I have frizzle Cochin bantams some smooth some curly and I have silkie bantams. In both breeds I have reds, blacks and whites. Solids. I recently incubated some of their eggs and this is one of the babies I got. He or she has 5 toes on each foot. I had bought silkies and frizzles hoping to breed...
Ok so I decided about a year ago that I wanted to cross silkies and frizzles to make sizzles so I bought several of both silkies and frizzles. The frizzles are Cochin bantam frizzles. This is one of the babies that hatched. He or she is beautiful but I have no idea if she's half silkie or just...
I'm pretty new to hatching. It seems all my eggs devolope great right up till switching to hatcher where I lay them flat. The first time I only got 6 out of 18 chicks and 5 out of 24 ducks. I though that was bad the. I incubated more eggs and This time I only got 3 out of 18! Anyway I was just...
I've been using forced air farm innovator incubators and now that I'm incubating larger numbers I want to buy a cabinet incubator. my one absalute must have is a self regulating humidity control. Or whatever the technical term is. The hardest thing with my basic incubators has been controlling...
I have 6 baby buff Orphingtons and 5 baby ducks mix breed and I and new to this. They are all only about 5 days old. I was wondering about the niacin because I did have baby geese and I was told to give them niacin so I wondered if the chicks and ducks need it too??? Or is there other...
I'm raising chickens and ducks and was thinking about possible doing quail but I'm just wondering is there really a big market for quail? Is the market for the quail or their eggs?
I hatched 6 other baby's in the last day and this was the final one number 7 and his eyes do not look normal. He is hardly moving and has only opened eyes once or twice. Will he live with the eyes like that?
I'm new to the chicken world so bare with me. I just hatched my first batch of buff orphington baby's and I would really like to do some other breeds also. I think I would like to do barnevelder or another breed that is known for its beautiful colorations. I was just wondering if a person was to...
My mothers geese laid eggs and my mother decided to try to incubate them. Eventually she finally had one hatch. Only one! She already had 3 baby ducks hatched when the gosling hatched. They were much bigger so she was afraid they might hurt her so she asked me to take her. So I have and from...
Just read that apparently in the egg turner I should have put all eggs bottom up:( I thought I had really done my research and now I find this out. Chick eggs have 9 days left, ducks have 14 days. Is it too late to turn them over?
Hi I'm looking into raising Ayam Cemanis and I have a couple questions I can't seem to find answers to. Does anyone know if they sell well in Texas? I want to stay a small breeder so I'm not really wanting to ship chicks or eggs at least not for now. I know they have a large price tag but I'm...
I'm thinking about raising ayam cemanis but I have a few questions. First I was wondering if anyone knows how well they sell? I know they r expensive but do they sell? Second I have looked everywhere and I can't find anything that tells if they can be used for show. Just wondering if anyone...