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Hello All, My wife is a Kindergarten teacher. She incubated some eggs for her students to experience. Check out the link below to see them hatch. http://www.ustream.tv/channel/frps-chicken-hatching Enjoy David

Quote: Thank you for your feed back. These chicks are always in high demand. I would of thought more people would of commented.

I have a small flock of less then 10 birds. I have been wanting to add a Black Copper Maran due to its dark color egg. They are not easy to come by and I just don't have the room to incubate 12 dozen. I have read that if you want a Black Copper Maran you should get a Bev Davis or Wade Jeanie...

No one has purchased a BCM from Meyers............

I have a small flock of less then 10 birds. I have been wanting to add a Black Copper Maran due to its dark color egg. They are not easy to come by and I just don't have the room to incubate 12 dozen. I have read that if you want a Black Copper Maran you should get a Bev Davis or Wade...

Chicken name: Shelley Chicken Breed: Barred Rock Chicken age: 1 week Category: Sleepy Details: My daughter decided to lay with her new friend. We thought this was a very cute picture.

I didn't realize they would sleep on there back. I thought this was a cute photo.

We are having so much fun with our new chicks. Here are a few pictures. We have five more coming next week.

We have five chicks coming next week (Not Bantams). But we have two week old chicks (Silkies) in the brooder now. Should we be concerned about integrating them together? Any advise would be greatly appreciated. Thanks Dave

Quote: Thanks for the feedback. I'm going to place some screening over the opening.

We are getting three silkie bantoms this weekend and getting five more on August 8th. Do you think this going to be a problem using this brooder for all of them. I'm concerned about the age difference.

Hello All, Our Family is getting ready for the arrival of our chicks this weekend. We wanted to share the brooder we made. We decided to use a large 54 gallon tote. I cut the top off and zip tied a piece of Hardware cloth that I had hanging around. I drilled two little hole to pass the zip...

We have just ordered five chicks from a online hatchery. (Welsummer, Barred Plymouth Rock, Easter Egger, Speckled Sussex, and a Assorted Feather-Legged Bantam) I would like to make a brooder that would work for the next 5-6 weeks. I see a lot of small brooders that would be great for chicks...