Recent content by mattjanky

Good tips on the grit. Thanks. I forgot to mention that I do add cayenne pepper and garlic powder to the feed. I don't think many got the chance to molt. I have them the light pretty early and if any did molt it was a very light molt. My turkeys did molt though and they are in the same...

I have a flock of around 40ish adult hens most only a year old. and some roosters, as well as 2 turkey hens and a Tom that live in the horse stall in my small pole barn. I'm only getting about 4 to 5 eggs a day and I can't for the life of me figure out what's wrong. I feed them a generous...

I have an hdd incubator and I can't seen to adjust the low temperature setting higher than 30. Any tips?

Thanks for the advice. I'll turn the heat lamp off tomorrow as it is exceptionally cold tonight. And I'll see about moving them to a safe spot in the barn

I have 25 six week old Isa browns in a brooder in my garage with a heat lamp. They seem to be fully feathered and I want to move them outside so I can get some more chicks.I already have 7 hens and 2 roosters as well as 2 turkeys that live in my barn stall I converted into a bigger coop but I...

I'm nearing the 1 year aniversery of getting chickens for the first time and I've come across something I'm hoping can be identified. I have 7 hens and I'm getting 4 to 5 eggs a day. (I think they're heat lamp has started their egg production back up) and the past few days I was only getting...

I know it's obviously too late for your eggs but if you haven't found your answer yet, fresh eggs are good for at least a month at room temperature as long as the shell isn't cracked. Commercial eggs are power washed and bleached and sit in a warehouse and that's why they don't last very long...

"Pet me"

Thanks for the advice. I'll keep it in mind. If Apollo gets aggressive he'll be dinner. I'm keeping my eyes open on Craigslist for some females. I want some turkey eggs

Hi I'm pretty new to raising poultry and recently I got 2 male turkeys off Craigslist as well as some more chickens for my flock. The deal was too good to pass up. They are both about 5 months old. Both free range. I named them Adama and Apollo. Adama is a little bit bigger and a little skittish...

Also 2 of the eggs had yolk on them so an egg may have gotten eaten by her or another animal but I figured if an animal found them it would have eaten all of them. My 2 acres that the chickens free range on has far to much growth to get rid of entirely and I don't mind too much because it hides...

Thank you for the suggestions I'll try them. My coop is definitely too small. It's a pre fab rated for 6 hens which is what I had originally. But I ended up getting 3 more hens and 2 roosters from craigslist. I'm in the process of building a much larger coop with a large run that will...

A couple days ago I noticed one of my barred rocks darting for the weeds and brush as soon as I let her out of the coop. This morning I followed her and found a nest she had made with 11 eggs in it! So she's been doing it at least for a little while. I disturbed all the weeds around it and took...

Here is a more recent picture but from further away.