Hello ya'll, I am a new chicken momma located in Quincy ca. Ive been following on fb for a while now and you all have convinced me to go all in 🤣. Just throw any important information my way that you wish you had known as a first time chicken parent 🐔 🐥
Not quite sure where to put this, but it probably counts as feedback, so here we are.
I don't know if this could work, but I'll give it a shot.
I know that there have been some complaints about people posting on here for issues that could be fixed with a quick google search. For example, there...
I currently have 3 duck hens and 11 chicken hens no drakes or roosters
One of my female ducks who’s bigger then the other 2 will mount and try and mate with them I’ve also seen her favor one of my chickens I know this is normal for no drake in the flock but I’m a little worried she might hurt...
Sexing silkies- we all know how tricky that is!
We know that you can't get it 100% correct until you find an egg or hear a crow!
But I want to know, how can you get it as accurate as possible? I'd like to gather info to help myself and others.
I might (not sure yet) get a new silkie (around...
Can someone explain everything about silkies? I have always wanted silkies but there's so much information on them that I don't know which ones are the right ones or not. I've read some information on not to get none pure silkies, why? How do you tell is one is purebred? Then I read you can't...
Does Chicken Keeping Ever Get Boring?
Can or does chicken raising ever get dull? I’ve been at this chicken keeping business for years now. I don’t know about you, but when I first began my journey, it seemed as though I couldn’t learn enough about chickens. I read every book about chickens at...
Hello everyone! One breed that I personally find to be very beautiful is the Speckled Sussex, just wondering if anyone could give me any general information on them. What are your guys' experience with them? What are things you like and don't like about them? What are the temperaments of the...
Hi! I’ve successfully kept my flock alive for 2 weeks, they’ve been ranging outside a few times a week and they love it! i have so many questions about sanitation, coop design, what exactly to feed, how to tell if they’re sick, how clean is “clean” when people say “keep coop clean”... also how...
Wonderful source from their Agricultural Dept - click on poultry links for an array of fantastic science based information.
https://afs.ca.uky.edu/poultry/poultry-publications
okay I was so anxious about finding about my turkeys, I didn't tell you all I have
I have: Ducks
Ancona
Khaki Cambell
Muscovy
Cayuga
I also have Geese:
Toulouse
emg
I also have chicken ALOT OF Chickens!!!!
--Geese--Chickens-- and Quail
And, I will be asking a lot of questions, because...
It might have been that I didn't post an introduction when I joined backyardchickens.com several years ago, so here are a few thoughts.
Currently I'm in northern California, in walnut country, live on a small property, am a wildlife biologist, artist, and author.
About chickens: Chickens are...
Happy hens lay healthy eggs. We all love those fresh eggs and do our best to get the most out of our hens. But sometimes we forget all the hard work hens put into making just a single egg. We forget that they like privacy and peace when laying an egg. And most of all, we forget nest box...