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Spaghetti noodles seem to be the fav around here... Meal worms come in a close second...

I found an informational link on BYC about Fowl Pox. Here is link if you haven't already read it. https://www.backyardchickens.com/LC-diseases-AvianPox.html

My EE pullets all had small combs, once they reached the age that they started to lay some of their combs got larger and some even got a bright red, but at 2-3 months they had very small combs. But as previously stated EE's are a mixed breed anyway so I guess it could be possible that they do...

I have 3 leghorns they are my largest egg layers! Most of my flock are Easter Eggers and Welsummers. When I sell my eggs I occasionally get asked if I put in a few store bought eggs. People who are not very chicken smart tend to think that white eggs are only from the store. To them only the...

I need opinions, I am getting black copper marans eggs next week and am wondering what everyone recommends for candling the eggs? I ordered the ova view HIGH INTENSITY candler, but am wondering if this will be enough to do the job for those dark eggs? Thanks in advance for your input and ideas

Others may have better advise as I just finished my first hatch, but I'll tell you what worked for me. I laid a wet wash cloth over top of the wells and filled the wells full with water. If my humidity started to drop too low during lockdown, I used a straw and inserted it into the vent hole...

I just finished using mine for the first time, it was also my first time incubating. I found that it worked very well for me and was easy to use once I purchased a decent hygrometer to keep an eye on the humidity. I did have to throw a wet washcloth over the water wells to boost the humidity at...

I learned how to tell if my eggs were fertile by looking at the pictures in this post https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=16008

So it is not normal during hatch. But what about after hatch? Just got done with my first hatch and after a few of my chicks hatched I noticed it was getting a little stinky inside the incubator, but being a newbie I thought that it must be normal. By the time my chicks were dry the incubator...

Quote: I don't think that is true anymore... I posted lots of pics my very first post. The 10 post rule became shortly after I joined BYC it wasn't in effect yet when you joined... Spaying your hens? Interesting but is it worth the effort? my freedom ranger hens were not that much smaller...

oh yes, and anytime you try to search anything with chickens the byc forum topics are always right there, so anyone who is not a member can also view your posts but cannot comment. Google is how I found BYC in the first place, I was trying to find information about my new chickens... I think it...

Where is this "view"? I have never seen it, is it something that you have to have a paid membership for? I view a lot of things that I don't respond to, for a few reasons, some are... *I am waiting for someone to answer because I don't know the answer myself... *Other more experienced peeps...

Welcome to byc from another Minnesotan

I don't know how to help you, but am interested in knowing what people suggest. I have a cross beak and she seems otherwise healthy and able to eat just fine, so I let her be just the way she is.

never heard of that method before. We cut the main artery in their neck while they hang upside down, if you do it right they shouldn't flap much at all, When we did ours (this year was the first time) we didn't always get it right and they did flap around a little but not too much, most of them...