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If anyone has a Hova Bator Incubator please contact me. It would be a plus if it came with an egg turner and air circulator. Message me if you have one. Thanks everyone!

How long after the chicken lays the egg will it remain fertile? And what must I do to keep them fertile?

I am home from summer and do not have any income since I work a volunteer job. Cash is running low and I want to be entrepreneurial and do something with my 2 acre backyard. Whether it be growing something / selling it or building something / selling it, I want to be productive with my time and...

What town in Connecticut are you all from? Avon here.

I feel there will be 2 results stemming from cage bans: 1) Chickens will live a more natural and healthy lifestyle. 2) It will open up room for other businesses to enter into the market because the huge suppliers will not keep up at the same pace. What do you people feel will happen? If it...

I am looking to keep up with all the latest news within the egg industry and was hoping someone could point me in the right direction. For instance, I would like to know what is going on to prevent battery cages for chickens. That is just one topic I would like to keep up on. If anyone has a...

Currently, I am a junior at the University of Connecticut. I really want to start up a business of my own while I am still in college. I have tried many things so far but nothing seems to fully work. Does anyone have any ideas? The sky is the limit. I am not really looking for the simple stuff...

I know the sportsman holds 270 chicken eggs but what is the next biggest incubator out there? I am looking for bigger incubators than that but not as big as the commercial grade where they hold like 5,000 eggs at once.

I noticed that Murray McMurray Hatchery is always limited with their selection of chicks. With that said, I feel that there is room for other hatcheries to enter into the mix. I have strongly considered this but definitely have a lot of planning ahead of me. What is everyone's thoughts? Is...

Ok here is a hypothetical scenario: I have 10 female white-leghorns and 1 male leghorn to make the eggs fertile. I have an incubator which holds 270 eggs. I want to save up enough eggs to fill the whole incubator. 1) How long do fertile eggs last for after they are laid? 2) What do I store...

I am looking for some good business books (recent) about raising chickens for their eggs. Anyone know of any?

How long do eggs last in the fridge from lay point?

I thought about buying 1 day-old chicks from a hatchery but then I thought of hatching my own since it would be cheaper. Which would you guys recommend? I do realize that if I buy them from a typical hatchery that they will be vaccinated where I probably won't put any chemicals in them if I...

How much do you sell your eggs for and where do you sell them?

For those of you who sell your eggs to farmers markets, are you making any money doing it? Or would it make sense to try and sell them yourself? I just figured the farmers markets already have a customer base and I could feed off that but I would have to sell my eggs for lower prices. What...

I am looking into possible broiler farming and want to start getting numbers crunched. How much do meat processors charge?

1) What is the best type of bird for meat purposes? 2) How many weeks must you wait until they are worthy for the processing plant? Does anyone else out there raise day-old chicks for meat?

I am ordering day-old chicks to raise until point where someone wants to buy them. How can I estimate cost of feed?

Does anyone here make their own pickles? I am looking into starting my own pickle company and was curious what all of your thoughts are. Please enlighten me! Lol. Also, I was debating growing my own cucumbers or just buying them from a cucumber supplier (preferably not the supermarket).

I am looking to start up a small scale business somewhere in agriculture. I have a very strong passion for agriculture and know lots about chickens. I am willing to learn about cows or any other type of animal raising needed to startup a business. Here are the ideas I have thought of: 1)...