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  1. hudsonnascarfan

    Maine

    im expecting to start haveing some baby chicks any time now i had 2 hens go broody on me but my problem is that my other chickens seem to be laying eggs in with the 2 hens and i dont really know what im going to do to keep them away from them but im thinking when we get the new baby chicks to...
  2. hudsonnascarfan

    Maine

    i leave my lights on for 16 to 18 hours a day and run a small fan on low it helps to stremgthen the plant stems up like the wind does when they grow outside and i keep the lights almost touching the tops of the plants that way they arent reaching for the light i hope this helps you out some just...
  3. hudsonnascarfan

    Maine

    last year the last date for baby chicks in bangor was may 3rd but i still wouldnt mind getting some new chicks just to add some new blood to the flock even if they are just hatchery stock
  4. hudsonnascarfan

    Can I make mixed breed meatie mutts?

    thats what im doing here im useing my extra roosters for meat birds true they might never get as big as the cornish X and they grow much slower but they are nice meaty birds at 16 to 20 weeks and we only have to do a few birds at a time so it does make it easyer for us anyways
  5. hudsonnascarfan

    Maine

    to let everyone know the bangor tractor supply has baby chicks comming in some time mid march they say they will have a bunch of different breeds along with some baby ducks im trying to talk my wife into some turkeys for this year shes not going for it yet
  6. hudsonnascarfan

    Maine

    ive got one of the little giant still air ones and put in a old pc fan i got from my brother and i put in the auto egg turner but i havent had that great of a hatch rate with it but im still new at it ive only done 3 hatches so far and each time ive gotten chicks my first hatcg i got 4 chicks...
  7. hudsonnascarfan

    jersey giants

    just the cfl bulbs i picked up at tsc they say daylight on them so they are bright and seem to be all they need for now but mine arent on a timer i just leave them on they seem to help keep the coop anout 10 deg warmer then the out side temp when they say its going to be really cold i put on a...
  8. hudsonnascarfan

    jersey giants

    mine have some lights on them helps to keep them around 35 on the perch just a couple of reg bulbs with the porceln light fixtures wired to the rafters only the cone type new bulbs that take forever to turn on bright they do get warm and enuff light to get eggs from them ive got 9 hens and im...
  9. hudsonnascarfan

    Killing, Plucking, Eviscerating, & Cutting Up Your Chicken - Graphic!

    this was one of the best ones i have seen yet on how to do your own chickens its something ive been wanting to learn how to do the right way i have been watching you tube vids and they dont even come close to this one
  10. hudsonnascarfan

    jersey giants

    im also in central maine and would like to do the same with the dp chickens if you do get some jersey giants id like to get some eggs to hatch out i like the idea of them big chickens but also a really good dp bird would be the barred rocks as they do lay more eggs then the jg do and this...
  11. hudsonnascarfan

    Maine

    looks like winter temps are on the way but heck i like not haveing snow in the yard yet cause i still have stuff to pick up and move around before the snow gets deep and the chickens dont mind the cold but wouldnt even look out the coop door when it did snow and it was on the ground
  12. hudsonnascarfan

    Maine

    well i set a few eggs in mid december and ive got 6 new baby chicks that hatched out of them and they started hatching out 2 days early on me so need less to say i really wasent expecting them till today it ment i had to get the brooder ready sooner then i thought i did but i think its a good...
  13. hudsonnascarfan

    Maine

    Quote: id bet they would sell to some people maybe bring one of the smaller ones and have pics of outher and build them by order that way you arent tieing up your expences with them sitting around waiting to sell
  14. hudsonnascarfan

    Maine

    well ive got 19 eggs set in my incubator due to hatch on the first or second i just candled about half of them and i have movement going on inside so thats a good thing they are just some muts but im sure they should lay brown eggs anyways and the extra roosters will go to frezzer camp
  15. hudsonnascarfan

    Maine

    Quote: you can pre order from tsc or pick from what they have but i found out the hard way that if you want baby chicks to be there the day they come in cause they sell out fast at least in the bangor store and in bangor they started chick days in april and the last order of chicks was in on...
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