Recent content by morelcabin

This was an old wood shed at one point. We boarded up the inside with new asponite and insulated somewhat. Mine faces east so I can open up the front (as long as it is deeper than it is wide it works great. I put a roost on the very back wall, and the front wall is just wire mesh. The...

You're right. A porcelin bulb holder would be better...AND use real heat duct tape (the dryer duct kind that is metal and made for heat) Also, use a larger pot...I had to put the base of this one on because the bulb sticks too far out the bottom to simply rest it on the tile. Your idea of...

This is so cheap and generates alot of heat! Learned this from my sailing days...we used to put a clay pot over the stove burner to heat the boat on cold nights. This one uses a 100w light bulb that I have wired into a clay plant pot, taped the bottom of the pot onto the top of the pot, and...

I currently have 18 chantecler eggs in the bator, due to hatch on March 18th! Some partridge and some reds...I have had partridge and buffs in the past but had to sell due to a move..now I am finally going to be up and running again! Yeah!

I just got my 1588 in yesterday, and I have never seen anything so easy to set up. I had the still air hovabator and never hd good hatches from it. Now the still air is going to be my hatcher. The 1588 took just 20 minutes to get to 100 degrees and has been awesome so far! I say go for it!

How did your hatch go? I'm from Timmins, but don't live there anymore, was born and raised there though:)

They are definitely ready, all of them...could have been in the coop with no heat over a week ago actually. I get my chicks in April, when the temps still drop to below freezing. They go straight to the coop with a heat lamp until they are three to four weeks then the heat goes off. Never...

Quote: 3 square ft per bird is enough, really. Go ahead and get your 8. I have often kept birds at three sq ft and they are fine. If you go visit some of the farmers around you you will see that they practice the general rule of 2 square ft per bird. Some of them have issues, some who...

I usually found that the more divisions, the more work...so most of the time my birds are in a large portion of the coop all together, and when I want to breed a specific breed I have two breeding pens at the back of the coop big enough to house a rooster and five of his hens. The breeding pens...

I'll try and get more info from the person I got the eggs from. Thanks ya'll...when I find out I will post

I got them from a woman who is crazy about incubating and incubates anything she can buy for farmers all over:) She says they are Ameracaunas...and I can never spell it sorry:)

Got these two chicks on a whim the other day when I went to pick up an assortment of other chicks. Was told they are Americaunas. I have no idea? Does anyone else here have an idea? They do have slate legs, and white skin. They both have little tufts starting on the tops of thier heads. No...

I definitely would not...

You just say "excuse me...can you please take me off your list" and you never hear from them again. It's the onnoying ones that aren't even actual people anymore that get me...I haven't figured out how to get rid of them.