I love the PNW aswell!! I am up in Northwest Washington.. I need to take sometime to edit my profile info! Love meeting other chicken lovers to share a different level of crazy with!
does anyone have any ideas from these pictures whether i could have pullets or cockerels.. these pictures are of the same two birds.. i can try and get better pics if necessary :) they are 8wks 4 days old
yes, i would just keep working at it... one time we had a chick that died from "pasty butt", getting backed up :(.. more recently we had a chick that had a poopy butt and i worked gentle for quite sometime, without much luck.. i eventually pulled it off with my finger and ended up pulling off...
most hens lay 7-10+ eggs before they sit on them, the eggs that she lays will still stay fertile and could still be chicks even if she doesn't sit on them right away.. if a chicken lays one egg a day, then she will go 7+ days ignoring those eggs before she decides she has enough to sit on. they...
our easter eggers only lay light green/blue eggs, although when we bought our chicks the farm and garden store employee said that it is possible for them to lay any shade of blue/green to light brown... but that brown was very unusual.. i would think that the easter egger hens mixed with the...
i just looked up my county regulations.. it looks like i have to have them in a cooler or fridge with a thermometer that shows that the temp in under 45 degrees.. so I'm thinking i will make a stand with a cooler on it.. and a sign, with a money jar/container.. should be safe from wild...
hello :)
I am just about getting to the point where I would be able to sell a couple dozen eggs a day.. I plan on just putting up a little stand at the end of my driveway and hoping people respectfully leave money... I have seen a lot of cute stand ideas that do not have an...
we got this chicken at about 4 months as a rooster, from someone who didn't want a roo, and he was no doubt a Rooster.. huge legs super red comb, bossy... but i am more and more thinking he could be a she?? at 7 months now it does not crow, does not mount anything, and is actually way less bossy...
This is my first time with Anconas and I'm thinking their combs are rather large for their age.. can anyone that is more familiar with Anconas identify if these littles could be cockerels or pullets yet? they are 5wks old tomorrow :)