Recent content by danielkbrantley

I love this site, and it's because of people like you, SunHwaKwon. Thanks so much!

Another question: How far along in the incubation process do eggs typically explode (if they're gonna)? As this is just my second time doing it, I'm hesitant to cull eggs I think are duds until I'm absolutely sure. And since that may take another week or so (today is day 8), I wanted to make...

Thanks! That's what I was planning to do, but it's driving me crazy waiting. Tomorrow is day 7 though, so I'll get my first look soon.

Question: I'm trying the "don't mess with the humidity until day 18" method and I really want to break that rule. Especially now that the humidity in my incubator has gotten as low as 16. For those who do this method, is that too low or is it okay?

Thanks to both of you! The one that is losing feathers also has a bum foot. It's never affected her mobility that I've noticed, but I'm not a rooster chasing after her. Hahahaha... And will indeed investigate for mites! All the best...

I've got a mixed flock with a rooster who recently came to maturity. That said, since then, one of my hens has wound up missing a lot of feathers on her back. I say it's because she gets chosen more than the other ladies (there are 9 hens total and 1 rooster). My wife fears it's mites. If one...

For those who are interested (and this may only be me - haha!), one of my 8-week-old chicks is a rooster. Anyway, this morning, I heard a bizarre sound outside. Thought one of the big girls was struggling to get an egg out or had been smoking menthols. Looked outside and watched until I heard it...

Thanks to both - and they are indeed the first ones out and last ones in. Hahahaha...

I've got three 9-week-old speckled sussex chicks that were raised by my broody hen. They are still small enough to get out of the chicken run and run around in the yard a lot. For a few weeks, this was great. It made it possible for me to put their starter/grower feed outside the run, where the...

There's a king of Grumpland? I thought it was an every-man-grumpy-for-himself kinda place. Hahaha...

Whoa! Very cool! Thanks a million. I have another, but I'm almost sure she's a pullet. Almost no waddle or comb. Suppose if I start having doubts, I'll be posting here. Hahaha.. Thanks a million

8-week-old speckled sussex. The one on the right in the top picture has already been deemed a rooster on here. But now he's starting to act rooster-y with the one on the left, as they jump up at each other like they want to throw down. So I'm guessing both are roosters. But I've never had a...

Been in the mid- and upper-90s. So...yeah, it's been hot. But she's definitely broody. When I've pulled her out of the coop, she tries to run back in. Put her outside the run, she paces the fence trying to get back to her wooden egg. Or yesterday, to nothing. Because I took the egg out. Hahahaha...

That is super cool!

And it works! After reading all the comments, I asked my wife her opinion. She feared it would be a never-ending circle every spring, so...she's on lockdown with a wooden egg (the chicken - not my wife). Hopeful someone will want to get her soon, so the girls can maintain their egg production.