2 acres is a little small, but ask around - a lot will depend on whether anyone has the time, asome of the big rigs are kinda big to manuever in that small of an area very well, believe it or not! Small farmers might be willing to do it. have no idea of what price they might charge.
I have quitters in my current batch that are pullet eggs from my layer flock. I've had quitters from bantam RIR shipped eggs. And quitters from Silkie eggs. I didn't do eggtopsies before these three batches but I've always had eggs that didn't hatch from all breeds. Purebred, mutt, LF and bantam combined. I do not think it is just quitters from artificial incubation. I've had eggs not hatch under brood hens too. It comes with the raising of chickens.
The list of good plants they eat and the toxic ones are both so long, I could fill pages and pages. All plants in the Night shade family are bad. That I can remember off the top of my head. My chickens will taste just about everything at least once it seems. I eradicate poisonous plants on my property for the safety of my small Grand children. Rhododendrons are toxic but I've never seen my chickens taste them. There are different plants called marigolds for the common name. There are Tagetes marigolds and there are Calendula marigolds. My chickens love Calendula. They won't touch Tagetes.
I have a question for all of you that have raised chicks. Have you ever had just 1 and how did you handle it. I had a single one, "Bob" and he only lived 4 days. This morning I went out to check on the one under the hen and there he laid on his side barely peeping and very cold. He's in the bathtub up running around acting like a chick but like before will only eat and drink when encouraged. I just read somewhere to put a mirror in. What else can I do until I can travel to a few towns over tomorrow to purchase a couple chicks?
A Silkie question, I'm not interested in raising them at all, but my little Frizzle, Cecilia, I'll do anything for her because she's so cute. Useless but cute. Anyway, I posted those pic's of the 2 males and someone posted that they were hatchery. How do you come to that conclusion? To "upgrade" to a non hatchery bird, do you take something like this, look for all the qualities you would want, cull for the one's you don't and keep going on and on for poultry generations until you get SOP perfection? If so, isn't that like a whole lot of work and frustration? My hat is off to you, if so. I really love my chickens, but WOW, that's almost mind boggling to me This may seem so obvious to you all but I really never thought about it. The Sikies that I see on here are just puff balls, is that the difference between hatchery and upgrade? To go through the motions to upgrade is it done so that you can show, or sell for more money, why do it?
Life is crazy. Mom made it through surgery, (unexpected) In a week we should know what type of cancer we are dealing with. Makes me want to pass out hugs. Sue
Do you have a feather duster? Lean it in the corner. I did it for my chicks just for kicks. They played in and around it like it's a big mamma bird.I have a question for all of you that have raised chicks. Have you ever had just 1 and how did you handle it. I had a single one, "Bob" and he only lived 4 days. This morning I went out to check on the one under the hen and there he laid on his side barely peeping and very cold. He's in the bathtub up running around acting like a chick but like before will only eat and drink when encouraged. I just read somewhere to put a mirror in. What else can I do until I can travel to a few towns over tomorrow to purchase a couple chicks?
A Silkie question, I'm not interested in raising them at all, but my little Frizzle, Cecilia, I'll do anything for her because she's so cute. Useless but cute. Anyway, I posted those pic's of the 2 males and someone posted that they were hatchery. How do you come to that conclusion? To "upgrade" to a non hatchery bird, do you take something like this, look for all the qualities you would want, cull for the one's you don't and keep going on and on for poultry generations until you get SOP perfection? If so, isn't that like a whole lot of work and frustration? My hat is off to you, if so. I really love my chickens, but WOW, that's almost mind boggling to me This may seem so obvious to you all but I really never thought about it. The Sikies that I see on here are just puff balls, is that the difference between hatchery and upgrade? To go through the motions to upgrade is it done so that you can show, or sell for more money, why do it?
Life is crazy. Mom made it through surgery, (unexpected) In a week we should know what type of cancer we are dealing with. Makes me want to pass out hugs. Sue
