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Posted on November 1, 2018 by Gail Damerow — Leave a comment

The Best Time to Order Chicks

As spring weather begins to warm in March and April, a lot of people start thinking about ordering chicks. Unfortunately, everyone else has the same idea, and hatcheries rapidly sell out of many breeds during those months. If you place your order in March or April, you may end up waiting a month or more […]

Silver Laced Wyandotte Chicken (Exhibition Type)

Silver Laced Wyandotte Chicken (Show Type)

Black Laced Silver Wyandotte (Exhibition Type) – Sold as Baby Chicks Only

Minimums – Not Sexed = 3

Female = 3

Male = 1

Total of 3 birds to ship

Shipped Early Feb thru End of Sept

MAXIMUM OF 5

Posted on October 16, 2018 by Gail Damerow — Leave a comment

What Are Chick Days?

Chick Days occur during a brief period in spring when local feed, farm and home stores offer baby chicks — and sometimes ducklings, turkey poults and guinea keets — for sale. Nearly all stores have chicks around Easter time. With the ever-increasing popularity of chicken keeping, some stores start Chick Days in early February and […]

Posted on October 9, 2018January 25, 2021 by Gail Damerow — Leave a comment

Blue Egg Chicken: Ameraucana or Americana?

How do you spell the chicken breed that lays eggs with blue shells: Ameraucana or Americana? If you said Ameraucana, you are correct. So how did this breed get such an oddly spelled name? To answer that question requires reviewing the breed’s origin. Araucana In 1925 a breed of chicken discovered in Chile was […]

Posted on July 31, 2018 by Gail Damerow — 2 Comments

Why Does a Chicken Lose Feathers?

Chickens lose feathers for any number of reasons, some of which are seasonal, while others can occur at any time of year. Here are the most common reasons chickens and other poultry lose feathers and what you can do to help your feathered friends remain feathered. Feather Picking Feather picking is most likely to […]

Posted on September 22, 2017 by Gail Damerow — 4 Comments

What is Feather Sexing? Separating Fact from Myth

Feather sexing is the ability to determine the gender of a newly hatched chick based on the rate of growth of its wing feathers. The trait is sex linked and works only if the chick’s father is of a breed that grows feathers rapidly and its mother is of a breed that grows feathers slowly. […]

Posted on June 15, 2017June 30, 2021 by Gail Damerow — Leave a comment

Why Does a Rooster Have a Comb?

One of the most outstanding features of a rooster is his comb — that fleshy crownlike protrusion on top of a chicken’s head. So why do roosters have such ornate combs? At about 3 to 8 weeks of age, depending on the breed, baby chicks start developing reddened combs. A cockerel’s comb will gradually become […]

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