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Does anyone have one of these and if so what is positives and negatives on it? I'm thinking of buying a incubator and not sure which one to get but after looking at these ..my thoughts were they seem to be a good one to start out with.

I have a Americana hen that is 7 months old but has never laid a egg. she is healthy,eats and drinks normal,very active so wondering why no eggs from her yet...any suggestions?

Eastern wild maybe?

I put my 6 week old chicks outside 9 days ago and they are in a chicken tractor where the run is below coop and they come down every morning fine but will not go back up at night on their own....I would think after week they would start doing this but they are not so my question is how long will...

Today she sit on them about three hours but was off them for awhile then noticed her back on them again....is this normal or is she suppose to stay on them once she started? Also can I leave my tom in with her or does he need to come out?

I killed my first one Tuesday afternoon......you can out this stuff called "snake away" around the outside of your pen and it has worked for me in years past

My hen started laying eggs a couple weeks ago and lays one every other day but she has never set on them so since I am new to turkeys was wondering if this is normal or should she already be sitting on them..she has 11 so far

that depends really on how many chickens you have that will be roosting....but the bottom roost should be at least a foot or two of the ground or bottom of coop and then put about 12-16 inches between each roost bar as you go up

Welp Hatchery is a excellent hatchery.....I'm working on my third order from them in less than a year and no problems so far.

That's odd on the sunflower seeds b/c my chickens love sunflower seeds..I have bought a bag of just the seeds and in the evening time put some in my hand and they would run to me to eat them out of my hand

How old should a chick/chicken be before you start feeding grit to them?

My hen just layed her first egg for the year today and i'm new to turkeys so was wondering will she lay a egg a day and once she gets a pile start sitting on them or should she start sitting on them the day she lays her first egg?

Can chickens and meat rabbits be raised together? I was thinking about putting up some hanging rabbit cages in my coop house but wasn't sure if that was ok with mixing them and the chickens together like that.

I have a female German Shepherd that is excellent with my chickens....I let her go inside pens with me and she just lays down and watches them and has even herded them inside the coop at dusk for me. I could not ask for a better dog to have with my chickens.

How much space does a full grown standard size chicken need inside the coop house...I have heard 1/2 square foot,1 square foot and 2 square foot in the coop house per bird.

What breeds of turkeys reproduce naturally?

Do they lay year round in Arkansas or they seasonally here too...i just acquired some that are a little over a year old and also do they lay on ground or do you need to place a brush pile in the pen with them to make a nest?

these was bought from hatchery and was vaccinated for Merek's

the young chicks are 2 months old the older ones are 5 months old....they never seem to show any signs of weakness before you go out and find them laying on thier side

I have young chickens and older stock that i go out and some will be on there side trying to get up and it appears they are paralized on the one side you get them up and after a few minutes they start walking fine but the next day go out and they are dead.....any ideas...seems to be worse in the...