Hi, My husband and I love your Youtube channel. We have also got some chichens. 7 hens and 1 rooster. I have just noticed the rooster has some small black spots and I was wondering if you have any idea what this could be?
I am considering raising chickens for egg production (can't get behind the culling process yet but one day...). What breeds are best not only for egg production but for someone starting out? I will be starting small (no more than 6?)
The best for eggs: Leghorn, Australorp, Barred Rock, Rhode Island Red, Buff Orpington. There are also production breeds like Red Layers or Cinnamon Queens if you want to be guaranteed to have females.
I was wondering, where do you guys live? I know you lived in Kansas City before; are you still in Missouri? If so, are you ok saying around which area? (Asking as a fan living near St. Louis!)
Hi! I absolutely love your vids and am so of living vicariously through your farm adventures. I wonder if you would mind being sent some quail hatching eggs? https://www.hatchpoultry.com/collections/hatching-eggs/products/mixed-quail-hatching-eggs was the site I was looking at. I absolutely love seeing your hatching projects. Have you considered getting Rhea or Ostrich hatching eggs? Or adding any other ornamental birds to your farm? What about goats?
Not interested in quail at the moment, but that could change. Rheas and ostriches would take more space and fencing... we’ll probably get into some other farm animals first. But we might hatch them at some point.
Hi, My husband and I love your Youtube channel. We have also got some chichens. 7 hens and 1 rooster. I have just noticed the rooster has some small black spots and I was wondering if you have any idea what this could be?
Thanks for reading,
A Belgian fan :-)
Looks a little frostbite... has it been cold there?
@whitehouseonthehill thanks for the quick response. we did have 2 weeks of frost last month. But nothing extreme.
Is there anything I should to for him now?
I read online that I should rub Vaseline on the comb when it’s going to freeze.
Yes, that’s exactly what I’d do to help prevent further frostbite and possibly heal what has already happened.
I am considering raising chickens for egg production (can't get behind the culling process yet but one day...). What breeds are best not only for egg production but for someone starting out? I will be starting small (no more than 6?)
The best for eggs: Leghorn, Australorp, Barred Rock, Rhode Island Red, Buff Orpington. There are also production breeds like Red Layers or Cinnamon Queens if you want to be guaranteed to have females.
I was wondering, where do you guys live? I know you lived in Kansas City before; are you still in Missouri? If so, are you ok saying around which area? (Asking as a fan living near St. Louis!)
Yes, we live in the Kansas City area, about an hour north near St Joseph, Missouri.
Hi! I absolutely love your vids and am so of living vicariously through your farm adventures. I wonder if you would mind being sent some quail hatching eggs? https://www.hatchpoultry.com/collections/hatching-eggs/products/mixed-quail-hatching-eggs was the site I was looking at. I absolutely love seeing your hatching projects. Have you considered getting Rhea or Ostrich hatching eggs? Or adding any other ornamental birds to your farm? What about goats?
Not interested in quail at the moment, but that could change. Rheas and ostriches would take more space and fencing... we’ll probably get into some other farm animals first. But we might hatch them at some point.