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Exhibition black Orpington X Light Sussex, beautiful iridescent coloring and HUGE. At 13 weeks he is just about as big as his mama hen, our Light Sussex. He was hatched in our home and lovingly raised, but not babied. This handsome boy is very gentle with everyone in our family, gets along...

After candling, 9 "good" eggs went into lock down last Tuesday. Temperature on the Brinsea had remained steady throughout hatching and I followed instructions to the letter for humidity. On Thursday, day 20, the first hatched. Since then I've had 5 more hatch. Today is day 23. 3 eggs left in...

I'm at lockdown tomorrow for my first ever hatch. I have some BCM and Salmon Faverolles eggs from local breeders due to hatch on Friday. However, just at the time I was setting my eggs, my new light sussex was laying and when I picked her up, the previous owner said she had just been mated so...

I have a Brinsea Octagon 20 with the auto turn. All seems to be working well. The glass thermometer has been reading steady at exactly 100 degrees for a day. I see in the instructions that ideal temp is between 99.3 and 99.6. How does the temp change when eggs are added? Is it okay for me...

I know this topic has been addressed and I've done my research which has given me great ideas how I'd like this to work, but I need pictures for DH and his buddies. Coop is 4X8. I'd like two rows of roosts with poop board underneath. I'd like all to be removable for ease of cleaning. I'll be...

DH and buddies have been working very hard on building our first coop. None of us are real builders, (obviously). I had printed out very detailed plans for The Garden Coop which my builders decided they didn't have time to look at and commenced to building. It is just a chicken coop but my...

I've purchased the Foy's Auto Opener. I had contacted Foys and asked what I needed to purchase and was told the Doorkeeper and door was all I needed since I don't have electric to the coop and didn't need for the doors to open at a certain time. I just wanted something to open the door with a...

I know good ventilation is detrimental to the health of our birds. DH and buddies are building our coop now and I've been explaining this, so in the next few days will need to give them a firm answer on how our ventilation should work. One of they guys had built these vented deals to enclose...

We are in the process of building our first coop for 6-8 hens and my husband has agreed to install an auto door as I leave town occasionally and then won't have to worry about everyone coming into roost safely and securing them at night. Coop will be 4X8 raised and enclosed in a fully roofed...

We're currently building our coop, (if the weather ever cooperates!) and we're planning to build our own windows, screened with hardware cloth, covered with plexiglass and hinged so they can be opened during the 3 days of summer we get here in the Northwest. Would any of you be willing to...

I've been a member for a few months, but this is my first post! I've been reading and studying because I want to set up a small coop in the spring. We're limited here in Pierce County as to the number of hens we can have on our property so I need to do this right. I would like to get only 3...