Hey DIY whats your opinion on Raising/chickens?
Pic is my female barred rock hatchling (my incubator is shit another pipped and im waiting on it.)
Easiest chick I've every sexed. She's black as coal.
Hatching your own chicks
Hey DIY whats your opinion on Raising/chickens?
Pic is my female barred rock hatchling (my incubator is shit another pipped and im waiting on it.)
Easiest chick I've every sexed. She's black as coal.
They cute
I try not to get attached, but the babies are really tiny and adorable.
Pic rel is like the size of a marble in my hand.
Indoors only? A neighbour had to stop his outdoors chicken farm due to bird flu problems.
>cute
Yes.
I'm thinking about getting tiny serama chickens.
I've heard about quail. Seems smaller birds make sense in or near cities.
>Easiest chick I've every sexed
Implying you sex a lot of chicks on PrepHole ...
But when you say black, you mean all black? Like everything? That's a highly valuable genetic anomaly.
I had a chick not to long ago that had strong barring, but when it pinned the feathers didn't pop like a roosters would.Very hard to sex. These recent hatchs are all very dark and low barring.
But not all black. It's just very obvious their all female (I know about the black chickens you speak. Sadly mine aren't completely black. That would be cool to see happen tho.)
my local city says i can have 1 chicken per 500 square feet of property. my lot is 6000 but the actual yard is quite small. also it cant be within 50 feet of another house but were pretty well packed in. You guys think i could get away with a couple hens for eggs?
Perhaps but not worth the hassle.
That's too small a lot, dude. You can keep them in a garage, if you really want them.
Had mine in garage while on holiday. Obviously in a small netted area.
I'd recommend quail if you lack space.
I'm hatching birds for the first time this year. Bought a hoverboard 1588. Throwing in some test mutt eggs. In a few weeks I'll see how they hatch and be a little more picky about what I put in there after.
Chickens need about 10sqf per bird in a chicken run. I bet you could make enough room for 4-6 birds. You'll have to manage the poo more than if they had room but that's just free compost
thanks fella. my whole backyard is maybe 12 feet by 50ish feet, i was thinking of taking out my tool shed or insulating and fitting it to work as a chicken coop. I might just ask/warn them Im getting a couple hens and no rooster, maybe give them a dozen eggs here or there to sweeten the deal
It's not like they're loud at night. Though some can get rather uppity at times with other hens, usually only lasts a minute.
Do they have dogs barking constantly?
If so, who fucking cares
Chickens were the best thing I ever did
Eww, why are your eggs green?
Here are my chooks
I'm so jealous of you morons.
I just want some property where I can raise animals and grow crops, while fucking around and automating tasks at home.
I raise mine in my house. I mean its jot a tiny house. But it's a shit hole.
I'm using extension cords, leds, and sheets if whatever random ass shit I can find.
They're annoying my neighbor by digging in his garden so I have to start fencing them in
going to build a coop this spring after i get my property fenced - looked into a few breeds, but is anybody doing breed that are good for both meat & eggs?
my plan is to keep a dozen or so hens for eggs, and hatch/raise some for meat as well.
Barred rocks are a good hearty dual purpose breed
Orpingtons
NOOO YOU HAVE TO GET INJECTED AND POISONED CHICKS FRIM TGE STORE THAT SELLS EXCLUSIVELY CHINESE GOODS
YOU CAN NOT JUST HATCH YOUR OWN NON MODIFIED CHICKS
OP here I got 7 chicks instead of 2 🙂 Bought 40 pounds of chick starter and ground it with my coffe grinder. None of them have any poopybutt yet
Careful, they are poisoning chicken feed
Don't feed your chickens goychickslop!
My chickens are doing just fine. In fact these people saying that don't seem to understand that winter will decrease eggs because the days get shorter...
Retard detected ^
Serious chicken fanciers should avoid PrepHole and instead goto serious places like the backyard chickens forum. There is no reason to want subjects better covered elsewhere on PrepHole when it is more useful for quick superficial answers to minor problems and of course for bunkertainer autism.
Chickens are easy to care for but because board pollution that sort of discussion should be on moderated fora.
kys moron
cant say that on your backyard poultry raping forum can ya?
You're the dumbass.tgey are poisoning all other food sources including store eggs and chicken feed, what the hell makes you think prehatched chickens sold to goyim are sacred to them?
have a nice day raidmoron
Poopybutt is hit or miss. I had a whole batch (8) where every single one of them got massive dingleberries. Another (6) where not a single one sharted it's feathers. I think it might have something to do with humidity tbh
enjoy your $1 ea. eggs.