For the past two weeks I have had one of my 11 week old hens quarantined from the rest of the chickens. When I found her in the coop she could not walk. She was the same size as the rest of my chickens. Two weeks later she is drastically smaller than when I quarantined her. I checked her legs...
I have received a free metal carport which I plan on turning Into a chicken coop. I do have some ideas but would love to see your thoughts or pictures. I'm going to keep around 30-40 chickens at a time. They will be free range chickens so no need for a run. My current coop will be used for a...
I do not no what strain my chickens are. I have also asked the guy I bought them from and he had no clue. Is there an alternate way to determine the strain of your chickens. I would guess yes but how?
What has my daughter done to me. Well i guess i do have to say i do enjoy it aslo. The youth Pastor at our Church is a Farmer also and incudates Chicken eggs. We started with 10 hatchling that were: welsummers, Black langshan, cuckoo maran,& Cooper Marans. To say the least we ended up with 24...
My family just bought our first 10 chicks from a friend down the road. They are 7 Wilsummers and 3 copper merans if I spelled that right. They seem to be healthy and growing good. They where hatched May 13th I got them for three bucks each. I'll keep you posted on the progress.