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I hatched a bunch of barred rocks last year and plan to hatch rhode island reds this year along with some Cornish x eggs. Last year I used a incubator and want to use a hen this year. I am wondering what the best hen breeds for this purpose would be? I have a cousin that used a silkie for...

I lost 2 hens and a rooster the other day to some dogs. I'm guessing they Belong to some one in the neighborhood down the road. I went out on the porch and fired a few shots out of my 22 to scare them off and kind of warn them not to come back. Then tonight my wife called me at work and told me...

I didn't put lights in my coop this winter and my hens quit for the season. Have yours started laying again yet?

i decided about a month ago i wasnt going to hatch any more eggs untill it warms up again. maybe march or so. .... so i loaded up the incubator about a hour ago. i just cant hold out. i got some eggs from a lady in the next town over (she responded to a want ad i put on freecyckle.) and i put 7...

They have a nice little coop with a perch inside it. I even put some hay on the floor in there to try and help insulate it from the old ground... It's supped to get down in the mid 30's tonight and Ben raining most of the day. They are all lined up sleapin on top of there coop out in the...

I am looking for a showgirl or silkie hen to sit on some eggs. I have Ben hatching in a incubator but want to hatch under a hen. I currently have a flock of barred rocks ( currently have 5 hens and a roo) my hens have no interest in sitting on eggs. I can give you some barred rock chicks when I...

sorry i need to vent real quick so i got one neghbor where i live. i have (had) 9 barred rock chickens (2 roos and 7 hens). they told me when i got the chickens that they didnt mind if the run free and ate the bugs from there yard. they usally stay around my yard untill the neghbors kids started...

do these eggs all look the right color to be barred rock eggs? i wish i had a stor bought white one to put next to them to show the color. some of the eggs just look to white to me. the chickens were supose to be hatched from mc murry hatchary. they were about 5 months old when i got them. just...

i bought a used hova bator a wile back. the foam is messed up pretty bad so i taped it up with duct tape. i didnt think it would work out but i has 2 sucessful hatches out of it and have 7 more eggs due to hatch next week and everything is looking good with them to. i am wondering if they sell a...

i have several barred rocks nad i noticed about a week ago one of my hens legs were looking kind of pale. then i noticed today her legs and feet are almost white and she is looking pale in her face to. i will try to get some pics of her when she comes in from free range. she is acting normal and...

i have 5 barred rock pullets that are not laying yet. 2 barred rock hens that are laying and 1 barred rock rooster (told be be about 18 months old.) they have all ben living together for 3 or 4 weeks now. i have gone out and gotted two eggs at a time and put them in the incubator. no signs of...

i currently have a barred rock rooster and 7 barred hens. i was wondering what i could breed with my barred rock rooster to make a decent meat bird. i was thinking about raising meat birds and i am to cheap to buy chicks and dont want to get another rooster. i know i could get a cornish hen to...

loaded the bator (probally for the last time) on 6/21 at 9/21 am with 28 ameraucana eggs i traded a mixed breed laying hen for. i also traded 2 hours of labor (shovelng mulch and moving some fencing for a 18 month old barred rock roo, 14 month old barred rock hen and 5-5 month old barred rock...

its a few day old silkie rir mix. it was almost shrinkwraped and i got most of the membrane off but there is still some in the back hair. w=how long should i wait befor i giv it a quick wash?

this morning i checked on the one that was running late (today would have ben day 24) it was dead in the shell. it was a pure RIR. never pipped internally. i checked on one that was on day 22 today (RIR SILKIE mix) and it was internally pipped at 8pm tonight. now how long can they live once they...

this is my second time having chickens. i have up the first flock when i moved here from georgia. i was searching for a fes RIR chicks to start my new flock and my friends dad had a few birds he needed to get rid of. my buddy wend and got the 5 he was giving up and i ended up with a BR and...

i was told she is a white leghorn.... she lays a white egg that almost looks like it has a pink tint. she is white except her neck has a goldesh tint to it. i know the pic sux i will try to get a better one tomorrow. i picked her up in the dark and she freaked didnt want to give her a heart atack

what does it look like? any candeling photos?

still waiting its day 23 now still no hatch but its moving in there. the wife keeps tell \\in me to bust in there and pull it out. im trying to hold off. the brown egg is on day 23 and the white one is on day 21

is it a barred rock or dominique? how can you tell?