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I’ve been using tylan as an injectable for many years and never had a problem. It should be noted that intramuscular injections always have a risk of infection or necrosis no matter what the antibiotic. In the case of tylan, the injection can be given subcutaneously rather than IM which is...

Hi Last year in May I purchased 18 chicks online, all different breeds. I received 1 free chick which of course ended up being a rooster. I also had 6 older chickens who were not laying as much anymore. This past week, I decided to reduce my flock down to 13 chickens and also rehomed the...

Rats will absolutely go after chicks. You should really do everything you can to get them out of your coop. They are bad for chickens and also your family. Ive got some experience as I had the same problem. Start with making the coop a fortress. Close all holes or ways for the rats to get...

Ok, So I am really trying to be patient, but its not working. My hens are all about 22 weeks old and I know that they are supposed to start laying but they aren't. All are healthy, on a good diet, have plenty of room etc. My husband keeps threatening to call Colonel sanders and have them...

You should be fine. With the vent open the humidity will go down a bit. Do you have any pips yet?

This just happened to me on my last hatch. All of the eggs were supposed to come within a day of each other. Silkies and pheasants. Of course the plan didn't work and the pheasant eggs came over a week late. I did a dry incubation so my biggest worry was lockdown of course. I use a still...

Good Morning everyone. Back to work for me today. Never can figure out why weekends go so quickly and work days just drag.

I sometimes have to resist the urge to smack someone who says irregardless. Another one of those double negatives. I am also no fan of "my bad".

You are kind of already on the cusp of too late. I would give it another day and then consider them gone. I had a quitter also that was fully developed at lockdown but never hatched. In my experience, most of my eggs have always hatched within 24 hours of each other. The ones left that are...

Don't open the incubator during lockdown. If you have a still air bator, you can take one of the top plugs out to vent. If you were dry incubating, I wouldn't worry about it anyway. What is the humidity now?

Chickens are referred to as the Fowl. You are ok in Woodbury. I live in Rockland and we are ok as long as we don't disturb neighbors, dont have more than 20, keep them in a coop and run, and don't smell up the place.

It really depends on what you are looking for. If you are looking to show chickens, you are better off going with a breeder who is breeding show chickens for better quality.

I have reglar polish chicks so I am not expert it the frizzle mix, but they both look like hens to me.

I would lower it. I find that most of my chicks prefer 90 over 95 in the first week. If you lower the temp and you find that they are huddled under it then you know they need it warmer. If chicks move far away from the light, they can take it a bit cooler.

Just hatched silkies for the first time. Shipped eggs, 4 of 7 hatched. I did not have any pips until the very end of day 20, 2 out about mid through day 21 and the other 2 beginning of day 22. Be patient.