Hey all. For those of you that free range, how do you deter hawks? I had a coopers hawk take out a young bird yesterday. I didn't see the attack, but found the carcass. The hawk was seen again later in the day, with a friend. This morning one hawk returned, perching on the roof of the coop...
Anyone selling Silkies at the state fair? I'll be down there the 10th. I haven't been to the state fair since I was a little girl, so I don't really know what to expect. Are there LOTS of chickens for sale? Do they sell the whole week, or just a couple days? Thanks in advance!
I would love to have these! Beautiful dark eggs! I highly recommend anything from egg-cellent. If I didn't already have eggs incubating, I would be buying these.
Okay, got my other eggs in the mail today... This is them next to each other. The eggs I received today are white. The picture makes them look off-white, but they are fairly white-white in reality. The supposed wyandotte eggs are actually darker than they appear in the picture as well. I'm...
So I got these off of Craigslist. They are four weeks old. The wonderful lady I bought them from said she craigslisted the parents and they hatched chicks. She says they are purebred Araucanas. I'm no chicken expert, so what do you guys think? Two are rumpless and one has very sporadic tail...