I too would like this info. I live on the Arkansas/Oklahoma line, but live in Oklahoma officially. I don't find the Oklahoma department of Ag very helpful at all. It just loops me around, and seems to cater more to mass producers and not a backyard flock!!!!!!! Guess Im gonna have to make the...
Do they have a roost? If this is happening at night and all four are in one box and they are only four months old they are prob just trying to roost. They may be huddled for warmth. You want the roost to be opposite side of the nesting boxes and well above the level of the nesting boxes but...
There is a seller in eBay with pictures of beautiful colored sebastopols, it is boutique goose I believe. The pics are all watermarked so I want to believe its a legitimate seller. However there is no feedback at all for her!
Don't lose hope yet. It may not have been at 108 for long I've had eggs hatch out that sat in a enclosed coop in a covered best box in summer heat upwards of 108! Maybe all will be good!
I had the same problems and when I would open the top to refill the tray it would cause problems with temp fluctuations. Now what I do is remove the cent plug at the front and just pour the water through that. It doesn't hit my heating element and i just leave the egg space directly under the...
I have Ancona duck eggs doing this to me right now! Two days ago everyone was peeping and shaking in the shell. Then yesterday one had pipped, but the other three were turning dark blueish black inside the shell. When I candled them I could no longer see movement. It was just one day earlier...
ok so this in an old thread, but i wanted to share some info with you there was a game bird farm website i came across the other day while looking for black swan eggs. They had flamingos listed for sale on their page!!!! I know nothing about the website, or if its even legal to own flamingos...
I am picking up some Silkie chicks this Friday and I was wondering if anyone out there hatches out pure silkies and can tell me what to definatley look for to make sure I am getting silkies and not a Silkie mutt. The lady has black silkies and white silkies. I know they are supposed to have...