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I couldn't get a good pic either. The one on the bottom/left does have a ring around the white dot. The other looked like it did after I rubbed it with my finger. Both eggs were laid today if that makes any difference.

Fertile or infertile?

4- I agree with you, and thanks for the reminder that we all do things our own way. I don't use heat, but I live in a milder climate where daytime temps rarely, if ever stay below freezing. I don't do it bc I don't need to and it's one less thing to worry about. I believe my birds are healthier...

You're baking them!! LOL! Kidding. I have four 3 wk olds that are already outside even with the lowest low being mid 30's. I brought them home at 2-3 days old and never used a light/heat and they did really well. Eighty degrees is pretty warm so don't worry about it. You cold probably raise the...

I'm glad I ran across this thread. I was wondering if bantams had a use at all. Eggs? Why get a bantam when a full size lays bigger eggs? Wouldn't two bantams lay the equivalent of one large breed? Eat the same as one large breed? I just don't get the bantam thing. Do they taste better than...

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If you lived there before a neighborhood covenants was made, they really shouldn't hold ground with this. If that was put in there specifically for you and your chickens, fight back but do it nicely as everyone has stated. Check your local laws and be sure you're in compliance there before...

Slight emergency here. My cat finally snagged a chick. Thankfully he only hooked it with one claw and let go when I yelled at him. But he did poke a hole in the chick that was pouring blood. The chick lost a lot of blood (for a 2 week old chick). When I got to it and started cleaning it up, it...

I really think that if we got lice from chickens, my whole family would have had them by now. I looked this up bc my daughter, who attends Pre-K and plays closely with kids there, has (well, had earlier today) lice. I found them two days ago and thought they were fleas from the cat. We had a...

Thanks everyone! I should have clarified (but didn't bc this is the recipe forum, i.e. food :) ) that I meant for consumption. As far as hatching, if one looks like it wants to set, I'll leave her eggs for about a week to see if she wants to brood. After that, I'll collect them. I have to say...

For a quick cobbler I use half of a box either yellow cake mix or spice cake mix and cut one stick of butter into the cake mix so it's crumbly but not wet, and sticks when pressed. I sometimes use a pie shell (browned in the oven first) and sometimes just a glass dish and pour one large can of...

I'm getting more eggs than I can eat in a week. The weather is topsy turvy and I don't know a whole lot about egg keeping. I know that if the egg floats in water, it is bad. That's it. What if the egg just turns up on one end in the water or just lifts on one end? What if it is cold outside and...

I would think that if you waited till next winter to remove the heaters, they'll be fine. They'll aclimate as the fall and wonter set in gradually. I wouldn't do it this season bc they don't have the feathers for it.

Just jumping in to say that I've never used a heat lamp outside. I'm in La and even though we don't get all that cold here, what we do get is often a wet/humid cold. I don't have a fully enclosed coop. I have a pen that they roost in. The pen has a black compost bin that they like to sleep in...

Ok, good. He's about 8 mos, very hearty, healthy, a good providor/protector. I got him from a local breeder; he's a product of her breeding program. I have a pair, and I told her $15 for him and $25 for the pair. She's excited to get them, so I guess that's a fair price. I'm happy bc I posted...