I bought some UK standard Araucana bantam hatching eggs to hatch, all supposed to be lavender.
3 of the 6 hatched, and are doing well. All the eggs were blue, all the way through.
All 3 chicks are different colours, and the seller told me that his hatches were also "throwing some colours"
At...
I have been building a new run and coop for my son's hens for most of the last year! I have finally managed to get the whole thing to a habitable and almost complete standard.
My brief was, using the least expensive method, design and build a secure, easily cleaned and safe environment for the...
I'm not lazy, just rather busy!
I have been wanting to make those mornings just a little less stressful, so having 2 kids a wife who works shifts (3/4 days/nights a week - nurse) I have to be pretty organised to get to work on time at 08:30 (30 min drive) and drop the kids at school/nursery no...
Hi all BYC folk,
I'm no green twig when it comes to chickens, but I always like to learn new things.
From a young age we have kept chickens at the family home in rural North Wales. We have had Dorkings, Orpingtons, various Bantams, good old Dolly mixtures, a pair of Black backed Malay, Rhode...