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So I have a 48 egg incubator. Thank you EBAY! After the 3rd use, the heating element went out on it. The unit would not heat. I finished my eggs of with a heat pad suspended above the eggs in the unit and was able to keep temp close to where it should be. Of course my hatch rate was not too...

Cheap Chinese 48 egg incubator. So I had bought one of these last year. Did about 2 or 3 runs just fine. This last run…it seems the heating stopped working. I think the heating element needs replaced. I took it apart and traced the wires from the element to the control board. It appears the...

I need to do some math here. 1 chick eats how much per day/ week/ month. (chick starter) I was thinking of trying to breed Buff O's as they seem in demand in my area. They are going from 10 to 20 per bird depending on if it is laying or not. It seems that most people sell checks at 10...

Nice idea on the mustard. My rule....chicken eats eggs..... I eat chicken. I have no Egg eaters at the moment ;)

Ok. Wife wont let me clean it. She said I was to post this to the the thread FIRST. She said the "thing" has fallen off before and bleed like crazy. She is afraid to mess with it. Still try to clean? If it comes of A&D? Still put meds in water? Thanks

Thank you for the reply. I will try and clean it up the best I can when I get home. I can stick her in a dog cage for a few days. I will get an updated photo after I get it cleaned up for you.

Only y one bird in this flock has this problem. Not sure what it is. If this bird needs to be put down to protect the flock please let me know. These birds are not pets. The are an egg and meat source.

Well that is good to know. Birds roam over 1/2 acre lot. I toss a scoop of cracked corn now and then as they like that...and a bowel of live meal worms once in a while. The hog feed is 10.00 for 50lb bag. It is 4.00 a bag cheaper then the chicken feed. If it can work.. even if i have to add a...

Its a local feed mill. They buy feed and mill this stuff. It isnt mad for chickens but I know a few people using it as their food including a lerson who shows birds. The stuff is called Show Pig.

Ok, so with the information they have provided there is no way to tell if this truly is a good enough chicken feed? Do you see anything they have listed that you feel is bad?

Here is the table they have listed. I am not sure what grains are used to make up the Protein...but Protein is Protein correct? It's above the 16% that my current feed uses AND this stuff is milled very good... no clay used to make pellets... almost looks like cornmeal in consistency. Crude...

Hello, I need to know what you think of this formula make up please? Crude Protein min 17% Lysine min 1.10% Crude Fat min 4.5% Crude Fiber min 3.0% Calcium min .60% Calcium max 1.0% Phosphorus min .50% Salt...

Thank you agian. Day 2 now. Temp holding between 37.8 and 37.6 So I think Im good there. Humidity has now droped to 44. NO ALARM thanks again. I will let it hang here for a while. Ill add a squirt of wter now and then if it dorps below 42-43. At day 7 I will candel and hope to see some...

I have gone to the Hog Panel. The squares seem to big enough the chickens can get in and out of the yard with ease, but the dogs and coyotes cannot. So if they get chased out side...as long as they are close enough to the fence they are fine. Seems to be working great! Forgot to add... I...

ozexpat Thank you. I set it to 40% Guess I didnt get a book with my box. Gonna email the seller about this. Anybody feel 50% is too far out of bounds to start?