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got maria hall line babies. they are jersey giant blues and what looks to be a few splash. ended up with 17 total. they hatched the 25th and 26th. Im just thrilled....

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Ive been raising blue and black giants for several years . I just had a hatch that has produced some yellow chicks. they have never done this before. the chicks have always been black or blue, or a combo off, or the normal jersey chick color, but never yellow. and I was wondering id this might...

got some new additions today. hatched out this morning. they are slw's and jersey giants. ended up with 17 out of 20. not to bad eh.....

I've run into a problem with the eggs,seems there tough to open. the inner skin is strong and will not tear to easy . the shell will break away before it will tear. thought maybe a feed problem. they get co-op layer #126,scraps and whatever is found in the chicken yard. any ideas how to solve...

managed to win a auction for 12 white jersey giaint eggs[ there from the golda miller line]. they were shipped from Iowa. When I got them, I let them set 24hrs in the cabinet then put them in the bator. on day 5, I candled and only 1/2 were fertile. left them in the bator and candled again on...

Im in the process of building a 80x30 fence around the backside of the property for the birds. Its 6 ft tall and made of mostly welded wire. I dug a ditch along the fenceline and run hardware cloth and buried it. Now the problem is will it hold up to coyote? I live in the hills of TN. and the...

how do ya broil a bird? I got a young BO roo about 7mo. that needs cookn.

could someone tell me how long a new hatch can go without food or water?Ive got baby chicks that have been hatched out for over 30 hrs and still got eggs hatching out of this batch. worried obout the oldest ones.

I put the eggs on lockdown night before last. last night the first was hatched. thismorning another hatched. now another is zipping. this seems to be a long drawed out ordeal this time around.I do not want to open the bator but .. will the oldest be ok without food or water?Its already been 24...

I do the dry Incubation method and I just put these on lockdown yesterday. there hatching! Im worried that they havent been in the high humidity long enough. the one that just hatched is out but the shell is stuck to him. looks like he pulled some of his bown off getting out. its humid in...

this is my first time with a bator. I did the dry inc. temp swings on my havabator from 98.4 to 100.6 during the cycle.humidity was at 25%. on day 18 I moved the eggs over to a still bator with the bottom temp as 101.at 75% humidity. well this is only day 20 and I wake up to hatching eggs and 1...

Ive got 5 rir in the bator along with the 8 ss I got from Hot2pot.they've been in there since the 7th so i candled them today. all five rir are forming nicely. the ss I just put in a couple of days ago so I'l check them next weekend. once i move the rir over to the lockdown bator ,i should have...

got three birds that was showing signs of respratory desease. is it safe to clean and eat these birds?

Hi folks, my name is Paul and live in from the hills of Tennessee. We had chickens when I was a kid and the way things are going ,I decided to try to raise a few now for eggs and meat. Im a rookie at this and could use all the help I can get. I was surprized to find a forum but im glad I did...

Hi folks, I live in Tennessee and I got a buff that is sneezing and has a little clear fluid running form his noze at the time of sneeze. I dont see any running anytime else. I can tell he is feeling poorly. my question is, is this always goig to be a sign of respatory illness or is there other...