Search results for query: *

  1. IdasChickens

    Help, first time incubating...THANKS!

    Hi everyone! I'm on mobile, so super short; I have a chick that just hatched in the incubator...Well, it hatched while I was sleeping ....And it crashed into all the other eggs, sending them rolling all over the place. Some were still pipping! And she is still crashing into them! What do I...
  2. IdasChickens

    Sudden death? 2 Month old Easter Egger

    Hi everyone. It has been a while since I last posted. I hope you are all doing well! Sadly, I'm having kind of a bummer of a day. As my title sates; just went out to my coop to discover one of my small EE dead on the ground. WARNING: Incoming long text!! ~2 month old EE In our smaller...
  3. IdasChickens

    Can someone please help me determine a breed here, or two? UPDATE... Now with WAY better pictures!!!

    Thanks everyone! Hope you are all well I just received an order from Ideal; the rare special assortment. I received mostly dark chicks...all about the same markings, although, a few seem a little darker (less yellow) and at least one, has a yellow kinda poofy head (on the right in the first...
  4. IdasChickens

    Smell after butchering..UPDATED. We ate them! (Most of them.)

    Hi everyone. We had 9 of our roosters processed yesterday, and I had them in a cooler on ice. I got home, put them in the fridge and then opened it this morning to a fishy odor. I opened one of the bags and the smell was definitely coming from the chicken. I haven't checked them ALL yet but am...
  5. IdasChickens

    I think I have a sick duckling? Help Greatly appreciated! UPDATED in last post!

    Hi fellow duck and animal lovers, Hope you are all having a pleasant day! Mine was going well, outside planting seeds, until I noticed that one of my Snowy Mallard females, about 3 months old, seemed a little slower than the rest of the flock (all the same age, she's with 8 other females...
  6. IdasChickens

    Duckling losing down too soon? SOLVED! It's her oil gland....doh!

    Hi everyone! Hope you all are well! I have another duckling question if y'all are up for it. I surfed the web yesterday and today, referenced my books....and I can't seem to find anything specific. One of my Khaki Campbell ducklings is developing bald patches; one on her back, and one around...
  7. IdasChickens

    Need to dispatch "over-ripe" rooster. Any good recipe suggestions?

    Hi Back Yard Chicken Keepers! Hope you and your flocks are well! So, as you can see from my post title, we have a rooster that needs to go. He is just waaaayy too rough with the ladies. And he is kinda, well, a chicken...but I guess I can't blame him too much there (he always runs away first...
  8. IdasChickens

    Speckled Sussex Hen or Roo?

    Hi Backyard Chickeners! Hope everyone is having a good weekend! I had posted this question in the SS thread, but no response. Maybe it wasn't the best place to put it? Anyway, I would be grateful if anyone out there had an opinion on whether my SS here is a male or female. Thanks so much in...
  9. IdasChickens

    HI from Massachusetts :)

    HI everyone! We live in Mass and are new to chickens! Just got ours about 2 months (?) ago...day olds, so they are starting to get big. I've always wanted chickens and finally, we have some room! So, I went ahead and ordered some "hens"; 5 Barred Rocks, 5 Buff Orps (although one is definitely a...
Back
Top Bottom