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Hey everyone, Although I got my 'bator a few weeks ago, my schedule is finally winding down enough that I can start my first set. Most of my current flock are brown layers, and I'd like to mix up my flock a little bit. I'm looking for EEs and white layers. 10-12 of each. My preference would be...

My Suro20 arrived today, and I got it all set up and running just to make sure all was ok. Unfortunately I am going away for Labor Day Weekend, and again toward the end of Sept. I think it's probably better that I don't start any eggs until I'm back. Maybe I can get some hatching eggs on my...

I was just replying to the hobby post https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=229646 , and I started thinking about my car (washing it is my hobby). So I was just wondering what all of us crazy chicken people are driving. I'm sure this has been done before, as BYC has covered...

Around the beginning of June I met a local breeder who had chicks available. He invited me over to his farm to pick out the chicks we wanted and although we got five, only four survived. The guy I got the chicks from has a large variety of birds. They all free range. He does separate certain...

I'm looking for help choosing an incubator. I am a bells and whistles kind of person, but I really have no need to get anything larger than a "20" as I'm just looking to have something on hand to keep my flock going without increasing the size very much. The biggest difference that I can see...

Yesterday I was sitting on my patio about 75 feet from the coop watching Chicken TV when I noticed one of my sex link hens running around with something large in her mouth. She was playing keep away from her roo and her sister, stirring up quite a commotion. The younger pullets were also trying...

Well, I finally broke down yesterday and ate 6 of my first 8 eggs I've gotten so far (I was waiting to make a meal). They are all from the same hen, and she's just now starting to regularly. Of the six eggs I cracked open, 4 of them had two yolks! I was just wondering if this is normal because...

I just finished mowing the lawn, checked for eggs, came inside and sat down to catch up on BYC and I noticed this on my coop cam: Apparently my roo thinks he's got to lay. I've never seen him inside the nest boxes before so it caught me off guard. I really hope when I go back outside in a few...

I couldn't really figure out which forum to put this in, so mods please feel free to move as appropriate.... Even though I'm still a few months out from starting to sell eggs, I'm already fielding many questions from people about my eggs and chickens. Things like are they organic, free range...

Earlier this week I got my first egg from one of my two 14-15 week old Red Stars. She's been laying every other day since then in the early afternoon each time. Three eggs, and they were all in the same nest box. This morning when I opened up the coop, she was sitting in the box. I thought she...

I have three Mallards living along with my chickens. They spend most of the time out in the run, and only go inside here and there to harass the younger chickens who haven't figured out the outside yet. I've basically made it my policy that if they are in the coop when I go to lock up for the...

Hi guys, I got my second egg today from my two "older" girls! One of the two chickens is larger than the other, and I assumed she was the one who gave me the first egg two days ago. Today I watched the larger one lay a much darker egg. At 14 weeks I'm excited to be getting any eggs, but now I...

Hey everyone, I haven't been posting for a while (although I've been lurking), since my chicks have been happily growing up from being little fuzz balls, but I had to check in and share the excitement about finding my first egg this morning! I never thought the day would come. Of course it had...

Here it is in all it's glory... Ok so there's nothing more than a trailer full of wood, but it's more progress than I've made over the last month. Unfortunately (maybe not) I'll be at animal rescue training this weekend, but hopefully when I get home the coop will at least be framed out. My...

Hey guys, I'm wrapping up the final plans for my coop that I'll be building this coming week. I'd like to including lighting for the short winter days so that I can try to keep egg production up. How bright do I need to have things in there? I'm planning to purchase a solar array for power at...

The wild one(s) are back. I went upstairs a few minutes ago to check out the chicks and ducks I got yesterday at TSC, as I was walking by the front door I noticed this little guy out in the pond. (Sorry for the quality, I didn't want to spook him) More Photos Here He looks like the male of...

My fiancée and I went to a somewhat local swap today. Unfortunately all the chickens that were there were older, so we didn't make any purchases, but then I rememberd that the TSC the swap was at had chickens in also. Our original plan was only to do chickens this year, but she fell in love...

I was all ready to place an order for chicks online last night, but I waited till this morning to place the order. Of course today every breed I had selected is sold out until late June. So off to another website, June also. So five phone calls later and the best I could do (including...

I'm getting ready to place my order for chicks, and I really need some assistance. I'm sure this question has been asked before, but I'd like to get your opinions on my circumstances. I'm limiting myself to an order of 25 chicks. Which will allow 4sq per bird, not including two or three...

I've got one week to go until my building permit is valid, and the excitement is overwhelming. I'm only posting this because I need to let some energy out. I've changed things in my coop design repeatedly, and I think I've viewed every coop on BYC several times. I'm off to Arkansas this...