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I have eggs in the incubator from the following crosses - Barnevelder Roo with Silver Penciled Rock hen and Silver Laced Wyandotte hen. The Barnevelder hens have stopped laying for the winter, so just checking out the young Roo for fertility. Will the chicks from the Wyandotte all have rose...

These eight little cuties were hatched on 3/21. I can't keep all of them, so 8 must go. These are Straight Run, for local pick-up only. Must take all eight. Shown in group photo with 8 Buckeye chicks also for sale in a separate ad.

These eight little cuties were hatched on 3/21. I can't keep all of them, so 8 must go. These are Straight Run, for local pick-up only. Must take all eight. Shown in group photo with Silver-penciled Rocks also for sale in a separate ad.

Wish I could, but I can't keep these boys. Hatched on 1/20/12 so I guess they're actually 9 weeks old. I have one each Buff Brahma, Black Australorp, Blue-Laced Red Wyandotte (he's blue) and an Easter Egger. Please PM me if you are interested in one or more. Annie

As I was candling the eggs last night in preparation for lockdown, I couldn't see an air sac in one of them. I always do a float test at this point as well, and when I floated this particular egg it floated completely on it's side. So after looking again, I see the air sac as marked in the...

I know it's a long shot, but trying to find a breeder who has/had Silver Ameraucana from Blehm who sold eggs on eBay a few years ago, and was/is from Georgia.

Does the lack of lacing on this 5 1/2 week old chick indicate cockerel, or is it just lack of lacing? Can the quality of lacing be determined at this age?

I have 4 laying hens just barely one year old. They eat Layena, free range a couple hours a day, and get limited treats and veggie scraps. I have oyster shell available in a small dish that clips onto the wire in their run. I will be adding some additional pullets that will be about 10 weeks...

I have a 24-hour old Mottled Java chick with a slipped Achilles tendon. I am able to slip it back in place, with no apparent discomfort to the chick. But it won't stay put. The chick will lay on it's back in my lap and and let me manipulate the tendon back in place, but the slightest leg...

Just finished checking the eggs that didn't hatch. Out of the 21 that didn't hatch four were eggs I didn't like the looks of when I candled but I had the room so put them in anyway. They were indeed duds. Of the next 17 that didn't hatch, there were 3 BCM and one olive EE that had never...

OK so I went a little crazy and bought more eggs after setting the first batch in my Hovabator 1588. Now with two different hatch dates I need a separate hatcher, so I went off to the local feed store and bought an LG 9200. (I know, I know). The temp fluctuations are scaring me. I've...

Looks like I have to be away on the day I planned to lockdown. Should I stop turning/raise humidity on the 17th day or the 19th day, or some combination thereof?

Here is the picture from another BYC post of an egg that was too porous. I ordered eggs from several breeders this last week and many of them resembled this picture, (spotty, mottled egg). Not quite this bad, but certainly not the solid shell I see from store bought egg and one of my own...

I just received my first shipped eggs and am going to set my first incubator ever. I decided since I was mixing eggs from different breeders, all unknown to me, that I would use an Oxine wash. As I was gently washing each egg, I had one that floated. I candled it an noticed the air sac was...

We will be setting our first ever batch of eggs this weekend. I've been reading up on candling. I think I've got the basic idea, but wondered how to figure out what's going on with eggs like Marans. Aren't they too dark to be candled? Are there any other ways to determine whether they are...

I'm thinking about getting an incubator and purchasing some eggs to hatch. Have done some reading up on it, but still have questions. First, I see posts where people have gotten a new incubator and then refer to using the new one to incubate and the old one to hatch. Don't the eggs hatch in...

Hi All & Thanks in advance for any advice. Our Buff-Laced Polish pullet is getting picked on. I've read alot about this on the BYC forum and am having limited success with a remedy. Rooster Booster Anti-Pick Lotion seems to help as long as I keep it on her head constantly. But I'm hoping to...

Is anyone out there familiar with this treadle feeder on eBay? I like the idea that the door opens inward. http://cgi.ebay.com/AUTOMATIC-20-FEEDER-CHICKEN-COOP-HEN-HOUSE-POULTRY-/130513615971?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item1e6337bc63 Annie

Well, the coop is done and the girls are moved in. They're 8 weeks old and, for now, they're content with the wired in space under the 4 x 8 raised coop. I need to get started on the larger run and was wondering about what wire to use. I've even considered purchasing a dog run. The space...

I think I know the answer, but just to confirm - does this 7 week old Marans look like a Roo? We picked out a nice dark one from the supposed pullets, but I guess that's not a sure fire method. Thanks for any info. Annie