Recent content by keds45

Thanks for the cute video! I forwarded the link to my brother and friend so they could see it too! My Australorp is my favorite chicken too! We call her our hardest working chicken--she lays the most eggs, forages for most of her food and has raised a little family! Go Aussies!

Hi! I am asking a lot of questions lately!! Thanks for bearing with me. Wondering about Cream Brabanters and Silver Leghorns as backyard birds. There's a lot of info on BYC but I am having trouble narrowing it down to simplest things! Are they quiet, do they tend to fly off and how are...

I know!!! I love mine! She is so nice! But she has laid an egg pretty close to everyday for almost 2 years! well, she did slow slow down quite a bit this last dec-jan. That has to be draining.

I know they aren't really a "breed" of chicken, just a 'type" of chicken. I' heard somewhere that they didn't live very long--like around three years. Is this true? Hoping not because I have one that is around 2 1/2 and I really like her!!!

This is awesome!!!! I love how resourceful and clever people can be!!

I saw over 1300 pages--a little overwhelming. So I decided to just ask!!!!

ok--makes sense--thanks

Oh My Gosh! Your chickens are amazing!!!! I think if they are good fliers/escapers they might not be the best breed for my situation, because then they would have to be more confined in the run and therefore maybe unhappy. My chickens are all sort of big and clunky and tend to stay put pretty...

i know a lot has been written on this already, but I haven't found an exact answer to this yet--- We placed the eggs in my sons incubate today, in the carton. he marked one end of each with a pencil to tell "which end is up". He is planning on just flipping them over 3 times a day (there are...

My son (with dads help) just built an incubator with stuff around the house. (an old cooler, light fixture, bowl for h2o) I only bought a 25watt red light bulb and a digital hygrometer. Total cost around $15. the humidity is hovering around 47% and the temp is staying at 100-102 f. He put in...

Hi! I love the look and idea of the Icelandic chickens, but what are they like in person? Are they suitable for a suburban backyard bird -- for example: are they quiet, do they fly off, do they lay a reasonable number of eggs? I'd like to find out more! Thanks and sorry if this has already...

OOH terriffic! Thanks again!

Yes, that helps a lot! I didn't understand the relation between humidity and the air cell. I think we'll be okay now! Thanks.

What exactly do I want the humidity to be? i was just looking around the forums and I see anywhere between 20 and 60 percent. I was thinking it was supposed to be 55-60.

Hi! I have gotten a lot of helpful input from people on BYC so thanks so much! We have a homemade incubator project in progress. we are supposed to be getting eggs friday, so we still have time to troubleshoot. Problem is that the humidity is swinging around wildly. I went ahead and...