I have 2 EE's, 1 SS and 1 Wels along with 1 BO and 1 SLW that are 9 weeks old. I love them all and I cannot wait for the colorful eggs. The main thing is to hold them alot from day one. Make sure when you go to pick one up in the brooder to not swoop your hand down over the chicks. Their...
I ordered two female EE's from MPC and one looks just these but the other one is basically white with "butterscotch" feathering around her head and neck. Her comb is a little bigger than the brown one and it is also pinker. She is also bigger than the brown one. I'll try and post pics when I...
My two year old hen is crazy about oatmeal. On cold winter mornings, I add hot water and give it to her warm. I have 6, 7-wk old chicks and they are taking her lead and loving it to. They do not like lettuce or scratch, though. The little ones love to catch the may flies at dusk...best free...
Looks like a "wind" egg (or fart egg if you want to be crass)!!! It is an yolkless egg. My hens have laid a few and it is just odd to collect eggs and find these little ones in the nest.
I have 6week old chicks. They are in the coop and run doing great. However, Monday evening I heard my two year old hen squawking and I ran outside to find my dog with one of the chicks in her mouth. She dropped it immediately and the chick ran for cover and the dog ran in the house (after a...