Recent content by mcdze

lol, people and humidity .. 'normal' humidity in tropical places is near 100% most of the time and birds flourish .. i keep my incubator near 80% humidity from day1- hatch, it keeps temps even and stable in the bator which is the important factor .. where problems happen is forgetting about it...

i will have to say yes, but really only because in the warm months it can cause issues if your trying to keep eggs for a week to get a batch together .. air conditioning is no good .. outdoors fluctuates too much .. the fridge it is .. i suggest the 'crisper' drawer to reduce moisture loss...

what can work is an electric fence charger but they have to be trained to it, after it nails them a couple times theyre trained lol ... the setup is, cut 3/4" pvc (the grey is less visibly an eye sore) and drill it near the end, then thread aluminum electric fence wire through it and stake out...

theres nothing wrong with the aircell .. small incubators can fluctuate alot, if theyre dying it usually is temp, all its got to do is spike high once, id shoot for about 37.2 and keep humidity well above 50 to help stabilize it .. but with a tiny incubator the area its in and ambient needs to...

haha, ultimately not really .. however they tend to be super fast and ive watched them dodge hawks literally outrunning them faster than the hawks can maneuver .. its when they get blindsided ..nothing usually escapes that kind of hit ..

yeah id give him some time, maybe right where the beak is give him a pinhole but be quick about it ..if several others hatch and he's still sittin there rethink it at that time ..

and how did that affect temp? .. thats the main issue ive seen, letting water run out .. the bator is set to 100 with water, the water runs out and its pushing 102+ on one end and 96 in the other and conditions are totally destabilized, yeah that can cause problems depending on how long it was...

its hard to read an airsac ..ive seen them hatch fine with big little or even split airsacs .. its too early to worry lol

i use a cheap motion detector set and an 'atn xsight 4k pro' mounted on a benjamin bulldog .357 pellet rifle .. the scope records video and can wirelessly transmit the scope view to a cell ... just get it all set up and wait .. have the hole already dug to bury his as ..

i wouldnt put anything from outside in the brooder, you risk getting infested with something ... best way to do it if its a warm day is make a small wire pen out of hardware cloth, set it up with a couple of trays you can wire to the side for food and water, and you can transfer the chicks to it...

i take them out as they hatch and put them in the brooder wet .. if its set up properly there will be no problems, an incandescent works best so they can get to a spot thats warm enough or move away as necessary .. and lifting the lid to grab a chick and spent shell takes a couple of seconds and...

'after' they have a hole and it looks like they worked on it but it didnt go nowhere, 24 hours is about when you should assist, just peel slowly with the goal of opening the end and let them push out themselves .. if it starts to bleed stop, but it will likely need more help in a few hours once...

its nice to know what it is, but truth is, at night, it really could be several things ..ive had possums kill chickens and not tear them up .. dogs will do that but not likely they would go after roosting chickens .. most everything else will tear them up even if they leave them laying there ...

mites are a fact of life in the summer .. ive found it very effective to just treat the coop, thats where theyre breeding, and that will keep them to a controlled level on the birds .. you 'have to' use something that actually works though .. 'home remedy' type stuff or off the shelf isnt going...

bifen and a pump up sprayer ...remove chickens to another area, clean all nest boxes out, remove food and water, spray every surface inside and out including wire the roof and the ground .. let it dry completely .. wont hurt them a bit .. repeat after a hard rain or once a month or so in the...