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How do you all think my air cells look for day 14? Thanks

I have three hens that went broody hens all around the same time. I was having problems with them getting in the wrong nest boxes so I put this enclosure around them. Do you think this will cause any issues? They have been in there for about three days and I have had no problems so far.

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Hey guys, I've got close to 60 hens. Some are were born March 3 and are laying. Some were born 3/31 some of those are lying. And some were born 5/6 and not laying. My problem is that some are pooping n the nest boxes. What could I do to help with this problem? It seem like more of an issue on...

I am building nest boxes this weekend. My question is is 12 inches wide X 15 tall X 20 deep a big enough box? I'm trying to work with what already is in place. This would be for standard sized chickens. (buff orpingtons, Rhode Island reds, Black copper marans)

Hey everyone. I started out in march with 28 chicks for McMurry hatchery these are now 23 weeks old. After having them for a while I got the bug to hatch a few chicks. Long story short I ended up with over 30 more chicks. These chicks are now 13 weeks old. I sectioned off a 12x8 portion of my...

With all the rain we have had in west central il I am getting water seeping up through the dirt floor in my coop. I have not had a problem in the past but want to solve this issue. My coop is 12X24 and I have 30 chickens in it, it has a dirt floor. My run is 40X24. The water is literally seeping...

Hey everyone, I received my new octagon 40 on Thursday April 9th. I plugged it in and got it all set up and found that only 2 out of the 4 fans were running. My next step was to ask this forum for help. Here is a link to that thread.... https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/967685/brinsea-help...

I just set up my Brinsea octagon advance and only half the fans are running. It has a total of 4. The ones on the left run all the time as far as I can tell and the ones on the right don't run at all. Is this normal??

Does this look like a normal hatching? Was lucky enough to catch this one hatching today on my lunch break

Hey you all, Just ordered a Brinsea octagon 40 advance with the humidity pump. To much frustration with my styrofoam incubators so I bit the bullet. I work 60 hours a week so it does not leave me enough time to baby sit the incubator. Anyway what advice would you all have on set up? My humidity...

Got my first pip ever! Give me some advice on what to watch for. Humidity is at 62% ant temp 99.8

I am confused on incubation time. I put eggs in my incubator on 3/12/15 at 3:00PM. Would the 29th or 30th be day 18? Just want to make sure I start lock down on the correct day.

Hey everyone, I am currently building a new coop for the chickens. It is going to be 24'x12'. I live in west central Illinois. Summers here can get to 100° and humid on certain days. Winters have some days below 0°. My question is if I take the top 6” of my walld and put 1/2x1/2 hardware cloth...

Anyone near Quincy IL have fertilized eggs? I tried shipped eggs and am having horrible luck. Getting less than 40% on the shipped ones.

Hey everyone, I have a farm innovations 4250 and am having problems controlling the temp. It fluctuates from 97-102. I have a temp/hygrometer that I know is accurate. The digital display on the incubator is way off. Any way it seems that I will check it one time and it will be perfect then an...

Hey everyone, I have two chicks out of 35 that are lethargic. When they do try to move they stumble around like they're struggling to walk. They appear to be trying to peep but no sound comes out. Check my temperature and it is perfect 92° all the other birds seem to be doing great. The two...

Hey everyone, I have two checks that have pasty butt I believe.I have clean them up as best I could. The problem now is when they are with the other chicks, the other chicks are constantly pecking at their rears. Should I separate these two from the other 35 or so? Or should I just leave them in...

Hey everyone, has anyone used the new farm innovations 4250 incubator? I just picked one up on sale. Just wondering if anybody has any positives or negatives to share. I am going to try it out this weekend. I've got it running right now just to test out the humidity and temperature. It has a...

Hey everyone, I bought 35 chicks that usps delivered today. I bought a good variety so am needing a little help identifying the two I lost. Here is a list of the chick I got. Road island red, Colombian Wyandotte, Delaware, silver leghorn, silver laced Wyandotte, partrige rock, buff Minorca...