Recent content by Chicken Lady 87

  1. Chicken Lady 87

    Anyone using a Dickey Incubator?

    Ok thank you...we are hatching for the first time in our Dickey incubator and love it! So far the hatch is amazing....but they are not done hatching yet but it is looking very promising! Ok that is what we are running now to...wish i had a separate hatcher but that is another goal of mine!
  2. Chicken Lady 87

    Anyone using a Dickey Incubator?

    We just bought our first Dickey Incubator....been wanting one for awhile. My question is what humidity do you guys run while incubating coturnix quail, bobwhites, pheasant, chickens and ducks? Trying to see if anyone has gotten this down to a science...lol? Thanks in advance! Have a good...
  3. Chicken Lady 87

    Introducing New "Blood" to our Coturnix breeding stock?

    We are in need of adding new "blood" to our coturnix breeding stock but this makes me nervous. Last year we had to get rid of every bird we had (chickens and ducks, didn't have quail then) bc they got sick and wouldn't get better! I had went to a swap meet and bought a few hens and that is...
  4. Chicken Lady 87

    Black Australorp hen & White Leghorn Roo?

    Have a question for all you genetic fokes? We bought some black australorps (st. run) and just found some white leghorn pullets on clearance at a farm store and bought them all...lol! So i got home and was looking at what a BA roo and a white leghorn hen would produce and it looks like they...
  5. Chicken Lady 87

    Sick Chickens...Need everyone's thoughts!

    I have 2-3 chickens at the moment that have nasal drainage, coughing and sneezing and are lethargic! We have had one die within a day of noticing that it was sick. The other chickens (about 25-30) at the moment seem to be ok, they are eating and drinking. The ones that are sick will not eat...
  6. Chicken Lady 87

    Best Chicken for meat that will keep producing?

    My husband and I along with our kids are getting started into chickens and ducks. We want to know where are food comes from so that is why I am asking. We are wanting to get some chickens for meat but don't want to keep buying chicks every year. Is there a breed of chicken that grows fast and...
See more
Back
Top Bottom