I really love Wyandottes and I have a nice golden laced one that seems to be up to standard of perfection, but I haven't handled her at all and she is over 1.5 years old. I'd love to show Wyandottes but working on getting the stock. I'm raising some bantam chicks right now and I am handling them...
Really getting interested in showing some birds, but don't know where to begin and having trouble finding resources. I'm planning to attend the Forsyth Fanciers show in Winston-Salem, NC on March 23 (VERY SOON!). I know that attending the show will help me learn a lot, but I have my eye on some...
I know there is one on Thursday nights in Taylorsville, NC at the fairgrounds. There is one on Friday nights in Wilkesboro, NC (Tony's small animal auction). There is a brand new one every month in Madison, NC on the 1st Saturday of every month at noon. That one is at Carolina Horse Sales LLC...
I saw on Youtube how you can incubate eggs with medical heating pad and also use the pad as a fake mother hen. Chicks go under it to keep warm and come out to eat and drink. Its just a basic, medical, light blue, heating pad with no shut off. Settings are low - high. It gets up to 100 degrees. I...
I just impulse bought 6 bantam chicks from Craiglist :idunno (yes, I know I have a chicken addiction problem). I'm picking them up on my way home from work today.
My Main question is: other than chick starter feed and water, what else do I need to care for them? Can they stay in a box in my...
The one on the left is one of my blue laced red hens. Big ol' fluffy girl. The other one with wings open is our aggressive rooster that was recently re-homed. This is an old pic I had on my computer. I will have to get some newer pics to share. My Avatar pic shows one of our existing roosters on...
(1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens?
Yes, I bought my first chickens last summer (2018)
(2) How many chickens do you have right now?
9; I have 2 roosters and 7 hens. I would have 19, but my *former* dog killed 10! :o
(3) What breeds do you have?
I have 2 Easter...