Recent content by mrfumanchu

some of my signs

I have always designed and built things and have a special place in my heart for chickens. This is just to share some ideas and styles of nest boxes & chicken-related items I have made through the years. (I have made hundreds of unique designs and will add pics as I find them if there is...

My coop

I have been dabbling with chickens for 3 or 4 yrs. As I go I improve on my ideas and designs. Most of what I have done is out of stuff I already have and I take pride in not spending much to care for my flock ... I discovered they don't care about the cost they just want things convenient and...

Here is the incubator I built from a fridge and a vinyl window and some other parts I had lying around . First run and I still have to tidy up some electrical but it works like a charm. If you look at the eggs they are in an aluminum holder I made so you just have to roll it back and forth for...

out of 36 eggs candled 7 were no starts and the rest are all moving quite a bit ... will post final results in a day or two

Thank you sourland I appreciate the words of encouragement ... I was curious if anybody had experience with their eggs going that cold and if they were recovered. Would still like to hear your nightmares LOL The eggs were candled and coming along nicely I have it back up to 97 degrees and...

I built a new incubator and have it on it's first run 60 eggs everything was working perfectly running at 99 degrees until my wife unplugged it last night at day 18 by the time I caught it temp was at 70 degrees is there even faint hope of survivors ? appreciate any input pretty peeved right...