Posts by DustinT

Quote: Originally Posted by chfite  75 feet from a house is not the same thing as 75 feet from someone's property.  One neighbor's house is 20 feet from my property line, but 150 feet from my...

I haven't been keeping up on here much the past week. but my 3rd set hatched yesterday/today. 10 in the brooder and 1 still working on getting out. I think I know why I was having so many problems with my fridgebator. It has a fan in...

Quote: Originally Posted by swindledana  I have 26 chicks hatched and 16 more pipping. That's awesome!

Quote: Originally Posted by Aschenfire  I'd be scared if they were velociraptors or something... not so much coyotes :D I agree 100%

I had a visit from code enforcement the other day. I was told that someone had complained about my rooster. I was also told that code enforcement already knew I had chickens but "they had let it slide" but now since the complaint I had...

I don't know why it's a big surprise that we have coyotes. It's not a very big town. I see coyotes, foxes, raccoons, opposumes, deer, bats, huge owls, falcons, buzzards and even a pair of bald eagles all the time and I live right in...

I fell asleep next to the 'bator watching the 1st of my 2nd set hatch last night. #2 had pipped this morn. I ran to the gas station to get some coffee when I got back #2 was stumbling around the bator. Dang! I missed that one too. 2...

So here are my first ever home hatched chicks.

Sad news...out of the 8 from the first set 2 made it and are healthy happy chicks....One had unzipped it's egg then just sat there for a full day! Turns out even with 70-75% humidity my chicks were drying out faster than they could...

Our 1st chick hatched out a few hours ago! Another one has been sitting with the egg unzipped since this morn...I think it's more of an "night owl" lol. My chick with the side air sac didn't make it. I think what happened is that after...