Posts by 2wheelsdaily

Thanks for the replies, my incubator does not have a fan but I read the fan really doesn't improve hatch rates. Since I am not home usually during the day I think I"ll get a Brinsea incubator. Bobby

Geez, 42 eggs, 12 hatched. My second attempt at hatching eggs. The first time I only hatched 5 out of 25. This second time I calibrated my thermometer with 2 digital ones because the first time it was apparently too low because the 5...

Picked up a couple Silkie pullets at a show a couple weeks ago, kept them separated for a week and they looked fine so I put them in with my other Silkies. This afternoon I went out to wash out the waterers and the youngest pullet was...

I got a different impression, I think the chickens there for the most part are pampered pets and treated very well. I too saw somebody carrying a chicken by its wings. I wouldn't do it but the chicken wasn't complaining so I do know that...

I have a young Blue Silkie Roo I am bringing to sell, just have too many of them now. He's less than a year old and and crowing nicely! Will be looking for some BQ White Silkies and some eggs from same.  

Dixiebeast, sent you a pm

Forecast for Saturday is rain, one site says 80% chance, another 100%. Is there a covered area for buying and selling?

Anybody bringing eggs? I have somebody bringing me about 25 eggs but would like to pick up another dozen to fill up the incubator. Would be most interested in B/B/S Silkie or Delewares eggs, breeder quality. Thanks, Bobby

My Deleware Roo, heard him crow for the first time this morning.

It would be really really nice if one of you who regularly shows chickens would create a thread with a simple tutorial including pics of what you check on a chicken when deciding to show it. My interest is in Silkies but I assume...