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Love this!!! So well thought out & explained!! Rethinking my whole brooder setup. Thank you!!

So the 1 egg I had taken from the broody didn’t hatch-found a blood ring. Today is Day 18 for the others (I counted wrong). I candled all the eggs and wound up with 3 questionables, 4 clears and 2 developing. I’ve already started collecting eggs for the next hatch.

Scrabble looks thrilled!! 😊

Today is Day 21 for the 1 egg in the Bator that I took from the broody, who had broken the others she was sitting on. I’m sure I saw something in there when I candled it. Tomorrow is Day 18 for the other batch in the same Bator. My question is will I hurt the 1 egg’s chance of hatching if I open...

I have 12 eggs (barnyard mixes) in the incubator now. 1 due to hatch in 3 days. Long story— had a broody, moved her, she broke all the eggs but 1. The others have 9 days left. First time hatching with incubator! Very nervous 😬

I had eggs under a broody but after I moved her she wasn’t as committed. She broke all but 1 egg. I took it and put it in my incubator (Nurture Right 360 w/auto-turner) along with 10 other eggs I had set about a week later than the broody. Today is day 18 for the 1 egg and day 14 for all the...

Hi All, Hope you & the ones you love are safe & well!! figured if I’m staying home, I might as well hatch some eggs. Does anyone know anything about the Nurture Right 360 incubator? My temperature light is still blinking after 24 hours. I brought it up to temp before I set the eggs and it was...

This is my EE, Pip, with some of her 8 chicks.

Wow according to BYC the last time I was on was almost a year ago!! Think I’ll slowly work my way backwards. A Lot has happened in the last year! My son got married and we love her! My daughter graduated from college, has a FT job & her own apartment. I got laid off but found a new job w/the...

Hope you have a speedy recovery @combatfuzzball! Welcome birds and the bees!! Wonderful people on this thread! I’ve learned so much!! so far so good with everyone back in the coop. The 6 chicks are growing like weeds. I think I may have at least 2 Roos in the bunch. They were chest bumping...

Keep that bucket of water out & lure them in!!

Wanna borrow my weasel? Just kidding sorry!!

@CoopChick719 , can you stuff hardware cloth into any openings before you put the birds back, or are there too many areas to squeeze into? We never saw our male mink after the one time he came back looking for the female that we killed. The coop is much more sealed up now, but the hens are out...

Sorry about your girls Hiltonizer I’ve had no luck catching the weasel or even seeing tracks. The girls are still in the garage. DH would like them to go back to the coop. I feel like the minute I put them back, It will return!! Do I dare hope it’s moved on now that the free buffet is closed?!

Set a rat trap now before they multiply!!!

My sister had a chicken hawk trying to find a way into her run last week. Still no sign of that murdering weasel! Last night we screwed rat traps to the wall of the coop baited w/meat. I figured it can’t hurt! My game cam won’t work w/fresh batteries. IDK what’s wrong with that so I don’t know...

Thanks everyone! LG, I am using my Roos head. Gruesome I know but I told him his death will not be in vain! I'm getting another trap that I will use one of the dead in. So far nothing though. I'm buying batteries today for my game cam and setting it up tonight. I'm going stand the smaller trap...

Orson a nice looking boy!! Good news...no more rats!! Yup, traded my rat problem for a weasel problem. It got in through a hole (now fixed) the rats had made near the popdoor. I thought it was odd that I hadn't seen any rats lately. Saturday morning I opened the coop to find 9 of my girls & my...

Welcome mflan! This is a great group!! Always helpful and Always funny!!!

Thanks for the WB info!! I've pruned it out along with some other rusty looking shoots. Will just have to monitor. Dang, they were really starting to produce this year!! On broodies, I just kept stealing her eggs & taking her out of the box. What finally did it was to spend $100 on a small coop...