The anticipation is killing me, 20 lt & buff brahmas set to hatch tomorrow in my homemade microwavebator. This is my second time hatching and also the second try with a microwave, first time was a bust but eggs were damaged in shipping and none hatched but this time everything is good on egg...
This is the best pic I could get of Poachy and the black spots on his comb. I was wondering if it could be that BigRed is beating him up and that is damage on his comb and not some kind of disease. I bought 2 trio's of buff brahmas that were not penned together, but are now left together to...
Oh ya...Oh ya, doing the chicken dance this am. My flock after buying 2months ago finally settled in and layed me 3 eggs this morning. It was a happy day until I notice one of my 2 roos(his name is poachy)has black spots on his comb. I noticed it 2 days ago and has multiplied, Do any of you know...
I am having the same problem, not losing feathers but my one roo has black spots on his comb. I let them out to free range this am and he was rubbing his comb on the ground as he was scratching so it must be bothering him. I am new to this and only have had my flock for 2 months now(buff...
Sableboi, I would like to be put on your list for hatching eggs or pm when you put some up for auction. I am interested in your partridge and lemon pyle and your darks but more so the lemons and partridges cause the darks I can get local without having to ship, there definately not as nice as...
I just got some brahma eggs out of florida via nc and was having problems with my homemade bator so the eggs ended up sitting for well over 36 hrs before they got put in. I just candeled a cpl of them with a paper twl roll and a halogen flashlight and saw a dark round mass that I couldnt see...
Morganton show sounds fun and looks like a good oppertunity to buy some nice chickens raised by people that care, hopefully I,ll make the 2hr trek from burlington to there for the march show. Does anybody know of any gatherings more towards the middle of the state?
Set 20 Lt & buff brahma eggs 12 am this morning due on the 7th but had some problems. Eggs came in the mail and I let them set in 69 degree house for about 30 hrs till I thought I had my homemade bator set to the right temp so I put the eggs in and went to bed. Woke up at 7 this morning and went...
Burlington here, only took me 3 yrs of studying,building and talking the other half into it mostly to finally get 6 buff brahmas. Also won a auction on ebay yesterday for light and buff brahma eggs, and also a cpl green ones in there too which Ive never heard of in brahmas so I will be trying to...
Im having the same problem, 6 buff brahmas (2 roosters,4 hens) bought almost 2 weeks ago that are approx 1yr old that were laying before they were moved and are not laying yet. 10x16 covered run...4x4x4 house with 6 nesting boxes...hay,layena,cracked corn,fresh water, any scraps off the table...