I have one White silkie frizzle Roo I like to call him boo but you can rename him if you want if he doesn't sell on here or craigslist I will keep him for breeding projects.
He tries to breed my boot occasionally and if I step on his feet he pecks me but other than that he is a good boy...
Hello,
Welcome to my first hatch-along,I am going to be doing this under a broody hen(actually 2-3 hens) So pick an egg to root for
I think I will go for a galaxy theme I have 12 eggs so pick one to root for and name it (sorry the photo is not the best I took it on my computer)
I am going to start a silkie breeding pen in a while,but I was wondering if any of you could give me some incubating tips,I know the basics but I want to do the best I can with incubating.I am using a "Farm Innovators" incubator then I have a "Little Giant" incubator I use for hatched chicks...
So I might start going to poultry shows once they open back up,but what quality do you think my oegb's are? What should I improve on( if I need to I will get better pics)
So I have a broody hen who went broody yesterday her mother is an amazing mom and does a good job on broodying(?)
but I kinda want call ducks so do you guys think I could hatch call ducks out from under this mama? How many eggs do you think would fit?Thanks
So my Bro-in-law works at Rural king(the chicks are from hoovers hatchery)
he just got a job in the farm section as a manager.
He has standard chickens and ducks but he doesn't have bantams but I have bantams so he asked me why these
bantam chicks keep dying he said they had enough...
We want mini ducks any color preferably ducklings we do not care about color or quality these are for pet purposes we want them to be mini specifically and we have a pretty big farm so we do not worry about noise we could hatch our own eggs but sometimes the eggs do not hatch well or they have...
So I have this silkie hen and she is determined to be a mom but she gets up off the eggs at lockdown and she has done this twice now she is trying to go broody again should I let her?
I am doing a silkie breeding pen for the first time I have 2 sizzle roos and 2 silkie hens the pics are of spooky and boo my roosters and I am going to get more pics once it is light out again please tell me what features to take photos of
I have been thinking that my OEGB are actually Dutch bantams because the comb on the roos are bigger than all the OEGBs I've ever seen pls tell me what you think
Hi so I put 6 eggs in the Bator and all 6 are developing when I candled them but I wanted to know what colors I might get so I have one Golden Sebright roo in with two gray silkie hens and one crele OEGB hen and one BB(Black breasted) red OEGB hen this is just for fun btw and not for show genes...
We live on a 80 acre farm in Glen Rock Pennsylvania we have all kinds of animals Sheep, goats, horses,rabbits,and of course poultry I hope you enjoy the stories of our farm (this prompt is inspired by Fluffy butt acres )
For all mini duck breeders/enthusiasts in PA MD WV OH area of course anyone can give advice or comment for those of you who are breeders post your rough location what breeds you sell and idk if your allowed to put prices on threads but if you are go ahead!! I've been searching for mini ducks...
One of my silkie hens went broody sat on the eggs for 19 days then gave up they were out in 18 degrees(farenheit) for about 45minutes I put them in the incubator I can see through one egg because it has a thinner shell and I saw some definite development but the rest have thicker shells so I...
we are in Glen rock PA we are looking for call ducks within 1hour away price range is about 20$ per duck no specific colors just call ducks in good health gonna be looking for them around April just posting this in advance so get out your incubators!:celebrate:jumpy
#1: how many should we get?
#2: can they be loose in our garden?(which is fenced in)we know how to clip their wings
#3: can the manure be used as fertilizer right away?we plan on getting them a kiddie pool can we use the dirty water to water our plants?
we have had standard ducks before but...
classic egg swap I ship you eggs you ship me eggs I'm looking for serama chickens eggs to hatch.I have silkie x seabright x old English game bantam(my roo is a seabright)