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I've had 2 hens for a year now. They were pets really but the eggs are nice too. I lost one...she just died for no reason I could tell. Now I have 1 hen. She comes in the house and visits, chases the cats and dogs and is pretty fiesty. She's a 4 yr. old buff orp. I've had since she was a...

I got a bunch of eggs this spring. One was a lavendar but the rest were BBS. The lavendar hatched but I didn't band it and now I can't tell it from one of the blue hens that hatched at the same time. The only difference is that one of the two hens that both look like they could be the...

We have about 9 roosters from hatchs in April/May to give away. These are from Miss Prissy's and Tuff Old hen's lines. Many are splash and a couple are blue and one black. All are nice, just too many. Just outside of Charlottesville area. Also have a couple of Jersey Giant roosters from...

I'm building a hoop house and wondering if there is a reason all the ones I see have the cattle panels attached to the wood base on the outside rather than the inside? Is it just easier or is there a reason to do it that way? I think it would be sturdier done on the inside and look better...

11 mostly blue chicks..one is splash and a couple are black from the looks of it. Unsexed. $5 ea. I paid much more for the eggs but am looking at needing to downsize. Pm me if interested.

I have 3 very well bred mini Alpines for sale. 1 doeling and 2 bucklings. The mother is a ADGA registered French Alpine and has been shown and the father is a AGS registered ND so these guys can be registered with TMGR if you desired to do so. I am asking $125 for the doeling and $75 for the...

I am wanting to start banding my chicks and then chickens. I've found the numbered and colored ones in appropriate sizes but how easy are they to get on and then off? Is there a tool I need or are they super stretchy and easy to get on and off? Or are the metal ones better? I like the...

I just had my first BBS orp egg hatch and now wonder how long before I will know which is which color wise. The first one looks ....well - wet at the moment , but other than that...blue with white on the wing tips. When will I know for sure what color is what? Elizabeth

I'm on day 18 with my first hatch. I started with 14 shipped BBS orp.s. 7 look good of the 14 I started with. I turned the turner off this morning. When will I be able to hear the first little peeps from inside the eggs? Elizabeth

I have 6 - 8 month old hens. A few weeks ago one starting making a noise and I got on here and asked why she was barking because that's what it sounded like. She was the only one making this noise. I assume that was the beginnings of whatever this is. Yesterday I heard her breathing and...

Hi, Today is 7 days. I've been having not so consistent temps in the incubator. I candled 15 eggs and 9 were very clear. The other 6 have a dark area. I can't see veins. Does the dark area mean they are viable? Elizabeth

I have never hatched eggs before and just got some BBS orpingtons' I got from ebay. I have one that has a hairline crack in it. Should I toss it or try it in the incubator with the others? Also there was poop on some of them and I rinsed it off with warmish water. I was reading a book and...

Hi, I just bought a Genesis hovator and have never hatched before. I checked the temps with the thermometer they send (they tell you it isn't accurate) and one that reads humidity and temps I got on ebay. They are both saying 98. The one from ebays says 98.5 actually. I've read it needs to...

These were born 7/23/07 and bought as day old pullets. They don't seem to have saddle feathers or the tail feathers of roosters but the combs are huge. I have 5 BO and 1 Jersey giant and am getting 4 or 5 eggs a day and have had a couple of 6 egg days but wonder if it's because we didn't find...

I'm fairly new to chickens. Got some day old Buff Orpington's last July. The other night one of them started making a noise that sounds like a cross between a bark and a frog croaking. Yesterday she was doing it again. It's fairly often and pretty loud. Now when she does it she lifts her...