I have noticed that when I hard-boil my chicken's eggs that 2 of my breeds (Easter Egger and Rhodebar) peel very nicely and the others peel much harder. I have started to put aside the Easter Egger and Rhodebar's eggs for hard-boiling and scramble the others, but I was wondering if anyone else...
This is an instructional video my son made for first time chicken keepers. It covers some of the most important topics for keeping your coop/run comfortable for your birds, and predator proof! We made this video to give as much info in a short video (6 minutes), as we could.
We didn't cut any...
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Some of our family members are joining the world of backyard chickening, so my son made some instructional videos for them. We've had chickens for 5 years, and our setup is pretty much just as we like it... minimal maintenance!!
This feeder holds a lot of feed and the deep cap at the...
Hi,
Some of our family members are joining the world of backyard chickening, so my son made some instructional videos for them. We've had chickens for 5 years, and our setup is pretty much just as we like it... minimal maintenance!! We add a birdbath heater to the waterer in the winter to...
Is this 7 week old chick a Silver Laced Wyandotte or a Light Brahma? The feathering looks like Light Brahma, but it has no feathers on its legs like our other Light Brahma. Is it possible for a Brahma to not have feathers on the legs? She is on the right in the last picture (next to what we...
After reading a thread about how some Ameraucanas aren't true Ameraucanas, I thought I would post a picture of mine and see what you thought. She's 14 weeks old and was bought at a farm who got her from a hatchery. She's in the middle on the first picture. Thanks!
We're located near Allentown, PA and have 2 cockerels that were supposed to be pullets. We love them, but we can't keep them. They are about 15 weeks old. One is an Amberlink and the other we believe is an Asian Black. Our kids have been handling them since we got them as tiny chicks and...
I have 2 Black Sex Chickens that we got from Tractor Supply. They are 14 weeks old and were sold as females. They were both completely black chicks, but now they look so different. Is one a rooster? Everything I read says the roosters have a white dot on their head as chicks and neither of...