Recent content by chattery41

I have a 2 yr old English Orpington roo that I'm pretty sure has an ear infection. He wobbles when he lowers and raises his head, won't jump on roost and is not doing his manly duty. This has been going on for months and none of my others have been affected. I have about 50. My question is. ...

I put a board up in front of it so there wasn't room for another hen but uh. . . they got in and laid mostly on her, till they slid down into the board i propped up, and knocked my board down. They are determined for sure. It's pretty much too late to do anything tho because she should have a...

In other news, I have a hen gone broody, which is great, BUT all my other hens keep getting in the same nest with her and laying their eggs. Nothing i do seems to keep them out. Every new egg she just tucks right under her. I was able to catch her off the nest only once and i marked all the eggs...

Well i put all my eggs, chicken and duck, in the incubator for the hatch a long after doing a test hatch that turned out fabulous. The incubator held the temps really well for the test batch, if i kept an eye on the room temp. So when i put my next batch in i didn't hover over the bator like...

Could u post a pic of the thermostat/fan area of your coolerbator for non-tech savy folks ? Made a couple bators out of styrofoam and wanting to make my own cabinet eventually. Although I will probably go with 2 bulbs because my luck would have one burning out when I'm away from home for the day.

11 White Peking ducks , 21 English Orp, 10 BYM for a total of 42 set.

BEAUTIFUL !!!

Started a test hatch on 3-8, had to make an unscheduled trip to Florida and my niece gave me a dozen White Pekin duck eggs. What's a girl to do? When i got home i candled all my eggs, pulled my clears and stuck my duck eggs in. Those went in on 3-23 so i guess they will count for the EHAL. My...

If you don't have enough room in ur incubator, i could maybe take a few. lmbo been wanting SLOs forever

8472 or 8,472

Count me in Plz !

Ravyn are those Ameraucanas ?