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Ok, last summer I bought 2 royal palms that I was told were about 2 months old. Nice looking birds, sex unknown. They are now 8 months old, do not strut, have small snood and wattle. I assume they are both hens. I bought a young tom to introduce to the ladies. When I went to get him, he was...
Ok, This morning I set 10 cuckoo marans, 7 black copper marans, and 13 ameraucanas. WOOHOO! My first bator load ever! Temps on top of eggs running at between 99.5 and 100.5 and temps at bottom screen at 98.5 to 99. Humidity at 35 %... ....after reading the whole dry hatch thread, this...
I would like eggs from the following breeds:
Buckeye
Araucana / Ameraucana
Black Copper Marans
Cuckoo Marans
Welsummer
Columbia Rock
Brown Leghorn
But would consider others.
Also, I would like to find them as close to Dayton Ohio as possible because I would prefer to pick them up rather than...
I would like to buy either buckeye chicks, fertile eggs, or young birds. Looking for about 5 hens and a roo. or a dozen eggs. Let me know what you have.
I am looking for a mate for a lonely guy. Our Royal Palm Tom would love to have a lady to spend some time with. Please let me know if you have one available in South West Ohio. I live near Dayton.
Ok, so I decided to let nature take it's course and let my broody Marans set a clutch of eggs. Well she hatched out 3 great little fluff balls. I have them in a separate coop away from the other chickens. But I'm not sure what I should be feeding them. I have chick starter for the wee ones...
I have two hens with a large knot under their eye at the corner of their mouth. It's on the left side of one and the right side of the other. the knot is fairly large (about the size of a pea) but is not seeping and does not appear to be causing the chickens any problems in feeding or...
I have a 9 week old barred rock pullet that has a rattle in her breathing and is stretching so that her head touches her back. She is very weak and won't eat or drink and doesn't move well. This morning she had a bit of a rasp to her breathing but she was eating well, went outside for a while...