Recent content by micanopy-chick

hello i set on 2/20 and 3/1 first i set 3 doz back yard run from my friend and 5 geese eggs and then i set 2 doz back yard run so far i have candled and removed about 12 so far all look good so far i cant wait till the hatch this will be about my 12th batch i have set in the bator

See I Go To An Auction Every Friday Nught And Since Febuary I Have Been Looking For A Golden Americana Rooster Everywere And Have Not Found One Yet Everyone Tells My How Easy It Is To Find The Roos But Hard To Find The Hens Well I Got 10 Hens And No Roo

i am from micanopy florida at the moment i have 1 austerlop rooster 10 golden americanas 8 guinnes 30 hatchlings 1 bared rock jap rooster 14 buff orpintins 4 road island reds 10+back yard runs and i just got started lol with chickens of my own in feb. lol...

I feel that all chickens are created eaqule and it is all in how you raise them for example i have my fav. rooster he is an austerlop when i got him he was full grown and i only got him to breed when i got him the owners said he was mean and be carfull around him needless to say he...

i have 2 flocks going both are next to each other with only 1 inch mesh seperationg them my main pen is for egg layers i have 5 americanas 1 year olds 4 reds 10 monthes old and 1 austerlop rosster now i would like to add 5 more americanas that i have raised since hatch the will be 4...

if you are so worryed about it get the 55 gal drum and use that feed along with your reg feed and by mixing the 2 feeds it should cut the protin levle down and by using your normal feed with it you will be getting all the ''other stuff to help balence everything out by getting the 55...

oh yea and one other thing is to look at the cheapest bag of cat food ''any brand '' and see how much of the omega 3 fatty there is in it and try mixing with your reg pellets or crumbles this is done here all the time to off set the feed cost and does not hurt the chickens also cat...

ok try this it always works for the cat food and dog food to off set the price hike call the 1800 number on the back of the bag when something looks off and tell them you have been using it for so long and you are upset norm.. they send out a free coupon to replace the product you hsve...

i have been hatching eggs for monthes now and never had a problem with ''smells or exploding eggs '' untill i was out of town and asked my family to look over the eggs and remove eggs that would be over due ....... well they did not when i got home i had lost everysingle egg in the...

hi at 6 weeks of age the chicks start the pecking order thing and some ''fighting '' is likely i had that problem when i went from 2 hen to 8 hens my rooster was not the problem it was the other hens it ended up that i had to give the first 2 away but it was for the best now that i...

hi i now it is hard waiting but if i have questions about the eggs hatching some times i do a late canddling and if you see movement in the air cell its sitll alive but if no move ment i will mark them and on day 24-25 i will ditch them to keep them from exploding another thing i...

hi im new here but i have a royal palm cross around 6 weeks old and her knee poped out last night dont know why knee joint is black and blue swollen and she can not put weight on it i have given her a small cage to her self and put hay down for her i built a sling to keep her off her...