then...