Posts by ChickenMack

Okay, so I ordered some fertilized eggs, put them in the incubator and followed the directions to a "t".  I locked down at day 18 but have opened the bator to add water and trying not to mess with the eggs.   We are now...

You don't NEED a rooster if all you want are eggs. If you want chicks hatched by your hens (if you get a broody one) you will want a rooster.  I loved my first roo until he attacked my daughter, then he went to freezer camp. ...

I am wanting to buy hatching eggs- probably from a BYC seller- but I may not be ready for them once they get here.  Okay, the hens may not be.  How long can I store them before a hen goes broody?  A week? Two?...

Fred's Hens :When a group of pullets enter point of lay, I keep them in the coop.X2:D

I use those plastic recycling totes- they look like milk crates with a side cut out.  They work great.  They are deep enough that the hens can really hunker down into them and feel safe as well as allowing for quite a bit of...

Congratulations!  You are now a proud chicken parent.  So, your rooster to chicken ratio sounds fine 20:4, but you will have some pecking order negotiations, it may get ugly but unless there is bad wounds, let them figure it...

Oh man, I have had only two eggs in two weeks- I am going out right now with a handful of black peppercorns.

I have had RIR's and here are my observations:-Production RIR's are aggressive, flighty and just plain mean to others outside of their group (mine killed birds who flew into their fenced yard area and a rat in their coop- yes,...

Today I bought eggs and chicken feed.  Ugh!But, I love my girls......

I had some eggs that hatched at the beginning of August and no eggs from that batch either.  I am hoping they start at 25 weeks at least, when they do start, it will be spotty at best but by spring, you should be getting one egg per...