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Good Morning, It has been a few years since I was active on BYC and hatching with the peeps here, but I just sat 36 eggs in my little incubator. The first dozen came from my own hens (blue bantam Cochins, and a blk sex link), and the others came from my sister's barnyard flock. I am a teacher...

I am planning to try again in better light tomorrow, but does anyone know how to remove these rails? I took out the cotter pin at the end of the rail but I still can't get it out. Thanks for any help.

I am pretty happy with my first batch of meat birds. I purchased 6 Cornish Rock cross chicks from Tractor Supply on March 7 th, just to see if my family would like them better than the DP I processed last year. I butchered them today at 7 weeks. The pullets weighed 4.5 lbs dressed, and the...

I have hatched out two small batches of chicks this winter, and both times I had set a few of my own eggs which had been refridgerated. The first hatch none of the refridgerated eggs hatched; one was a clear and the other died around day 18. The second batch three eggs had been refridgerated...

I'm setting another small batch of cochin eggs tonight. The last batch was so cute I just have to do it again. I have six eggs that are fresh, and three more that have been in the fridge. I know that the chances for the chilled ones aren't great, but it's worth a shot. My hens are laying...

My rotten dog escaped her fence and killed my daughter's favorite chicken today. She is so upset, that was the first chick we ever hatched. So I am putting the eggs she had laid this week in the incubator. I only have 3 of her eggs and two of those were in the fridge. She had laid one egg...

Well, I dressed out five roosters to put in the freezer today for the first time in probably 25 years. I skinned and cleaned them all in about 2 hours, so I feel pretty good about that. I have a flock of Ameraucanas, because they are supposed to be a nice dual purpose breed, but boy they sure...

My daughter has her first show on Oct 15, and we are really excited It is a 4-H show and she will be taking one Partridge Cochin Bantam, one Partridge Silkie and one Black Ameraucana and one Blue Ameraucana, most are pullets, the silkie is the only roo ( if we sexed it right, its still not...

I just found one of my chicks acting depressed and lethargic. When I picked it up it felt lighter than I expected and it crop felt like a balloon -big soft and squishy. I brought it into the house to isolate it, and it also has watery but other wise normal poops. Do watery poops go with sour...

I found this while doing research paper for college. A newly discovered pathogen is infecting soybean and corn crops wiping out crops. Livestock including poultry are suffering from dramatically reduced fertility rates as low as 15%. Then 45% of those few who are still fertile are...

I set 13 silkie and cochin eggs last night, and hope to add some shipped eggs tonight if they arrive (if they have even shipped), but these can only wait so long. I would love a hatching buddy if anyone else is setting.

I am hoping some one can help me with this. I have a chick which hatched out at noon today that sounds hoarse when it peeps, and its lung don't sound clear when I listen to its breathing. Should I do anything, or will it resolve on its own? I think I had one that sounded like this last time...

I am on day one hour into day 20 and my first egg just pipped. It is low down on the egg, completely missing the air cell and there is blood leaking out the opening a bit. For now it is peeping I just shifted the egg a bit so that its beak is at the top most point and left it be for now...

Hi everybody, I am a newbie, just on my third hatch (all of them have been shipped eggs), so I don't have a lot of experience. I am about to set eggs for a staggered hatch (second time Ive done that) and I had a thought and I wondered if anyone else has tried this, and what you all think. I...

We are just beginning to start a flock of chickens for my daughter's 4-h project, and due to the lack of breeders in the area we have been buying hatching eggs. So far I am seeing less than a 50% start rate. Take this hatch for example I started out with 44 eggs ( the sellers sent lots of...

I am sure some one here can help me. I have eggs in my incubator with staggered hatch dates. I have 2 brown eggs I am hatching for my neighbor, and 19 shipped blue eggs for me. The brown eggs went in 4 days earlier and should hatch this weekend, I should put them on lock down and raise my...

My daughter and I are starting a flock of chickens as her 4-H project. We built a home made incubator and ordered some hatching eggs over Christmas, and ended up with just one chick. We were having trouble regulating the temperature in our incubator. I have made a few modifications and it...

I paid $ 10 yesterday and bought a Buff silkie hen who is super broody, the clutch of eggs she is sitting on (with staggered hatch dates-she's an egg theif), plus two of the other chicks which have hatched from those eggs. I wanted her to set some eggs for me which I have on order from a...

Good Evening, I thought I should introduce myself. My name is Lisa, I grew up on a small farm, and was active in 4-H as a kid, where I had a poultry project. Fast forward to many years to count, and now I have started a 4-H group for my kids, and my youngest wants a poultry project. Things...