Posts by LaGeniaLoca

Quote:Originally Posted by OC closet chicken fan greetings yall, any chicken ppl between garden grove and huntington beach? i get my chicken stuff from a tiny feed store in midway city...wondering if there are cheaper/better places...

I put a modest 8 eggs into my homemade incubator on the 29th.  I candled last night, at 4 days, and it looks like 6 of them are developing.  My flock consists mostly of cochins, with an EE, a light brahma, a frizzle, and a few...

Does anyone have a pic of what this looks like?  Are there different treatments for it, or only one specific treatment?

dkcrumly:  I'm in Yorba Linda, too, near the public library!  I would love to have someone to talk chicken with!  I love your mille fleur cochins, btw.  I had some mf eggs shipped to me, but none hatched. ...

I got this one as a chick in the bin of bantam cochins and silkies.  They said it was a blue cochin.  Obviously, they were wrong, but I'm wondering what she is, then.  I've been told Light Brahma, but then I saw pictures...

I made mine with an outdoor thermometer and a shoelace.  Got the thermometer at the 99 cent store and found a suitable shoelace in my junk drawer.  The shoelace needs to be the kind that "opens up" when the end is cut...

Hello all!  I'd like to join, if it isn't too late.  I started out with 12 eggs in the bator and 2 under my broody girls.  One of those went in on 7/2 and the rest on 7/7.  They are cochin & EE, plus 2 mystery...

Well, my last shipped egg died.  Not the fault of the seller, but I don't think I'll do shipped eggs again.  The post office just doesn't handle packages carefully, whether they're marked fragile, or not.I have since set 12 of...

Quote:Originally Posted by cmom I have used a wet-bulb too. To help correct my humidity I open the vents more to lower the humidity and close them more to increase it. What kind of incubator are you using?Thanks for the replies...

Yay!  People by me!  I'm in Yorba Linda, very close to a couple people on here!  Lowry075 - I'm off Bastanchury, too!I have 17 chickens at the moment - 5 bantam cochin (4 hens, 1 roo), 3 OEGB (I think) hens, 2 silkie hens,...