Thanks! So if I put any eggs my hens lay directly into the refrigerator after I collect them, there will be no obvious indication that they have been fertilized?
I grew up with Balut (cooked fertilized bird eggs) so it sounds like I was misled to believe that any fertilized egg is obvious when...
I just don't want fertilized eggs when my hens start laying. I don't know when chickens become mature and fertilized eggs become a concern. Fertilized eggs turn into Chicks which I am trying to avoid.
I am in the process of rehoming the rooster because I am not supposed to have roosters in the...
Sorry I am really new at this all so I don't know if this is the correct section to ask but at what age do you need to separate roosters from hens to be sure you don't get fertilized eggs?
My hens are about 11 weeks now and not laying yet but I want to be sure that the rooster (that I am in the...
I have been having fun watching my chickens grow. I just did the math and they are nearly 3 months old already!!
They all have their own personalities and make me laugh every day. Except for when they choose to eat my veggie garden even though they have a backyard with tons of plants and dirt...
My beautiful handsome Plague has been crowing this morning so he has to go. :( Its really cute but I am not supposed to have roosters in city limits. He is a 11 week old Barred Rock Rooster. He has been friendly and fun so far, he lets me pick him up and carry him around. Is anyone interested in...
@Abby1116 They definitely have grown and definitely look different from one another!
Here's Plague
Here's Famine
So, probably even better likelihood that Plague is a roo. Happy for anyone to say I am wrong!
You make a good point, I expect the market in a few months to be more saturated with not only roosters but also with all the hens that people realised are more work than wanted. Due to all the panic buying of chicks due to COVID and they wont be cute fluffy baby chicks anymore and people wont be...
Hi everyone!
I just want to introduce myself, I am a new chicken owner in Columbia but I have house/petsat chickens in the past.
I am excited to learn more and to get involved with the chicken community on this site and locally!!
Anyways, everyone, meet my Apocalypse Chickens! They are...
Hi from Columbia, SC!! So I am also a first time chicken owner! Columbia only allows 4 hens and no roosters. I got my 4 chicks from Tractor Supply 2ish weeks ago and they were all sexed pullets. Unfortunately, I believe Plague, one of my Barred Rock chicks is male so I am in the position of...
@Kafen I don't think I would be able to hatch chicks myself!
Also something that might help around here where I live is when I bought my chicks, the store took down my name and address, phone number. He said the state ag department (or some state department) required they send all that info...
Hi all! I am new to this site and new to owning my own chickens! I live in Columbia, SC where it is now in the 70s and 80s already! If only it would stay this temp all summer, but it will only get hotter.
Anyways, everyone, meet my Apocalypse Chickens! They are named after the Four Henchmen of...
I can't wait to look back on my posts and laugh at how naive I am currently. There is so much to learn! I have been reading so many books and articles about chickens the past couple of weeks, its been great. As I mentioned in my introduction post on this site, I work in the emergency...
I want to say that I would fall into the first time chicken owner during COVID. When I posted pictures of them on Facebook, multiple people commented with articles about people panic buying chickens. I didn't realise it was a thing!
Regardless, I have been lurking this site a bit (I did do...
Darn, I guess I need to research how to raise Plague for eating. Eating a chicken I raised is one way to stop being a vegetarian...
I just worry that if I tried to sell him or give him away around here, he would be used in cockfighting.
I know there are farms around me because I was going to...