I'm not allowed to keep roosters in my city and my surprise cockerel is starting to find his voice and is likely gonna have to go soon. I have a friend that's allowed to keep roosters and is willing to take him, and he completely free ranges his flock and only provides chicken feed for them in...
I have been asked to produce around a 1000 muscovy drakes per month for a few people who sell them to fellow customers of theirs. I was wondering what was the best way of letting them hatch there eggs as I have not had good luck with them hatching good amounts the most I have got was 8 out of...
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I just wanted to introduce myself.
My name is Kara and I’m from a farm in northern Alberta.
I’m a new chicken mom and I’ve come here for advice!
I have 10- 7 week old chickens that are Rhode Island Red and Plymouth mix. I’ve had them for 4 weeks now.
We made a temporary...
so I have 4 free range hens. I live on a street in a mainly rural area, but on a street with neighbours. Our run is big enough for our hens but not huge or anything. I have been recently experiencing some issues when I let my hens out in my backyard (just under an acre). There is lots of room...
Hi BYC!! Pleased to be among common chicken loving folk!
My Backstory:
My chicken momma-hood was a random thing. I walked into TSC and just fell in love. I told my husband I wanted chickens, he laughed me off, we kept moving. I watched some videos and did light research in the car on the way to...
I have a flock of chickens that already ate the grass in their run. I let them graze in my backyard, only when I watch them. Usually it is for an hour or so. I do have two roosters who do protect the hens. I just don't want something eating them!
Hi! First of all i want to say i'm new to raising chickens, and i tried an experiment 7 months ago when i was hatching eggs in an incubator. Out of curiosity i put it in there 3 Farm house free range eggs that i had bought at Walmart. One out of three hatched and this is the result, but now i am...
so whenever I have extra eggs I sell them. i currently am selling them for 5$ if they were sold at a store they would be labeled cagefree,free range,colorful (brown, white,blue and green) and if I were to label them torture free. any money I earn goes into buying feed and whatnot. my grandpa...
When I got started with backyard chickens, I was excited by the idea of fresh eggs every day and I had this romantic idea of chickens pecking around contently in my garden. But the reality was very different. They trashed more veggie gardens than I would like to remember, turned the chicken run...
Hi! I’m a proud mother of 5 chickens and a rooster. We moved onto 5 acres 2 yrs ago and got 5 grown chickens from a friend. We decided to see how they would do letting them free range but they always end up at my neighbors house. These neighbors used to have chickens and we are friendly with...
I have a question...yesterday or the night before I introduced 2 new chickens (silkies) to the flock the way Justin Rhodes said to do it, by putting them in at night, and the chickens think they’ve always been there. Worked great! No issues. Our daughter gave us these 2 new ones. Everything is...
So, my 2 female Pekin Ducks decided to start laying eggs this week! *Tear* they grow up so fast..
My problem is I have ZERO duck egg experience (zero egg experience period - unless we're talking from the grocery store).
Anyways I have a few questions, but first, let me describe the situation...
About my Ducks: I received 5 1-3 week old Pekin ducks from a Tractor Supply Co. during their Chick Days in mid march 2017. I have 2 Females and 3 Drakes. The 2 Hens just started laying eggs this week. My ducks are completely free range on my property currently.
My setup: My ducks free range in...
Hey ya'll I'm M! I am a first-time duck owner and currently have 5 lovely Pekins! I have used this site many-a time during my interesting journey as a duck mom and decided to finally join now that my hens are laying eggs!
A little information about me: I am a Texan city girl who now lives in...
I have 6 hens, 4 isa browns, 1 buff orpington, and 1 black sex link. They are approximately 15-16 weeks old. One of the isa browns seems to be antisocial? Whenever we free range them, they are always all together, except for that one hen. She goes off and finds bugs on her own. She's a little...