Recent content by Kelly Cassani

Thanks! I'll let you know on day 7 how its going. I don't think the membrane would have been damaged so fingers crossed. The farmer said I could replace the egg but we were all too curious not to at least try to save this one!!

Newbie to anything chicken. One of the eggs had a crack in it upon receiving them. The crack is at the pointed end of a Mosaic chicken egg. One small section (maybe 1/4") is visible with the naked eye and the rest with the candler. We sealed it with beeswax and put it in the incubator. Should I...

I live in a city in RI where chicken keeping is banned. I'm working with a newly elected city council member to try and pass ordinances allowing them. The old city council shot down BYC in 2013 and their main issue is rats. They say we have an existing rat problem and they believe chickens will...

How silly of me! I edited. Sorry for the confusion and thanks for pointing it out!!

Thank you! I'm having trouble finding threads. When I click on the threads link I get these optioins: Your threads Threads with your posts Unanswered threads Watched threads But none of these seem like they'd lead me. When I do a general search for RI I just gets posts on RI Reds. I am notably...

I live in RI and would rather drive to get eggs if possible. Looking for Orpington but open to other similar breeds (quite, friendly, easy first time chickens, hearty, etc). So far I'm having no luck so might end up ordering from Papa's Poultry as a last resort. Thanks for your help!