I live in Carroll County MD on just under 1/2 acre in an AG zoned area, not in a city, not in a sub division, BUT in rural farm country of Carroll County Maryland. Our property is Zoned AG and the Zoning law states that I can poultry on my property with no restrictions on the amount and I have...
~~I have been doing a bit of research for a healthier and cheaper chicken feed for my chickens. Here is what I have decided to try and wanted to share it and also see what other people think or doing something sumular as well..
Im just getting started and never done it before so Its in the...
Are finally starting to lay The 2 to the left are from my copper marans and the one on the right is from my welsummers. The others are to show the color.. Man I love these dark eggs
When I went out to feed my pullets this evening, I found my 1st egg from them... A Black Commercial-Her 1st egg at 4 months-1 week old. I didn't expect any eggs until about 22 to 26 weeks
Is this normal??
Well I always wanted Black Copper Marans so this spring I ordered 12 Black/Blue Copper Maran Chicks. I figured what better place to document my progress with this Awesome and I'm finding out a complicated breed. It is my goal to see if I can establish myself a half decent looking flock of...
I have a question about breeding a Welsummer Roo to Barred Rock Hens.
If I did breed the Welsummer Roo to the Barred Rock hen would I get the same result from breeding a Rhode Island Roo to Barred Rock hen ""Black sex link chicks with pullets being all black and the roos having the white sot...
I have a pair of Golden Laced and Silver Laced Sebrights that I would like to find a good home for here at BYC instead of taking them to auction. Both Hens are laying on a regular basic.
I live in Carroll County Maryland. If you are interested send me a pm
Thanks
I used to have chickens and loved them, in 2009 I had some life changing events and ended up with no chickens. It has taken a long time for me to get more chickens because it brought back to many painful memories...Well 3+ years has passed time to get over it........
I was at my local...
I am moving and will not be able to take my feathered friends with me.
So if anybody in the Taneytown Maryland area is interested they are free.
I have
8 ee pullets born in April,
1 ee rooster,
1 Cuckoo Maran Rooster that is 1 year old,
1 pure bred Americana Black rooster that is 1 year old
3...
I'm so excited and had to share with everybody They are 5 months old and they came from Whitmore Farms. Mr.Will the owner is a great breeder and very helpful and willing to share information
Well I'm not sure if this is the correct place to post this ??
I am going to be traveling to Macon Ga and will be working at Warner Robbins AFB for a few weeks and would love to buy some local fresh eggs to eat while I'm there
So does anybody here at BYC live within driving distance of Macon...
I still have chicks hatching!!
I started out with 12 eggs and Friday ""day18"" I candled and had 5 that were clear looking, 2 that I wasn't sure about and 5 that looked good but I wasn't sure of the outcome due to 2 power outages, 1st week had a 3 hour outage and the incubator dropped to 82...
I decided to cross my Delaware pullets to my Cuckoo Maran Rooster (DMX)
To see if I would end up with a good layers and darken up the egg a bit but only time will tell I can't wait to see them get all feathered out
So far I am up to 15 DMX chicks and I have 12 more DMX in the incubator that...