Recent content by fiveidahoboys

The woman at the Idaho Dept. said she sent an email today to the USDA for an update and will let me know. I'll keep you posted. She also said she reached out to Oregon last week to see if they had heard anything yet, and they hadn't either. This shortage has been sooooo long!

Interesting! I called the Idaho department of Agriculture today, and they still had not recieved word yet on when it would be available. I am hoping to cross into Utah for an event the end of April. The Idaho representative was somewhat positive we might be able to get it before then...

My vote is definitely the Easter Egger you have the arrow pointing to, and I'm also going to say the Easter Egger is picture 8. Most often, Easter eggers that have deep mahangony colors like that are cockerels. The same goes for the black with white splashes.

Excellent solution!!

Alive for sure!

Agree! Too many people think they can feather sex chicks, I see it all the time when people come to pick up day olds from me and they think they can feather sex them. They don’t understand that it has to be very specific genetics for that to actually work.

I’d love to see an update! Especially interested in that little teeny, tiny runt. And I retreated to see what the second Ken turned out to be. I’m curious if they were purebred.

My friend's chicken don't look any better. He did everything I told him to. They still lay eggs!

Careful adding paper towels. I do that during lockdown for a higher humidity, but my incubator gets super smelly. This last hatch by the time the last chick was out it was super gross; I couldn't believe it. I think the paper towels are a good breeding spot for bacteria. Maybe not, but that's my...

I don't know if you could start in in the middle. I don't see why not. Good luck with the candleing! Are you filling both reservoirs or just one?

This is what I told my friend. It's what I would do. I was hoping to get some reassurance from someone else, or a confirmation that mites could really cause this much problem. "Have you sprayed all the wood and nesting boxes in your coop with permethrin? Your chickens look awful. You must have...

Anyone experience mites or lice this severe?

C What is wrong with my friend's chickens?!?!!?! They are only a year old. I had him dust them and redust about a month ago with permethrin. But they still look awful. The flock he had before this looked that bad too, but he culled them all when he got these new ones last year. Could it be...

Turkey eggs! How neat. Though I would not like waiting the extra week ;). I have the eco model, so no I don't have a cool down option. I saw that feature on the new ovations. It makes sense if the broody gets off the nest once a day to eat, drink, and defecate then I guess they would cool...

Good! That's what I would've suggested. I hope you love your incubator; I do mine. I've always had super high hatch rates. Last time I lost 2 of 19 during hatch, and that was surprising to me. But I'm also not afraid to assist a chick that struggles over 24 hours. I love the accuracy of the...