Recent content by Malibufarmer

well so far 4 out 12 eggs have pipped and its day 19

ya this is my second time my first went horrible after a 100% hatched my cat got into my brooder and killed all 4.

Hey backyarders just wanted to tell you that i set my incubator with 12 barred rock eggs from my flock. YAAAAAAA!. The bator is 100.6 and i cant wait for 3 weeks t pass. I will update with candling pics in a 1 week.

if you dont mind me asking a Q, i have only seen my roo mate with my hens 2 times, i only watch them 30 min a day. Do u think he breeds with them or not?

yes, it is way to early for that in your climate. I would wait at least till they are fully featherd whci is around 6 weeks. then you also should put a heat lamp with them.

In the winter you might want to put a heat lamp inside the coop when it gets cold. In the winter you probly wont get that many eggs but if i were you i would get more.javascript:insert_text('',%20'');

i would keep him as far away as posible for about 3 weeks minimun. As for fighting with the hens i dont think it will be a problem, i would just watch him at first and see how he reacts.

dam he sure is lucky that did not get him in the eye. Looks like you will have a nice chicken stew

yup the one on the right i am pretty sure that it is a roo. when mine were babies the 3 lighter ones turned out to be roos. and non of the other ones were roos

rkent how tame are your oegs i have heard that they are very skittish as babies and adults

i am having some-difficulty deciding on which bantam breed to get. i hope you guys can give me some insight on the breeds listed and which one you recommend. They will be living in a tractor at has a 6x4 run and on top of it is the coop. OEG bantams Cochin bantams silkies or any or breeds that...

So i have 11 barred rocks and i was wondering if it would be ok to add about 5 mixed breed hens. People have told me that chickens are agressive torwards other breeds.

hey i have some barred rocks that were born sep. 1 would it be oky to use there eggs to incubate since theyare not that big yet

hey thnxs for the info my run is 250 feet not 25 srry for the typo

10 out of 10 gotta love them barreds