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Well, my hatch didnt go as well as i hoped and only one hatched. I dont want him to be alone while he's growing up (he has a mirror and stuffed animal right now) and the local feed store is gunna start selling chicks soon, but he's already a week and a half old. Should i buy more chicks, or will...

All of my feather footed chickens have a small, stubby "outer toe" (i dont know the proper name, but its the toe that has the feathers growing out of it) and the chickens nail is sticking straight out. Is this normal for feather footed breeds, or is it a problem? All of my clean legged chickens...

Well a couple days ago we had a blizzard, and the power went out for a while and the incubator temps got down to 94* for about a day. Then when the power came back on it jumped to 102*. Will they still hatch? it is now day 22 and i dont hear anything, and dont see any pips.

This morning, i checked the bator temp and it was at 98 degrees (F) and i didnt have enough time to adjust the thermostat AND make sure that it got up to the right temp ( i was running late), so i just turned it up a little bit. I just got home and the temp is still 98, will they be ok?

I have 6 eggs due to hatch on the 3rd, and i also have a broody EE. So should i break the EE, and just raise the chicks in the brooder, or let the EE have them?

My nephew wants to start keeping mantids, and i was wondering if any of you have experience with raising them (he's having trouble convincing his parents, and asked me to help )

Yesterday i was collecting eggs, and one of my production reds was in one of the nest boxes. Since i was already out there, i decided to wait for her to lay the egg, so i sat there for a while, and she just backed out of the nest box, so i looked in and saw an egg shell (the egg was layed by my...

Over the last 3-4 weeks i have lost four of my chickens, my BLRW roo, my lakenvelder pullet, my polish cockerel, and my black langshan pullet. There is snow on the ground, so EVERYTHING leaves tracks. The only tracks i have seen are rabbit tracks, and ground hog tracks. I have checked in the...

Phoenix X EE Production Red X EE Phoenix X Black Australorp

I've never really paid much attention to sex-links, and i want to hatch out some of my own (so that i can cull the roos at a younger age)

The average temp for this winter so far is about 25 degrees (two days ago it was 50* ) and i've heard of people getting frozen eggs, so how likely it that this would happen?

EE Production Red Leghorn BA Cochin I know that they will not grow any where near as fast, or as large as a cornishX, or any other broiler.

I got my new incubator in the mail today, and the temp keeps bouncing between 70* and 85*, i turned the temp up but it stays at these temps. Its been running for about 8 hours (i know its not that long, but it seems like it would still be somewhat stabilized). The wafer is slightly bent, would...

And there was almost NOTHING for breast meat! I was surprised, though it did have very large thighs (especially for its age).

I have had my production red (the one in my avatar) in the same coop as my rosecomb phoenix for about a year and a half, and just las week the phoenix (dominant [only because hes older, and never actually had to fight the production red]) started chasing, and spurring the production red NON...

Can you feed the guts left over from processing to the flock? It just seems like a waste just throwing them away......

Im used to using a turbo fan incubator, but i gave it to my cousin for christmas, so do any of you have tips for a better hatch? Should i do anything differently, or should i just do everything the same as i did with the turbo fan?

I am currently not working on any breeding projects, and i need some ideas .

I was thinking about attempting to buy some red wattle hogs but first i want to get your opinions on them.

I just wanted to see if ideal's birds had the dark comb/face that show quality silkies have (i only care about the pigmentation, not the feather quality)