Well,it seems that after getting the chicks yesterday, my daughter, 4, who is enthralled by the chicks has a body filled with hives. We have given her Benadryl and they seem a little better this morning, so we will keep trying that and hope that it is something else and not the chicks. Has...
Our 5 chicks just arrived and one is not doing well at all. It has been a long time since Ive had chicks and am hoping someone can help me keep this one alive. she just keeps lying on her side. I m trying to make sure she is warm and dipping her beak in the water. The other chicks keep poking...
Hi! Its been a long time since Ive been on here and I really miss my chickens. I would really like to get a few, but we live in Manheim Township now and I am not sure if they are allowed. Im sure it will irritate my neighbors, but I am willing to take that chance as long as I wont get in trouble...
In 2005, on my birthday, my whole family ( my husband and three young boys) went to see if we could possibly see any remote chance that we could tell if the baby I was 14 weeks pregnant with was a boy or girl. First they tried to check the heart beat and could hear none. My worst fears were...
I was going to give up and throw everything out today, but I fell asleep and after I woke up, my son heard chirping from the incubator. The strange thing is the one that was completely out and fluffy camefrom a green egg(one of my EE's), my rooster is an EE, but the chick has pink legs????Can...
I candled my eggs and they are all between the ages of 12- 14 days old and look like this....
I am thinking this means they are not viable, or do you think I have a chance?
Thanks
Is there a breed that tends to have friendlier roosters? My EE Rooster is the meanest dang thing! He will go out of his way to attack us and I even held them a lot and gave them lots of treats. He is just plain mean!
I am so excited....
I borrowed an incubator from a friend and set my first batch of eggs. They are EE, EE/Cuckoo Maran mix, EE/ Wynnadote mix,EE/australorp mix, EE/ Deleware mix, and EE/Dominique mix. I am sooooooo excited 20 1/2 days to go.......
I will have access to an incubator after we get back from vacation on the 26th and would like to put one of Winnie's, whom I believe I just lost to a predator, eggs in to be hatched. They are in the fridge though. Would that be possible if they are in the fride that long?
I came home today from work and my beloved Wyandotte, Winnie is missing and my Cuckoo Maran, Hermine is limping. They have been free range while I am at work for over a year with no problems, but today I fear the worst has happened! We have looked all over and can't find Winnie and I am not...
I have seasonal affective disorder and really want to live somewhere where it is relatively warm all year round. Vegetable Farming year round would be nice as well. Can you all give me some suggestions, especially those of you who live in warmer US states.
Thanks,
Jodi
My children just gathered eggs from the coop and there were two that were the size a pigeon egg. It was the same color and spotted as the other eggs my Marans lay, but I have never had one this tiny. Any smalled and it would have looked like a brown robins egg. Is this normal?
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I've got the winter blues! Although I got my husband contemplating moving back to California. We lived there 10 years ago in our college years. I amsure it is a dream, but I would love to get back to that weather. My chickens would, too.
I have been busy taking another one of my hobbies to...
I always get exhausted and depressed in the cold weather. It makes me want to do nothing,but climb in a fetal position and cover up. I would move to a warmer climate in a second! It is so sad because it hasn't even been that cold this year yet. AAAAHHHHH where's the warmth!
FREE* Ameraucana Roo- 24 weeks old, Delaware Roo-18 weeks old, and Cuckoo Maran Roo-18 weeks old. We had ordered all females and well, as with any order you know there are mistakes. We have roos and the rule was no roosters! Especially three! Please help me find homes for them. I am...
Ok, we thought our Twisty had died of her twisted beak, but we found a dead wild black bird on our deck and then we heard our chicken Hayley sneeze. Could it all be connected? We are really worried now.