Posts by wraith2626

With my brown eggs I found that two light sources helped me.  I had a homemade candler I would sit the egg on top off and a very bright LED flashlight I would have best success with from the end not on the candler.  I would...

If you have an air compressor with an air gun stapler that shoots 3/4 inch staples, that works well and really fast too!I put hardware cloth on my closed in section of my run (8 x 10 area) by myselft up to the roof level in about 30...

My favorite non-BBQ/Grilled way to cook and eat ribs are as follows:Honey/Ginger RibsMarinate the ribs in the following for one to twelve hours (longer is better) by placing the ribs and the following in very large zip lock bags:2 cups...

nobody in the greater Austin, Waco, San Antonio (even Houston) area has Marans or Wyandote eggs for sale? How about just hatched chicks?    Anyone??  PM or Email me.Thanks!

If anyone has them, I am looking to buy 6 to 12 Maran or Wyandote (preferably Gold Laced) eggs (would also consider any other dark dark brown egg laying breeds)  in the greater Austin/San Antonio area.  If the providing party...

Thanks for everyone's input.  They are several days old and eating/drinking very well.  I just noted the picking at, and in some cases eating of some pine shavings and was not sure if I had made a mistake.

I just finished my first hatch of eggs from my small flock.  16 of 19 made it through in my hand made incubator and hatched out Friday night and Saturday.My question now is when am I able to place them in pine shavings in their...

Mine usually starts around 3:00 am for some strange reason.  Back to the question however - my experience has been whenever they feel the urge.  My first rooster - a RIR began to crow (try to actually) at 8 weeks - and my...

I tried several bulbs - wound up with a 40 watt clear oven bulb working best...but I had to have a fan in between the bulb and the eggs so as to not have direct heat build too fast on the eggs closest to the bulb.  All other bulb...

I have a second false floor that will go in above the light and fans, that will be inserted quickly as hatch day arrives.  The turning mechanism comes out then. It is installed with the mindset of being able to convert for hatch day.