Recent content by KC Rob

Missouri - United States of America In MO you may sell eggs from your flock directly from your property with no license or regulations. If you sell your eggs off your property, like at a road side stand or at a farmers market you will need a "Limited Retailer Egg License" which can be obtained...

I know this question gets asked all the time, and I have been doing some research (no I didn't read all 91 pages of the sticky!) but I would like to get some knowledge from the rest of the flock on my issue. I have 19 laying hens (and 13 pullets that are near POL). I added a large group of...

3 more eggs hatched over night, 2 boys and 1 girl so I am up to 5-3 in favor of the pullets. The boys are starting to catch up. I have 3 more eggs that have pipped (one is zipping) and 2 eggs that aren't doing anything yet so I have a little ways to go before the final tally.

5th chick has hatched and it looks like it is another girl! I can't be sure until she fluffs out, but she is definitely darker than the pale yellow cockerel that hatched earlier. We are at 4 to 1 in favor of the pullets! My wife reminded me though, in our past couple hatches, the boys came on...

Well, my girls are doing a great job then!

I was curious, does the male determine the sex of the offspring, as in humans? I ask because I am hatching my 3rd set of eggs from my Rhode Island Red Roo and for the third time I am having a very high ratio of pullets to cockerels. The first hatch was the Rhode Island crossed with my barred...

Bummer about the cracked egg. I dropped one during candling once and cracked it on the air pocket. The shell cracked but not the membrane so I kept her going in the incubator. She actually was the first egg to hatch and popped right out ready to go. We call her "Dropsy" and she is 6 weeks old...

Are you using shipped eggs or eggs from your own chickens? I am asking because I just built my own 'bator out of a styrofoam cooler like you and I hatched 8 out 9 and I did everything wrong. I am just trying to figure out the disparity in hatch rates. I used my own eggs that I am sure were...

I just started my 2nd hatch in my homemade incubator. I was 8 for 9 on my first attempt and just set 12 eggs this afternoon. I am confused about why some people have such low success rates. My homemade incubator is a styrofoam cooler with a light bulb for heat, a dish of water for humidity and a...

I have that exact same coop, I bought it from the local farm store when I first started raising chickens about 3 years ago and it is very flimsy. The hinges on the nesting box lid were most likely not broken, the pins slide right out, all you have to do is push the lid from the left side (just...