Recent content by LittlePeck

You’ll be fine! I find there’s a lot of “rules” having to do with both hatching and raising chickens, but ultimately it depends on who you talk to. Just try to relax.

Scary-looking, isn’t it? The round things are actually bubbles.

I’ve been fermenting my chickens’ feed. I started a new batch 2 days ago, and today it has some kind of weird-looking fungusy stuff on the top. Has anyone had this, and what is it? I don’t want to feed it to my birds if it’s something nasty.

Sweet success! I found the information I needed on the incubator itself and found a universal power cord on Amazon. It came the following day. Incubator is up and running! Hovabator people said it would ship FedEx and would come in two weeks. Chicken poop on that, especially with that awful...

The one from Hovabator costs $18 plus $15 shipping. I'm not going to pay that ridiculous shipping fee. I'd like to find something compatible, but I need to know the specifications. Thanks for your reply.

The one from Hovabator costs $18 plus $15 shipping. I'm not going to pay that ridiculous shipping fee. I'd like to find something compatible, but I need to know the specifications. Thanks for your reply.

I have the above that came without the power supply. 2360 - Power Supply for 12V Hova-Bators Can anyone send a photo of what it says on it so I can determine the 12 volt amperage and the polarity of the connector? I've saved up eggs I wanted to hatch, but now they're going nowhere. :(

In Texas it's two.

Elektra, if you don't mind, could you tell me more about the experience you had with the medication side-effects?

That dude to the left is "Taco." He's the farm's badass and a local legend. He'll try to outsmart you so he can do his kamikaze act and inflict bodily harm and infinite misery. Him and my dachshund have a running feud through the wire. To his credit, he's a stunningly beautiful bird! My...

I have to say, you all have touched me very deeply. You've given me validation when I was doubting myself. Thanks to each of you!

From what I can tell from online, it's chickens. But - it also says bats and some other baddie I don't remember, plus certain parts of the country.

I've been very ill since March of this year. The doctors have been scratching their heads, but we think we've found out the cause, which is toxicity from a medication I've been on for 20 years. One of the secondary effects, according to them, is histoplasmosis, a disease caught from chicken...

But you’re sweet to think of it.

I wish it was! The others quit molting quite awhile ago. It also would be easier if they were being pecked by the others. I’ve had to separate some for that reason as well. Normally the area getting picked on, in my experience, is one rather small area resulting in a red lesion because of blood...