I went to Atwoods today and found an oddly colored duckling. I just had to get her and of course I couldn’t get just one. Lol! she looks like a Rouen but instead of black and yellow she is chocolate brown and cream. For her friends I chose a properly marked Rouen (to compare as they grown) and...
Ok I picked these ducklings up at my local tractor supply. I have no idea what breed they are. They were in with Campbells, appleyards and or white and fawns / Perkins. One is 2 weeks old and the other is 1 week old. Any guesses to the breed?
2 week old is in the above photos and has black down.
Ok, I saw my big boy Speckled Sussex Roo breed my little Egyptian Fayoumis hen and just had to put some of those eggs in my bator. The first tiny egg hatched yesterday evening. The little chick is so tiny but a live wire. Anyway, now that she is all dried and fluffed out, I can tell that she is...
Ok, so let me explain what's going on. I thought I would try some white egg layers and went with 2 Buff Minorcas, 1 Silver Spangled Hamburg, and 3 Egyptian Fayoumis. They are all 7 months old now. About 6 weeks ago, one of these chickens started laying a small white egg (about 5 a week) in the...
I was wondering what people fed chicks before commercial chick feed was available? I'm not looking to replace my chick feed, I just wanted to know how people did that. I know they had incubators made from wood and heated them with oil lamps. So they had chicks not raised by the hen. Anyone know...
Hi, these are being advertised as pilgrims on Craigslist but they don't look like pilgrims to me. Can you guys help me out? Are they poms? I'm mostly looking for color sexing geese. First pic is the females and the second pic is the males. Thanks!
Hello, I was just fixing to place an order for white egg layers/light breeds to add to my free range brown egg layers. I'm thinking of getting:
3 Ancona
6 Blue Andalusian
3 Egyptian Fayoumis
3 Golden Penciled Hamburgs
6 Silver Spangled Hamburgs
3 Silver Leghorns
3 Buff Minorca
Anyone have any...