Recent content by BrambleCreekFarm

  1. BrambleCreekFarm

    Will medicated chick starter really kill laying hens? Another ? in OP

    It hasnt hurt my hens at all and they've been on it a couple weeks now - we got an awesome deal over 50% off several bags and put my 5mo old BO's on it then 2 weeks ago we seperated the roo's and put the BO pullet's in with the Australorps and they are sharing the medicated feed cause I dont...
  2. BrambleCreekFarm

    Needed Hatching eggs for school Atl.Ga

    Hi All Hoping to find some hatching eggs for a preschool project, and since I really need eggs my three adult hens stopped laying as much - getting maybe one egg a day. Anyway hoping to start the incubator weds. If you have any to "donate" or for a small fee it would be great! You can have...
  3. BrambleCreekFarm

    power outage overnight now no A/C incubator has high humidity

    Thanks! Dh and I were talking about needing to get one of those. The worst part is when they turned the power back on they didnt check one of the transformers and it sent 240v directly into the house (thats why the no a/c now) things started popping left and right - thank god it didnt burnup the...
  4. BrambleCreekFarm

    power outage overnight now no A/C incubator has high humidity

    Hi All I have a friends RCom 20 incubator. we had a power outage saturday night and currently do not have A/C the incubator keeps running upwards of 63% humidity. other than opening the cover what can I do to drop the humidity - and how will this effect the hatch - oh we are on day 11...
  5. BrambleCreekFarm

    looking for Broiler Eggs

    Actually DH and I were discussing that exact course of action on the way into work this morning - although I thought it was a cornish rooster and white rock hens? so the search is also on for them too.
  6. BrambleCreekFarm

    looking for Broiler Eggs

    Quote: I saw that post and have PM'd poohevans twice now with no answer - so I was hoping there might be someone else?? Thanks!!!!
  7. BrambleCreekFarm

    looking for Broiler Eggs

    Hey all I am looking for broiler eggs to incubate and hatch myself. There was someone on this site that was selling them but I cant get in touch with them to order some. Does anyone know of where I can get some? Thanks!!!
  8. BrambleCreekFarm

    Young rooster crow - voice change?

    So I have a young OEGB about 3 months old, he has been crowing for over a month this funny awful screech sounding crow- do roo's go through a "voice" change when they mature? I just cant imagine that his crow will continue to be such a screeching sound.
  9. BrambleCreekFarm

    Disgusting...I went out to give away treats and

    Now try to picture a grown man chasing them trying to get it from them!!!!!
  10. BrambleCreekFarm

    Disgusting...I went out to give away treats and

    You think thats weird.. while I was gone my husband called to tell me that a cardinal got in our enclosed run and the chickens killed it and where doing the whole chase thing trying to eat it!!! I cant believe they would eat another bird!
  11. BrambleCreekFarm

    What age do chickens start to lay?

    Hi Someone else asked a similiar question a few weeks ago and one of the more interesting answers was - "a few weeks after the roosters hit puberty (i.e. try to mate) you can expect the pullets to start laying". I guess the boys mature a little sooner than the girls
  12. BrambleCreekFarm

    How to Tell a Fertile vs INfertile Egg (Pictures)

    Hi I've been reading this post and had a question... it sounds like everyone is checking their eggs while they are still fresh ? can you check your eggs after they have been refigerated? we collect eggs in the afternoon and put them in the fridge for morning.... just wondering (we also do Alot...
  13. BrambleCreekFarm

    rooster lost his crow ?!?

    Every morning I heard our neighbors rooster crow then Jr our BO Rooster would crow back at him.... for the last 3 days or so I havent heard JR crow... (neighbor still crows though) I cant figure out why?? he is eating and acting normal...loving his hens as usual... but no crowing... anyone ever...
  14. BrambleCreekFarm

    questions about the term "broody"

    Quote: She will get broody when her hormones kick into high gear and stop her laying cycle and start her brooding cycle. A normal brooding cycle lasts the three weeks (chicken) that it takes to hatch the eggs + the six to eight weeks it takes to brood the chicks. Things can interrupt or...
  15. BrambleCreekFarm

    when to seperate roosters from hens?

    Hey Carol I was just thinking of that very same question myself - plus do the roosters need to be seperated from each other? I think I have 20 roo's and 12 pullets. I'm sure someone out there has an answer for us !
See more
Back
Top Bottom