Black chicks

Yesterday I told you all about the new breed of chicks I got, now today you get to see for yourself that they do indeed exist (in case the video didn't convince you). I

We have been enjoying the baby chicks. These chicks are getting handled a lot. I hope this means that they will be tame adult hens. Our first chickens were very tame because the boys spent a lot of time with...

🐥Egg Tooth🐥 Did you know that as chicks form in the shell they create a special extra piece on the end of their beak called an egg tooth? This day old Ayam Cemani chick is modeling it perfectly. The egg tooth helps them in the long journey out of the egg and falls off naturally

The Lambourghini of poultry has just pulled into the driveway, and its name is Ayam Cemani. This mesmerizing bird is a rare species of chicken from Indonesia, and its all-black appearance has made it one of the most exotic and mysterious breeds in the world.

From the moment that our first day old chicks arrived here at 1840 Farm, I was hooked on chicken keeping. We built their coop by hand, using repurposed materials when possible, planning the best we could for the chicken keeping adventure that lay ahead. We tended to the pullets through the first few months of

Cochins are known the world over for being big friendly balls of fluff and feathers. (They're so chill that it's hard to get them to stand up in photos!) They don't lay very well but are popular because of their sweet personality and fantastic mothering qualities. Cochins became famous in the 1800s when this Chinese breed was given as a gift to Queen Victoria of England, who absolutely adored them. PLEASE NOTE: the color blue does not hatch true in chickens. Blue is a diluting gene for…

Jersey Giants have a reputation for growing “slower” than other breeds of chickens. It’s just that they have farther to go to reach their full size.

The Mystic Maran is a dark

For Sale Beautiful Silkie Chicks in a variety of colors - white, splash, partridge, black...Email cprice@caschools.us.

Chick Check-in: We’re raising chicks on our farm this year. Here are photos of the baby chicks at 1-week-old. Click the graphic to learn how we gave our chicks a strong start. #ChickStrong Chicken breeds we’re raising: Black Australorp, Blue Silkie Bantam, French Feather-Footed Cuckoo Marans, Rose Comb Bantam, Silver Sebright, Spangled Old English Bantam, Speckled Sussex, Splash Silkie Bantam and White-Speckled Black Polish.