I purchased five Salmon Favorelle hens two months ago. They are about five months old now. They are so cute and they follow me around the barn while I'm filling up waterers and feeders. I have a wide variety of chicken breeds, but these chickens take the prize for the most inquisitive...
I have Ancona duck hatching eggs available.
Will ship to Continental US only.
Pick-up is also available.
Shipping is $18 for Priority 2-day mail.
I always pack the eggs extremely careful in bubble wrap. So far no broken eggs have been delivered!
Obviously, as with any shipped eggs, I am not...
I don't have as many birds as you have, but in the winter I've often had to place a ligthbulb in the hole of a cinder block and place the waterer on top of the block. I have electricity in the barn and run an extension cord to the lightbulb.
DLM works great! I've been using it for 6 years now. I clean the coop once or twice a year (depending on how many chickens are housed). The key is to keep the litter DRY to avoid any odors. I use regular pine shavings from TSC and keep adding a bit more shavings as necessary throughout the year...
I am incubating Ancona duck eggs. FIRST TIMER with duck eggs (I’ve only ever hatched chickens and guineas). My auto-turner broke :rolleyes: and I’m hand-turning ever few hours. I purchased another auto-turner, but it has not arrived yet. Now I’m reading that hand-turning is better for duck...
I've only got the one coop (I can't imagine having THREE HUNDRED ducks!!!).
Anyway, I keep the pop door open 24/7 now since their little run is enclosed. I just open up the run each morning to let them free range.
I'm not sure if a little door like this pop door could be rigged with wire to...
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My Cull remained the bully while she was a small chick, then she realized that none of the chickens wanted to have anything to do with her.
She ended up sleeping alone on the roost and walking around foraging alone during the day.
She probably didn't mind at all, but that was her life...
Mom will raise them with no problem. You don't have to move them or bother them at all.
I would not provide any extra heat. Mom will keep them warm enough.
And the chicks will naturally venture out from underneath mom just to cool off on their own.
Chicks do not need constant heat as you will...
I sell all of my chicks on Craigslist because I do not like shipping chicks.
I do ship hatching eggs with no problems, however.
You can also put up flyers at your local feed stores.
Such nice pics.
My birds used to have their favorite bushy area... I called it Sherwood Forest. :)
I also had an EE hen that looked identical to the one your son is holding.
I named her Bit 'O Honey. I just sold her about a month ago to a family who wanted some EE's.
(I only keep my laying...
They're very pretty birds.
Unfortunately, they look nothing like Silkies (if it's Silkies you're looking for).
I would keep them just because they're pretty.
And buy Silkies from a breeder since the stores rarely know what they're selling. LOL
As long as there are places for them to lay inside the coop, they will choose to go there to lay their eggs.
It seems they are still going thru their adjustment period; it takes some hens a week or two to get back into their laying habit.
You might want to just put a few eggs from the fridge in...