I bought a pair of Black Copper Marans and when I did she gave me some eggs to hatch. Three were BCM and the others were Blue Copper Marans I think. They hatched as three dark gray and two light gray. The pictures are of some of them after hatching and today.
Are both shades of gray Blue...
Let me just say my first flock of hens from last summer were such good girls. 10 total, golden comet, black rock, and speckled Sussex were tame and friendly. We got 8 to 10 eggs every day. They were free to roam the farm but came back to the coop every night. But, sadly we have a predator...
These are my sweet babies, about 7 weeks old here. When I picked up the little yellow fluff balls, the feed store lady just said they were 'buff'. I never thought about breed. She also tried to give me a male and a female. When should I be able to tell is this is so?
I have just moved my huge 7 week old geese to the barn today. I still have some of the flock raiser but would like to transition them to the layer feed I give the chickens. http://www.countrysideorganics.com/product.php?productid=135&cat=0&page=1&featured
They do free range. Anyone know if this...
Last spring we got 10 chickens. 3 Black Rock, 4 Golden Comet and 3 Speckled Sussex. They were excellent layers, we got at least 8 eggs every day.
We lost a golden in the summer but that was all. That seemed a reasonable loss for free range birds (in the coop at night). Then this winter we lost...
I had 10 chickens and did not need more. But the storekeeper was so excited about her new shipment. She was looking at a catalog trying to figure out what kind of rare breed chicks she had just received. They were hatched March 20th, the pictures were taken last week so at about 8 weeks.
These...
Hi everyone!
I will say first that I am a midwife and a beekeeper, hence the name.
I am here to find out about discouraging predators and identifying some mystery babies.
As brief as I can tell it, my story:
My husband and I got our first chickens last year. We live on a 30 acre farm with a...