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Seen ones 4-7 years old lol

Okay pick two of these guys up one hen one roo or pullet and cockerel I guess would be the proper in this case. I cannot find anything on these guys? Anyone have them? Yes they are pure and I know the person who has the parent stock. Rare not rare is what I'm looking for here. That and what are...

Trying to figure out if a few folks I know are just yanking peoples chain to have some fun. Black Mountain Speckle is what they are calling them and say they are super rare. I can't find any info on the web about the breed so I figured I'd stop in here.

Have the bator building part down :) Looking to build a Larger Size bator but need some Ideas on what to use for a turner motor. Any thoughts will help.

Short article that I found kinda shocking to a point http://www.news-leader.com/article/20120626/NEWS01/306260092/salmonella-outbreak-tied-to-local-springfield-business?odyssey=tab|topnews|text|FRONTPAGE&nclick_check=1

Okay all I'm building my fridge bator. I have used light bulbs previously but had a major disaster last hatch and then it snowballed on me. What can be used for safe heating besides light bulbs?

Okay bought a tri today of year old birds. The guy said to keep the blue trait I need to breed the hens with a black roo. Kinda lost on that info really.

Looking to purchase a few birds... but want to make sure I have the right birds!

Did my day 7 candle and out of 32 there are 25 showing growth and movement. Hoping for a better hatch rate this round

Well after having a stand off with a young coon and my dogs dogfood lol. I know I have coons. Gf stayed inside watching me and this coon go at it waiting on me to get mangled. Better the dog food than the chickens. Still waiting on the live traps from a friend. No loss for 4 days now. After...

Okay dog went off i went out to the coop found a opossum milling in the coop. Well lets say death by high velocity lead poisoning. I'm thinking this is just one of the preds I have unless they would try to pull on through the fence.

Okay this week I have been fighting some sort of pred. I forgot to bring feed in for my SLW chicks as I can't put them outside yet due to the fact they have been in the AC all this time. Also untill I figure out what is killing my birds I really don't want to put them out although would like to...

Just put 34 eggs in the new DIY bator. 2 GC Eggs 3 White Eggs that are BO/?? with 29 BO and Bo/Dom and Bo/RIR cross. This is another hatch a Mutt Hatch.

Is there a way to calculate how much surface area of water you need to reach a certain level of humidity? I know the the size of my incubator and the temp. I was just wondering if there was a formula to calculate it?

Okay have had chickens for 4 months now here where I live. No pred problems till the past 3 weeks. I cannot afford to go by stronger fence. Coons are tearing my flock apart no pun intended and the runs/coops too. Should I just sell out cheap so I know they might survive?

Okay just found out from one of my friends he is going to handing over some turkey eggs for me to incubate. Other than time any difference from Chicken eggs?

Okay I do an hatch split with a friend. Well he has BO's and Doms with a BO roo. I told him I didn't want the mixed birds so he could have all that hatch. Well guess what lol only 2 hatched and they were BO/Dom crosses. The go to their new home tomorrow gonna miss the lil fuzzy butts

I went out and penned up our hens. I had some attacked last night. It only seems to happen when I do not get the coops locked up or open them up to early. Well last night I had 1 hen and my Main roo scattered all over the yard. Not literally but one over here one over there. Hen was in good...

Okay folks I'm having issues with the Temp on the last shelf of the bator. I'm running 2 lights only 1 pictured here. Temp is reaching close to 120 on the bottom shelf. Of course thats where all the stuff is hanging. The 3 shelves above are staying steady at 100. Any thoughts?

Well to make a long story short I have been losing birds. I have lost 3 this week. My little mix hens are not using the coop. In the process of trying to figure it out I think I have. The nights/early mornings that I have lost birds is on days that I'm not home to close up the coop or If we are...