If you’ve been hunting for quality large fowl Buff Ameraucanas and coming up empty – you’re not imagining it. They’re genuinely hard to find. Buff has been an APA-recognized Ameraucana variety since 1984, but serious large fowl Buff breeders are few and far between, and
If your chickens still aren’t laying eggs and it’s almost April, you’re (probably) not doing anything wrong. We’re seeing the same thing here in Mishicot, Wisconsin. Our Buckeyes and Pilgrim geese are already laying really well, while several of our other chicken breeds are still
FINALLY! After months and months of nothing, we have a few eggs again! We found out the other night that part of the reason for the dearth was a family of opossums that we caught yolk-handed – we first learned that they had broken into
We’re in the middle of a polar vortex that started right after last week’s blizzards, and temps are below zero. With windchill, the average Real Feel is -35F. Things seemed to be going as well as they could until last night – despite our best
Every now and then, a chick will hatch with a slipped achilles tendon. This is a fixable issue, but it is critical to help the chick within the first couple days of life, or the condition might become permanent and debilitating. Please note that we
A lot of people ask us how to help chicks hatch. We are assisting a struggling chick right now, so I thought I’d write a post about our experience and steps we take. Please note that we are not medical experts and the following should