So I'm hatching eggs in my daughters classroom, our hatch date is April 12th so that would make April 9th (Saturday) day 18 and time to remove the egg turner and lockdown the incubator. Unfortunately her school is closed and locked on the weekends. How bad would it be if I started the lockdown...
I let the 12 chickens out today to roam and do what chickens do, it's 55 today and sunny something we haven't seen for months. I hear some loud noises and look out to see a red tail on top of my SLW, I instinctively removed my shoe and threw it at the hawk scaring it off. Chicken laid on ube...
I have an 8 month old blue favaucana that's a little smaller then the rest of the flock consisting of 2 Buff orps, 2 black australorps, 1 barred rock, 1 blue copper maran, 2 RIR, 2 GLW and 1 SLW. I noticed some feathers in the run yesterday but inspected everyone and they looked fine. They spend...
I always assumed it was in the morning but my australorp just started laying and she lays an egg everyday around 5/6 PM. Is that normal? Was I totally wrong in thinking chickens laid eggs only in the morning?
So my 18 week old buff Orpington got spooked in the run and jumped into the hardware cloth. I then noticed that her beak had a little blood on it so I picked her up to inspect. I saw that what looks to me to be a "top layer" of the beak if that makes sense, cracked and raised up off the beak...
I have 2 buff orpingtons and 2 black australorps that will be 16 weeks old tomorrow, they haven't started laying yet not sure if thats normal or not?? I have 6 other pullets that will be 14 weeks old tomorrow, RIR, BR and a blue copper maran none of them are laying either. My main question is...
7 week old Rhode Island reds this one is the only one that has a prominent comb and waddles. Also starting to get different colored feathers around the neck area.
I have two groups of pullets, group 1 is 8 weeks old 2 buff orpingtons 2 black australorps. Group 2 is 6 weeks old 3 RIR 1 barred rock 1 blue copper maran. They were in separate brooders while the coop was being built but they we're let outside to roam together with some small chasing around but...
I have 4-6 week old pullets and 5-5 week old pullets. Due to their difference in age they've been kept in separate brooder boxes, I let them out together to play in the yard almost everyday and there doesn't seem to be much aggression between them. My questions are this
1- will there be an issue...
Do my 5 week old buff orpingtons and black australorps need a heat lamp indoors?? My ambient room temp is 70 and my heat lamp just blew. Coop won't be ready for another week
If your looking for an inexpensive brooder go to Home Depot and grab a tall wardrobe box $14. I taped the seams and cut out one side and now my chicks have a 24"x24"x45" brooder and are really happy. I bought another one so when the time comes I can make it a double wide haha
I was at a local nursery today to grab some veggies and I saw they had chicks so of course I went to look. Out of the 40 chicks in the water trough brooder I noticed a small EE who's leg looked like it wouldn't bend underneath her body if that makes sense. It also looked like when she did go to...
We take our 2 week old chicks out once a day for about 30 minutes, every time I put them back they pass out so I'm assuming 30 minutes is good. My question is how often per day should we handle them? And how many times per day should we handle them? I want then to be as friendly and "happy" to...
So I have 4 week old chicks they're eating, drinking, pooping and sleeping lol. Today they are much more active flinging shavings, jumping, peeping etc. my questions are these
1. When can I give them treats?
2. I have chick cakes and dried mealworms, if I give them either of those do they...
I want to raise healthy chickens and that starts when they're chicks but the reason I'm doing this is to avoid the normal grocery store medicated antibiotics filled eggs. Is it necessary to give chicks medicated starter feed or is it just something feed companies use to scare people into...
Or a private seller that has blue ameracaunas, blue marans, blue laced red wyandottes and I'd really like some blue barnevelders. The last ones seem really hard to find
Hello all, looking forward to starting this adventure. I have a few questions what's the latest time of year to buy chicks in my area? And does anyone know where the best place to get blue laced red wyandottes, blue marans, and possible a blue ameracauna? I don't really know what hatcheries...