Would these seed blends + added calcium make for a good chicken feed or a base for a homemade feed? I'm wondering because we have a ton I can get at cost @ work. One is a three way blend. I think wheat, oats, clover (I think). The other is a 5 way blend. I want to say it includes pea & rape as...
What Can I do to make the broody pen more secure? It's pretty tight. It's just a small pen with chickens wire all the round, including the top, and a small locking plywood door so that we can replace the food and water, check on her, etc. We're going out tonight to make sure there are no other...
I have a broody mama in her own private chicken tractor. Shes been sitting for 7 days now. She is sitting on 8 (now 7) eggs. Today I find this on the OPPOSITE side of the tractor as her nest. A single egg shell broken into and the insides gone, I assume eaten? Did she so this?? If so, why...
I have a mama sitting on variety barn yard of 8 fertile eggs.
The daddy would be just a game rooster we were given.
The mama's are Australorps, barred rock, and she has one wheaten maran egg.
Does anyone have a guess as to what I might end up with?
This is our first broody mama & our...
I've thought the same thing looking at other's photos. I should have said "they were sold to me as marans". The "wheaten" is laying a nice, dark brown egg, but not as dark as some I've seen.
We got these 4 birds a couple weeks ago. The wheaten is definitely a hen. She'll be a year in October. The others were spring chicks, born in April. No one is crowing or laying yet. Any guesses on sex?
We were hoping for all pullets, but I honestly think we may have two Roos.
Hello, Chicken People! I've been a long time browser of these forums, but this is my first post. We got these chicks 7 weeks ago from a local feed store. They are all supposed to be hens, but I suspect these 2 may be roosters. Opinions? One is a barred rock and the other a gold laced...