Hi! I am brand-new to raising chickens and realized not long after I got my chicks that they may not be what the feed store said they were. Also I read the hatchery they came from may not be the most reputable. I believe they are 4-5 weeks old and I think I have two Welsummers, three SL Polish...
General info:
Guinea fowl belong to the Numididae family, they are related to pheasants, turkeys and other game fowl.
Guinea fowl originate in Africa and were first introduced to Europe back in the 1400s.
Frequently used terms and their meanings:
Guinea cock- male guinea fowl
Guinea hen -...
Hello all!
My EE are 7 weeks old. They look big to me, maybe it's just me? I'd like to see photos of your EE's too! Any age, any sex, just wanna see the range of differences out there. Also, the first pic are the two in question regarding their sex. They seem to fight (play?) With each other...
Winners announced here!
Autumn Poultry Photo Contest
Halloween Hatch-a-Long 2018
Images by autumnhearth
Is photography your thing? Do you have some beautiful autumn scenery to show off? Start flipping through those picture albums and show us some of your best pictures of poultry that have a...
I am having trouble posting photos. I know how to do it, but when i try to post them, they disappear. Often i have to do it 2 or 3 times, as i do with liking posts.
Challenge One – Standing Proud
This is it, we are now ready to receive the entries for this week's challenge. This is the opening challenge!
Details:
This week brings a challenge where photographers are now asked to take the most clearest and most manifesting picture of a proud looking...
Hi everyone,
Recently 5 of my pullets have gone missing while free ranging. No sign of a predator or anything but that's not the reason for this thread.
I'm just wanting to plan ahead for when I replenish my flock. What they look like as chicks and as adults.
What did your chicks look like...
Okay so I was given a couple Shamo chicks from someone who ordered too many, this is a dream breed of mine due to their intelligence and them being well known for being so people friendly so of course I accepted. Their names are Cairo and Rameses. Rameses is for sure a boy I dunno about the...
Hey everyone. Thought I would start a new thread about my BO roo x EE hen since there don't seem to be any pics.
I will continue to document and post photos of their growth progression! I'm excited to see what they look like as adults!
Firstly here are mom, Blanche (EE on the right), and dad...
Hi there! My name's Rebecca and I live on a small farm in western Oregon. I've already made a thread about our growing flock of chickens, but I thought it might be nice to have somewhere to post other, less chicken-specific goings-on at our farm.
Our place is something between a small family...
Me and my husband just bought 6 new chicks today, we have everything set up, but unfortunately we have no idea what breed or gender they are! We are new to having chickens, and I cannot get very clear pictures when I try to use Google. I was wondering if I could use your guys' expertise/knowhow...
Hi everyone! My name is Nat. I have 2 chicken flocks, one from the summer of 2015 and a new flock of babies from this February! The chickens are currently between 3-5 weeks old.
2015 Flock: 1 Easter Egger, 1 Ameraucana(she unfortunately passed away a few months ago :(), 1 bantam(not sure of the...
Just a fun PHOTO FRIENDLY Thread with associations with
Winter Time & related Trials & Tribulations with 2 separate replies/explanations.
First Subject with or without pic CHICKEN RELATED.
Second Subject with or without pic ALSO WINTER RELATED.
Main Theme is winter. Chickens & ______ as well...
Here is the scoop...
Recently I asked my dearest hubby to make me some Pop up Bubble Captions for the contest here on BYC. Within minutes he whipped out a half dozen zainny photos for the contest without even trying.
HE IS LIKE A MACHINE!
He has a ton of Photoshop experience and a real good...
Do you have a Jersey Giant and a Serama? Or maybe you have a Rhode Island Red and a Buff Orpington chick?
Take a photo of your cute couple and enter them into this competition! You will need to include their names, their breeds, their joint name and their photo. Anyone can win!
The entries end...
I have been taking a lot of pictures of my chickens and have realised how great some of them are!
You can enter more than one chicken.
Here is how you enter:
Put the name of your chicken
Put the gender of your chicken
Put the age of your chicken
Write about his/her character
Put the best, most...