I have a 3yr old black copper marans and she also stopped laying about 2 yrs ago after hatching out some chicks. We have a basket on the porch the chickens have claimed and I watched her twice today sit for while get up and do the egg song. We call her the faker (attention seeker). I have no...
Thanks guys, we did decide to have my father-in-law butcher them for us. They were each about 13/15 lbs a piece. We plan to roast them slowly in the oven when we do eat them.
Hello again! So I have a quick question. Today my son brought me 4 hens he had got from tiny to raise to show in the county fair. Believing they were leghorns I told him sure I’ll take a few.. well as soon as he got here I knew he was mistaken. There are Cornish x .. and there about 6 months...
So I got these two from someone that said they are a malard mix. Do these both look like females to you. One is quite larger than the other altho both only a day or two apart
thanks for your input
If no one has don't this, our chicks Love there indoor dirt baths. Wish I could show u guys the videos, but they won't upload ?.. Even our 3 day old BCM love taking a lil dirt bath ❤️
We're here in Texas as well Luckily we only list power for a few hrs and put our 11 5 day olds at the time in front of the fire place. We have 12 bcm in the bator they all still look ok! Thank God our power wasn't out long .. pic of our babies
Oh I see. And about the mess. This is our first time using straw. TS was out of pine shavings. As of now it isn't terrible because there so small. It was so messy putting in tho, and my husband did say next time we will use pine shavings. My last and first hatch we used large shavings. But at...
It's a fairly large heating pad, pretty old as well. It's one that won't turn off after a few hrs luckily. But yes we have 11 chicks and 11 more in the bator. I believe all 22 could fit pretty comfortably at this small size and maybe for a few more weeks. The next batch won't be out for almost 2...
We did the cave method with our now 3 day olds. Used a large dog crate and wrapped the bottom with some plastic mesh because we have cats inside. The cave is made with chicken wire with a heating pad over the top of it, then a towel, and straw. They love to go inside or sit on the top. And no...
Also wanted to add we have 10 black copper maran eggs in our second bator and with the bright flash light on day 7 I couldn't see veins but I could see the darkening on one side, so u can still tell good from bad eggs. We had 2 bad and I could see that they were not fertile .
Good luck
I candled my brown eggs every day till lock down, using a bright flashlight. It was excellent. We're on day 20 atm 3 hatched 6 piped and 6 more ?s as I can't see them well. I was able to spot bad egg every early and remove and also an early quitter that would likely stuck up my incubation if I...