Recent content by LauraNJ

What are you zoned? I am in NJ, we are on less than 5 acres but our zoning allows livestock. The right to farm and the tax reduction is 5 acres and a $2500 profit or if less than 5 acres you must show a $54,000. profit. Makes no sense but that is NJ. You can add land from another...

jbarrett- I thought it was a rubber chicken in there, lol. .You have great birds, and it is awesome you have the bloodlines separated. I hadn't thought about doing that but it is an excellent idea.

So when I cleaned the chicks water container, I forgot to put the rocks (use pebbles instead of marbles) back in. I remembered about 2 minutes later and ran in and what do I see? The 2 smallest chicks in the water, like splashing and jumping up and laying back down and having a grand time...

Good luck on the silkies! Hope they all hatch! So, the 3 chicks kept me up all night! Chirping running around, just very noisy! I have the incubators in my room along with the newchick brooder so not that far from the bed. Our Lab actually left my bedroom to sleep with one of the kids they...

Next batch of eggs I will try a dry hatch, see if it improves anything with the hatch rate. I think I will also raise the temp just a half a degree or so. We had certain parrot breeds that did better slightly higher than normal, others that did best at the average temp. So, I will do dry hatch...

Had a 3rd hatch, this was one of the ones I did not help (didn't even realize it had pipped) but this one hatched bleeding. Got the blood to stop but it is weak. I put some electrolyte/vitamin water on my finger to try to get the chick to get a little. One of the other eggs the chick died in...

Well, that is excellent info, thank you so much! When I went in and explained about eggs coming they looked at me like I was nutso and then it seemed like I was asking for brain surgery with how they reacted to please holding the box and calling. I wouldn't have even cared if they didn't call...

Thanks for the suggestions! I will try some of them next hatch. I haven't tried a dry hatch yet. I'll try it next time. So far the weight loss has been good. I try to weigh and keep track of it along with air cell. I am very paranoid about trying to control things as much as possible. The...

My latest SFH eggs are hatching, a day late but that is ok. I am having issues with chicks fully developed but not pipping. They seem to be in the right position but are big without a lot of room to manuever. The air cells are the correct size. I am experienced with rare parrots and have...

Love the crest! Did the crest just develop or has the chick always had it? Trying to learn more and not much info on the SFH. Neither of our 2 chicks looks to have a crest and I assumed they would hatch with a little tuft. Mine are just 5 days old.

I've always done shoes or tape when they were just hatched or right when an issue began. We had one chick hatch Friday with twisted toes (faverolle) and I made a little shoe, which she hated, passionately but yesterday was day 3 with a shoe and no more twisted toes. I am still working on the...

We have 2 chicks that just hatched Friday and Saturday. We are really enjoying them. They are very confident, curious, friendly. There are also a couple Bresse and a couple Faverolles with them and each breed has a distinct personality which I find very interesting at such a young age. I...

So, out of the 9 Swedish flower hens, 12 bresse and 12 salmon faverolles, I had 2 of each hatch. Both faverolles were the first out and one has a sway leg (already has his wrap on) and the other has turned toes (again, already vet wrapped). Other 4 chicks are perfect. Out of the 9 SFH- 6...

I'd send a bill for the cost of the chickens to them. I think you and your family are being too nice. It is one thing to say sorry but your dog was killing our chickens, some of which are pets and threatening to my dd who was trying to halt the attack and another to just be too sympathetic and...

So, no chicks yet, 29 were due on the 11th. I realized I miscounted for rabbits and eggs yesterday. So, Thursday should have done something but so far nada. I woke up this morning to 5 baby mini rexes so that is exciting and my other doe looks ready to burst so I am thinking we will have kits...