I have never had as hard a time naming my chickens as with my Three month old Buff Orpington cockerel. So I’m askingfor Ideas from my BYC family. All names will be given fair consideration. I will announce the name given, thanks for your help in advance.
I have taken notice that my wife’s one year old silkie hen. Pecks at my one year old Buff Orpington hen’s when trying to lay their eggs. Any suggestions?
I had this 16 week old chicken.
Two days back when I checked him,he was gasping ,there was colourless mucus like liquid droping from his mouth and his neck was twisted.
[ My other chick (he is elder than him by 5 weeks) had shown same symptom(gasping and colourless liquid on beak only) thrice...
I have been seeing more and more of my Husband's Greetings he makes on photoshop here on BYC.
AND I LOVE IT!
I can't take them with me when I die someday but it is wonderful we left our mark behind. In a positive manner anyway.. lol
Here is a short list library of some of my Dear Husband's...
Because we hatch 3 times a month, loosing a chick now does not devastate me like it did in the beginning. I am not a monster.. just I have excepted the fact that death is in the deck of cards. It is easy to become desensitized when you run a small farm because death is an inherited factor.
We...
Hello from North Central Florida! Just a couple of Semi Hobby Farm Farmers taking up some cyber space here on one of our favorite poultry oriented sites on the world wide web.
I will fill this feed with stories, worries and woes. Everything related to the trials and tribulations which fill the...
I created this simple Article to help with BYCers with new born chicks with Splayed legs.
I have seen many posts on the subject and want to help.
https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/how-we-correct-splayed-legs-on-new-chicks.72873/
I hope the article is useful and you have good fortune with...