I feed them layer pellets and scrapes and they free range about three hours in the afternoon. All seem to be healthy. This is my first time to try hatching.
My hens are production reds, the rooster is roadisland red.
Both the thermometer that came with farm innovations and the incu therm that came from incubators warehouse agree.
Anyone ever had a sterile rooster. I have started two batches of eggs in a bator with a Incu Therm plus for reference. The fist batch stayed in for 11 days. I candled them and nothing, So i took them out and broke them one by one in a bowl. Not a one had anything but a enlarged yolk. I started a...
I am having a problem with the hens pecking the rooster's comb. Had one rooster that had a scabby comb. After he got mean i got rid of him and got another. This one had a beautiful comb for few days and now his comb is scabby also. They sit on the roost and peck on him ,not aggressive but just...
I would think a hawk. Don't believe a snake would get away that quickly with a chick in his belly. With a small chick there might not be any feathers left from a hawk.
If you catch one in a dog proof coon trap you can just bonk him in the head with a bat. These traps are super easy to use just bait with marshmallow, one under the trigger and one laying on top. He will eat the one on top and then go for the other one. Gotcha