Recent content by lynned

Thanks - no not much of an air cell unfortunately ... I will try to hatch it anyway, I was just worried the air bubbles could be a build up of gas percolating in there that could cause a disaster.

Tomorrow my eggs are due to go into lockdown. I've one egg I've been keeping an eye on as it definitely has a detached air cell and just always looked a little "off" despite fact the embryo has continued to grow and move. I decided to give it a quick check tonight and saw that the chick has...

maybe you could find something at www.berryhill.ca in their farm supply section?

great idea

Here's mine - it's still needs some work before the chickens go in and I will get finalized pics up in a month or two. We summer at a fly-in fishing resort and decided to build a coop out of the midsection of an old cedar strip boat .... first off - this isn't the exact boat we cut the...

well - they survived the night a few have some pastey butt but I think I can handle that

thanks - I'll likely be up all night checking on them now

So - I am a first time chicken mom - received 11 day olds today .... I just found out I way overmixed the vitamin powder with the water - like I would say at least 20X too much vitamin powder. They drank that mix for about 7 hours and then I was notified of my error. I quickly switched and...

hello from a fellow new byc member, a fellow Canadian, a fellow homeschooling parent and soon to be a fellow chicken owner

Hi there. I've been reading here for close to a year now but I have yet to actually own chickens. I have some ordered, they are due to arrive April 13 or 14 and I am going to have a hard time waiting!! I've got 4 Red Star, 3 Ameraucana, and 3 Salmon Faverolles coming to me. I have a brooder...

I'm wondering the same thing. Also wondering if there are any by-laws prohibiting keeping a couple chickens in a yard in the city???????