CHICK PILE THERAPY
I was still recovering from major surgery when my cockatoo wanted to incubate another chicken egg, so I had to get 4 more friends for the one she hatched. XOXO
The breed is from Belgium, so there looks to be both a Dutch pronunciation & a French, as both language are spoke there officially.
Go to this site, and scroll down, and you can hear both the French and Dutch pronunciations.
http://www.pronouncekiwi.com/D%27Uccle
So since both are official...
Curtains on the nest boxes might solve the eggs under the dropping board problem, if they are looking for a darker place. Easy and better than tweaking construction!
Oh, no! I'm a renter, and there are Virginia Creeper vines growing around most of the perimeter of my back yard where the chickens free range! They've been eating the berries, but are showing no signs of illness. What should I do? I'd hate to keep them penned all day! Ultimately, I'd move and...
Amy, could you please tell me what size (how many quarts or the dimensions) of your single bin and your internal bin on the spool stilts? I really like the efficiency and simplicity of your set-up.
So, in the 3-drawer bin, the beetles are on top in oats, the eggs fall through to the middle...
WOW! Watson is GORGEOUS! I'm loving the partridge now- so are the roosters darker like Watson and the pullets lighter, or is it possible to get a hen that's the same colors as Watson?
I was recently getting ready to install lighting and the thought crossed my mind to maybe let them rest as nature intended. Since rest seems to elude me, and I'm a world-class insomniac, my decision was clear after reading your article. No light for my birds! I will not over-tax their sweet...
Talise, my blue laced gold Wyandotte, is the second one down from the top. The place I got her from sold her to me as a blue laced red, but on another forum, I was told she was a blue laced gold.
Can anyone confirm?
It's so disappointing buying one thing when you expect another, but she's got...
The feed store sole me this chick as a blue laced red, but someone on a FB color and genetics forum said she was a blue laced gold.
Her name is Talise. I have more pics of her as an older chick, but for some reason, I can't upload them.
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Which color variation is the very first rooster pic in this post? Is it gold laced or buff? This breed is refreshingly fascinating, and I'm hoing to add one to my flock maybe next year.
Thanks, everybody, for your responses.
CTKen, the 8 bantams are 9 weeks old.
Of the standards, there are 3 adult hens who are a couple/few years old and a 6-month old rooster. Also there are 5 standard chicks in the brooder box of differing breeds)
2 of the adult hens pick on the single one...
My ultimate wish would be to design & build my own coop(s). Meantime, I procured a coupld of dog houses to modify. As Murphy & his law would have it, freak accidents and incidents have conspired to zap me of the necessary time & energy to complete the projects in time for my chickens to get into...
Where do you get the ivermectin, and in what form? I have given birds shots before, so that's no problem. I do have a horse-sized tube of ivermectin that I diluted for my cats when there was a demodectic mange breakout from an incoming cat (despite him being in quarantine).
Can I use this tube...
Will this lime sulfur stuff by Revival Animal Health kill red spider mites? They are on me and in my room- just because I snuggled a new chicken.
I've dusted him with DE only to learn that it's better as a preventative.
This rooster who has them looks like he molted recently and is still...
How do I get rid of these red spider mites if they are in my bedroom? I need something non-toxic to humans, and also my chick brooder is in here. Is Sevin dust toxic to chicks?
That's what I get for snuggling a new bird. Man. And I have company coming in a few weeks, so I need my room rid of...