Hi Everyone!
Excited to finally be joining BYC! Our family farm has had a small flock of bantam hens (occasionally with some smaller standard breeds) for almost 26 years now. Our current flock consists of several new serama chicks, silkies, a gold penciled hamburg, a modern game, a fayoumi, a...
Our hen gave birth to three chicks, two of them hatched in time, one was delayed by some hours but he managed to hatch by himself, then we noticed that eventhough as a baby he was the healthiest, he was growing really slow, like the other chicks are a rooster and a hen, they are both ready to be...
I have a young turkey (I got him at a fair as a trade) Anyways.....he is across between a bourbon red and a black Spanish. I say he, I actually have no clue. I was wondering if anyone else could help me.
New baby in the family! This is the intro day with the rest of the flock.
The proud papa is Lou, the cochin roo in front. Hatch mommy is Bettina, and egg momma is one of the Whiting True Greens toward the back. She started with 7 eggs but only one baby hatched. Little Chicken is 10 days old in...
Hi there everybody.
I am new here and have rescued a chick abandoned by a new mother hen.
This is my first experience being a
"mother hen"
This tiny runt chick was ledt to die in the dirt by its inexperienced mother who was dealing with her first hatchlings. She had approximately 7 including...