Good luck with your hens, sounds like you'll see an egg any day!!
This might be a fun side note - My flock is a fixture in my dreams all the time! Often when I dream about my chickens, they are in wild places that I wouldn't expect them to be (like in a dusty, run-down room in my barn that...
The others hatched fine. There was a brooder malfunction while I was away on thanksgiving and I lost all but two, but those two are still alive and well!
This experiment was basically doomed from the beginning. When I put the egg in, it was starting to harden on one side and dehydrate. By day 2 of incubation, it was hard as a rock and had solidified. On day 5, when I usually candle my eggs, I noticed the membrane was split open and the yolk was...
Hey there everyone! If anyone has a flock of meat birds they need processed and you don't want to trek out of state, you can get your birds processed right here in Springfield! Impoco's Poultry Market in Springfield offers custom slaughter services for $5 a chicken, $7 a duck, and $10 a turkey...
I realize this thread is basically dead, but I (My family) own a poultry slaughter house in Springfield. When this was initially posted we were located in Feeding Hills but have since moved. We sell all types of poultry, live and dressed, as well as offering custom slaughter services. We are...
I want to know what happened! I had a few double-yolkers in my last batch I incubated but they weren't fertile... Didn't even know they were like that until I candled and saw two yolks....