Hi I have a local mill that will do a 20% layer ration for me and it costs about 12.50 a bag...very reasonable....its base is ground corn and then a concentrate is mixed in....will this not be a suitable feed for white silkies as we do have a few of them.....what are your thoughts.
Hi everyone out there have a bunch of gorgeous little peeps running around in the brooder ..had to help 3 hatch as they were almost out kind of got tired and dried out but they are doing fine...i got the eggs from cjexotic and i highly recommend her eggs they arrived with not a one broken and...
Hi...i have some eggs from cjexotic and they are on day 21 tomorrow but a few pipped last night and this morning i have a splash and then while i was looking at the chick another one cracked out and its a nice splash too....is it safe to leave them in the incubator until tomorrow night as my...
I and my son are so excited we had a disater hatch in September only one lonely nankin...none of the eggs were fertile....but chic chic peep peep is about o have some brothers and sisters next week we candled them tonite and 11 of the 13 nankin eggs are doing well...and the further surprise was...
Hi...we want to get into another breed of chickens and like the colored egg layers..the ameracunas in particular seem to be the breed we are gravitating towards..as far as popularity which size is easier to sell the bantams or standards...we thought it would be nice to have the standards for the...
Hi has anyone used one of the chick brooder heaters from Brinsea...i have seen reviews that it is felt the unit is too cool in temp for new chicks but i like the safety concept of it. So I was wondering if anyone has one...
Hi...my son wants to show his chickens in a bunch of the fall shows...i paid a tester to come out on the weekend and he tested all the nankins but told me the silkies were fine as they had an NPIP certification paper...well the vet calls me today and tells me its not and they need to be retested...
Hi out there i have been a lurker for a while and due to posts here took the plunge and bought a brinsea eco 20...well loaded it up with some buff silkie eggs and a few nankin eggs...put a humidity/thermometer thing in it at egg level and it reads a little off compared to the brinsea...