These are the only two hens he had I’m pretty sure, but maybe he killed the rooster and sold me the chickens. They’re around a year/year and half old. They’re road island reds.
I just got two hens off a guy on Craigslist. I noticed one of the hens had a lot of feather loss. At first I thought maybe the other one was picking on her- yet I haven’t seen any sort of altercations. From some research it looks similar to maybe feather loss from mites or lice? Yet the other...
I also think it's a little bit of her being stubborn and stuck in what she thinks is the right.. and a little bit of her just being cheap and not wanting to spend the money.
So if I'm using my own money to feed her chickens- I don't think she will say much.
ive read how silkies are the hardest to sex when it comes to chickens. Mine is about two months old now and I thought maybe more experience silkie keepers would have a better idea...
Personality wise. Tofu is more skiddish than the rest.
Oh good to know- will the babies eat the oyster shells? I feel like they will because they do everything she does.. they look up to her lol
She is an Anacona. The 3 babies are- 1 female pekin, 1 male and 1 female kahki Campbell.
I have a female who is about 1.5 years old and 3 baby ducks a little over a month old.
My adult female, charlie, hasn't laid an egg since I moved to New York from North Carolina last July. I thought she would start in the spring but she has not... she's gone through a lot of deaths around her...
Ahhh honestly I wouldn't call her a "friend" after all the events I've seen her do since moving in. I moved into a house with my boyfriend and his friends- our landlord lives with us too and the girl who is not feeding her chickens is my landlords girlfriend. Sooo, I can't do much without...
Thank you everyone for the input! I feel as if I have a lot of knowledge on raising birds- but her belittling my knowledge has me questioning if I was right or wrong.
She was so defensive- I sadly don't think I have a choice of confronting this again. There's no option of moving out. So it...
Soo I'm coming to this group with a question. I've been sort of sick to my stomach how my roommate raises animals. Because of this I decided to raise my three chickens separate from hers. I've raised the 6 birds from babies to now, for two months. She finally got her coop "ready" and they've...
I finally picked up my loner duck a friend. The lady told me it was a female Muscovy but I could tell she was in a rush and maybe just said that because that's what sex I wanted. When I got home I realized how HUGE I mean almost double my ducks size she was. I'm new to muscovys so I wasn't sure...
Thanks for the reply! Good to know- I'll probably keep them in a lot longer then expected. If anything we don't use our garage. It'll be colder but certainly better then outside. Around two months I'm thinking I move them into the garage. And watch the weather- possibly let them outside on nice...
Thanks for the advice! I am definitely beefing up security x1000. She has an entire new home- I gave up on the last one, just too many areas for predators to get in. I have 5 baby ducks on their way next week- tho it'll be cold so it may be awhile before I can introduce them. Maybe I can bring...