Thanks! I am going to be picking up some supplies for an incubator just in case the first eggs do hatch. And if they don't, the last 4 are definitely alive and I can always use the incubator :) Next time I won't listen to the kids beg me to "just leave them mama, it'll be fine, lets just put...
Hello everyone, I am so excited to have a broody chicken!! Oscar is only 8 months or so but it doing just what mother nature told her to :). We do have a rooster, though he is young, and we haven't seen him getting romantic with too many of the ladies. So when Oscar decided to sit on eggs I...
We've got 2 lamps on a timer and a small quartz heater to keep it nice and cozy, and just ordered some corrugated clear sheets to put on the west side of the run so they can go outside but be out of the darn wind! (it always seems to be windy here). Its also insulated, has a few windows for...
Thanks everyone! After a bit of googling it was what I came up with. I bought more chickens that day so perhaps I ended up getting confused with what I was told they were lol. Any thoughts on how far away she is from laying?
I bought this chicken and was told it was an ameraucana. I know these are usually Easter eggers and that's no problem for me, but I'm wondering what this chicken is since my other Easter eggers already have a full beard. This chicken and her "twin" do not even have the starting of one. By the...
Hey everyone,
I've been lurking for a few weeks to get ideas for my chicken coop, see what breeds are best, etc. On saturday I finally got my chickens! I got a mixture, all but 2 (year olds) are around the 9 week old range. So far they are doing good, they are so much fun to watch :)...