Hello,
Last winter was our girls' first winter and it was one of the coldest and snowiest in a long time. We don't have heat nor insulation and the girls did just fine. Mostly we decided to not put in heat because many of our storms come with power outages and then they might not be able to...
Hi! We are in Hampton Bays and we got to Agway for nearly everything chicken related. I've never seen any info about fertilized eggs there, though. If you call and ask them, they may be able to help. There's also a hatchery online, MurrayMcMurray that I'm pretty sure will send you the...
Welcome! I'm a new chicken keeper too and I've found BYC to be a great resource and everyone is so helpful and friendly. Best of luck with your chickens!
Thanks! It does seem like the membrane is covering it, I saw it move a few times and expose the eye underneath. I'm just about to isolate her and I piked up some saline solution and antibiotic ointment. I'm going to wait and see; I'm not home during the day so I'm not sure if she off her...
So my 4 year old daughter came running in from the coop to tell me the Lola has no eye! Upon further inspection, she does indeed have both eyes, but one iis covered by ...something. Is this her eyelid? After observing her for a bit, I did see it open and saw her intact eye beneath.however, I'm...
Yes, lots of people call selden eastern Long Island, but to me that is up island! Btw, I saw you are in Riverhead. My husband and I both work at RHS. Thanks for the welcome! :)
Thanks so much for the article link. I was quite confused about the EE-Auraucana-Ameraucana bit, and I think I've got it now ( by the way 2 EE's not Ameraucanas ) Everyone here has been so helpful! I posted my pics this morning on "what breed/gender" board and sure enough the BYC experts were a...
Thanks so much for your help! We knew she couldn't be a light brahma, but we were baffled. We even looked at the list of other types of chicks available the week we picked ours up at Agway and the only types we didn't buy we're Hubbard golden comets, golden laced wyandotte and Rhode Island reds...
Hello! So I'm new to chickens and I picked up our chicks at our local Agway 6 weeks ago. We were supposed to get:
1 buff Orpington
1 black australorp
1 silver laced wyandotte
1 light brahma
2 Americaunas
I'm pretty sure there is no light brahma in the mix, but what do I know?
Here is Buffy...
Hi! Well we ordered a Buff Orpington, a Black Australorp, a Light Brahma, a Silver Laced Wyandotte and two Americaunas. I think there may have been a mix up though, I don't think we actually have a light brahma, instead we have a mystery breed. I'm planning on taking some pics and starting a...
Good morning and greetings from Eastern Long Island. We have 6 girls (I hope!) that are 6 weeks. I've been gathering information for awhile from BYC, so I suppose it's finally time to say hello. :)