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Yeah I'm pretty close in West Point Mississippi

I am feeding mine 22% protein( free choice) plus oyster shell.

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.

Yep every day

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 have castor plants and chickens scratch all around them. In the spring i have plants come every where and have not lost a bird yet.

Thanks Haunted55 iwill give this a try.

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...

For a live trap use corn. For Duke's trap use a marshmallow.

Got around to staining the chicken house today.

This could be a skunks dropping. If it is a skunk look closely you will see bug shells in the scat.

Yes you can run a ground wire from your charger to your metal roof. If you have a hot wire around the top then the roof will be grounded,

Dukes dog proof coon traps are much more effective than live traps and less expensive. 12.50 each...But use what you have .

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As expensive as feed is i look for anything that will help fill in. I use any bread or other veges and they love'em.

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.

When i bonk one in the head with a bat or Axe i intend to knock it out permanently.

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