Speaking of--- Oz do you have any guineas set? You really need some. I just listed my first Auction!! I have hatched over 150 guineas this year and need to sell the 40 or 50 I still have (and the 20 or so under the broody) before I set any more. Figured they would have stopped laying by now...
Congrats Oz!! Love your Chicken Mission idea too. Oh to have the chicken breeds I need to do all my own hatching with non shipped eggs!! The PO cooked a whole box if Sumatras for me. The next box of Sbel were fine, but makes me scared to buy eggs in summer.
They are decent layers on nice Big eggs. My head roo Simon will eat out of my hand and is good with my grandson who just turned 5 and has grown up around them. I love having such a good flock guardian who is safe around the little kids. I have not had a JG roo that was aggressive with people or...
I love my broodys too. At one point this year I had a black cochin,2 BJG, 2 CM a guinea, a Black Spanish and a Rio Grand turkey all sitting on guinea eggs ;•} I was taking them up for lockdown and giving them another set of eggs. The guinea and a BJG are on there second and last set of the...
Originally Posted by PrestonC
Bo Garrett raises some partridge. He lives in Oklahoma and is a member. Any other breeds you need? lol
Is Bo raising LF Cochins? I'd really like some very dark eggs too. I prefer the CM but for the really dark eggs I'll have to go with the FBCM. I have spent too...
Arielle is right, on both counts. I've never been able to find anything useable smaller than the 1/4" but the drawer liner is great to use in a hatcher especially.
On the LG, it is cheap but that equates to complicated. The Genesis is my pick. For a little over $100 you get a much easier to...
Is the plastic tray there? Those you can and should order a new one. The grill you can make from a piece of 1/4" hardware cloth. I have never seen them for sale either. Does the LG have a fan? If not make life easier and get a kit and install it. Fan blowing up so as not to dry out your...
What are your temps like there? I have a hen who does that when it is real hot, the rest of the hens tend to stand over the eggs or just sit next to them for a while.
Congrats. Remember this is a learning process. You are going to want to start out with local eggs, something cheap until you get your system down. You don't want to be spending money on shipped eggs until you really know what you are doing. Shipped eggs are though even when you have your system...
I had left 2 of my broodies out in the barn since the broody pens are full but my BS turkey was trying to share with a very unhappy cochin. The BS is bunking with the Rio Grands for now, they have a flight pen she cant get out of. Not sure if she will try to brood in there or not. I will give...
X 2 ducks should not be fed medicated feeds. It's not gonna kill them for a couple of days but get them on unmedicated gamebird/ high protein starter asap.