Posts by Tracydr

Anybody have eggs to sell? I'm pretty sure I'll have a broody bantam, I almost always do. But, it will be an OEGB so can't handle too many eggs. I'm a little nervous about buying shipped eggs but I'd rather try good quality shipped...

So, after really looking around, I think I'm going to go with Ideal. I really don't want to order 25 chicks. I simply don't have the space, even to add that many meat birds to the order. ( which I'm hoping to use the extra Roos...

Quote: Originally Posted by capayvalleychick  All the Dorkings I've seen from Ideal have not been as good as what I've seen from McMurray's. I do know breeders who have improved upon Ideal stock, but I still...

Hey all, I'm back! I was working my butt off at a temp job last month on the other side of town and I also got sort of sick with bronchitis. working on getting all the packing peanuts and red broilers in the freezer yesterday and...

Anybody have Silver Dorkings from Ideal Hatchery? I'm thinking about getting on the wait list to order some, unless I can find somebody with hatching eggs to place under a broody.  Would they be at least as good as Mcmurray's?...

Hey, Ice. They should be more than fine at that age. I wouldn't worry at all once they have most of their normal feathers. Temperatures above freezing are really mild for chickens. Mikey, the clinic job is nice but the drive is a...

You can get those vitamin packets from any of the hatcheries. Most feed stores and online vet supplies like Jeffers will carry them, too. They're cheap and good insurance. i also like to feed some nutritional yeast as insurance. It's...

Hey, I'm here. I've been working a killer temp job the last few weeks. I'm employed by a locums company and cover for different clinics that need a doctor. Right now, I'm working for a federally funded community clinic way over in...

Light takes at least two weeks to start working and only a few days to stop working if taken away. One night with a burned out lamp can mess up the whole program. Some say even a few hours of the light burned out can mess things up. You...

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