Recent content by Ellochicken

Hey BYC! So, I've been having a great time naming my 8 new babies, but I need one more name! I have a 5 week old Golden Laced Wyandotte that needs a name. She is absolutely gorgeous, and needs a name that suits her. Since my brain has been fried (school and stuff) I need a little help. Any and...

Thank you for all of this information! We're going to be calling my dads friend here shortly to talk about possibilities for getting the chicks here, and you have provided me with everything i need! Thank you so much! -Ellochicken

Hello B.Y.C! I have a serious question for you guys. I am planning to get two little baby Cream Legbars from my dads friend... who lives in Arkansas. I am situated in Iowa, and we were wondering if shipping the little chicks would be a good idea (if at all possible). The questions we have are...

Thank you so much for this valuable information! Do the chicks usually tend to get along when they finally get put together if they're kept in bins that are close to each other and where they can see each other, or does it not really matter? Thank you for getting back to me so soon...

I'm in a bit of a sticky situation... My dads friend is offering my family some cream leg bars, and they hatched last Tuesday, and we won't be able to make room for them until this weekend, and we wouldn't be able to get the rest of the chicks we need until next weekend (if you're confused...

Hey BYC! I've been looking into getting some new little chicks to add to our family, and I need your help! I've been looking online, and I can't find any that ship that have a minimum order of 15 or more! I can only have 6, so I need another solution. Let me know of anyone you might know around...

SUCCESS!!! I have found an egg in the nesting box today! Thank you all for your support, and it turns out that it WAS the feed! They had been eating their regular feed for about a month now, and have finally bounced back enough to start producing again! I greatly appreciate the constant posts to...

I have two Buff Orpingtons, 2 Black Stars (Sex-Links), and 1 Rhode Island Red. I have a heat lamp on them most of the day until about 10 at night. And I'm almost completely sure that the feed store had enough protein in their feed, but not entirely sure. I am trying to find some laying hens...

THANK YOU! I will try de-worming them, and i have only noticed my RIR, Penny, has been heavily molting, but I didn't even THINK about worms or stress... You may have saved them until spring... Thank You SO SO SO SO much, foreverlearning!!!!!! -Ellochicken

Hey B.Y.C, This should have come up to topic about a month ago, but my chickens stopped laying, a month ago. I'm not talking gradual here, they just one day, out of the blue, STOPPED! This all happened when we decided to start giving them a natural feed with cracked corn and all that good stuff...

I just got 6 cream legbar chicks... and I really want to be able to tell them apart! Would the leg rings be too big for them, and would it be safe to paint a toenail on each chick until they grow up and I will find ways to tell them apart? Thanks! -Ellochicken

Well, of course there's the 'keeping them fresh longer part', but you also have to think about this. Say you're making scrambled eggs, and you forget to wash the egg, and when you crack it into the pan, some of the shell falls in, and that shell had salmonella bacteria covering the shell. And...

I think you should check this out! They have full descriptions of breeds, and it helped me select my wonderful hens! Good Luck! -Ellochicken http://www.mypetchicken.com/chicken-breeds/breed-list.aspx

My friend has a rooster, and it wakes her up at 5:45 EVERY MORNING! Just take that into consideration, and check with local city/town laws and see if you can actually HAVE a rooster on your property. And it might bug the crap out of neighbors. P.S! The rooster that wakes my friend up every...

Wow! I'm in visiting TN at the moment! What a coincidence! But they do get a good amount of water in their beaks when they peck the nipple, right? -Ellochicken