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I have 30 Jumbo White Ring neck eggs in the incubator I want to know if the breeders have culled the agressive birds or not.

Do the white Pheasants have the same temperament as Ring necks? Or have the whites had some of there aggressive and flighty tendencies breed out of them?

I let my turkeys set on there own eggs. this year i ended up with 5 hens going broody in one nest box. to prevent this i would like to build a Semi-trap so that only one hen at a time can enter the nest boxes. I cant find any information on semi-traps. can any one help me understand how the...

Santa left 6 Java Chicks in my incubator on Christmas eve. I am proud of them because the temp has been under 35 all month. 64% hatch rate off pullets next weeks hatch will be bigger and have a better % hatch. that will end the incubation till Feb.

Sumi You can make your first cull of your cockerels’ at 12 weeks you cull for width of head remember (the head leads the way) eye color and points on their comb. you will find you can cull 75% during this cull. i have never found that i missed a good cock when i have culled this early. the next...

I have found that too many people think that just because the animal/bird is rare that makes them too valuable to cull I feel that to save them you got to eat them So I cull ruthlessly I eat well!!

How do your Rocks do according to the standard of perfection? Would it be Ok if II have a friend drop by to take a look see? He lives in NC and is a poultry judge, If he likes the quality of your flock I will be interested in 100+ straight run chicks or 15 to 20 dzn eggs.

what do you mean by grading? My cull method is at 10 to 12 weeks i separate the cocrals from the pullets. Then I look the cocrals over and cull by comparing head with, eye color, weightt, and comb points. I set aside the top ten. the rest go to the broiler pens at 20 weeks i go through the...

light is the key. i have been doing an experiment with red lights. we are calling the hen house our red light district. we want to see if the red light spectrum helps with egg laying. red with a good white light seems to be working well. here in Montana the temp drops to -10 often.So i would...

I don't have problems with the rosters when they are in the broiler pen it is when they have a harem to protect that the fight comes out. I got my first Java chicks from Duane Urch. I may be spelling his name wrong I was able to get Jim Adkins to come out to the ranch while he was here judging...

I am self employed. I work on my ranch so checking the trap nest would not be a problem. I have found that the fertility rate drops in my eggs when the temp drops below 38. three weeks ago the temp was 40 + and the eggs i collected had a 74% fertility. the batch of eggs i started last week was...

I wouldn't say there is no interest I for one have just remained silent tell i get my breeding flock to meet the slandered of perfection. I have black java's my incubator has two small batches of eggs in it now. Things I have observed in my flock They start to lay early They lay eggs later in...

By trapping the hen in the nest do the eggs stay warm? I want to start incubating in February but the high temp is only 28 on most days. I am looking for a way to keep the eggs warm and fertile with out heating the barn.

I am new to showing poultry and i want to know how judges react to wing tags. will i get penalized if i have them?

Yes you can feed sprouted barley to your ducks. I have feed barley that has sprouted and grown to the height of 4 inches to my ducks and my chickens. care must be taken that no mold is in the sprouts. watch your temps make sure you use just fresh water no recirculating systems. not too dry not...

After trying with poor incubators i finally broke down and bought a good Incubator. I opened the door to my GQF sportsman Incubator and found 10 of the eggs hatched today. there are more coming. The Red Bourbon turkeys start hatching next week. I am hooked

I have been keeping records of how often and how large the eggs are from each of my hens. they have leg bands but my nest traps open from the top and reading the leg bands is a pain. i also have some birds that will not lay in the box any more because they are so stressed from all the handling...

I have been thinking of making a identification apron. I have nest traps that open from above Having a numbered apron on my hens would help me rapidly ID the hen.