Recent content by mrl8810

I have raised chickens for the better part of 10 years consistently. I have one coop that has bantams(mostly old English game bantams) and one coop that has standard chickens(Orpingtons/isa browns/barred rocks) over the past six months I’ve heard more about fermenting food and how it’s better...

I’ve incubated standard eggs before and gotten a good hatch rate each time. I’m going to try bantam eggs now…I’ve done research and saw that most people get hatches between 19-20 days…which a lot of my chicks hatch at day 20. I usually keep my eggs on 100.5 and humidity for 45-50 for the first...

Hey I posted a couple of weeks ago asking if the chicks I have are silver or gold death layers? I purchased eggs and it was supposed to be for silver death layers but I was getting mixed answers that they looked like gold and silver death layers. They are now going on three weeks old and was...

I ordered some hatching eggs from ebay and received the eggs...I incubated them alone with no other eggs..when they hatched I did look at them and they kind of reminded me of gold death layers by the pictures that I've seen online. I did order silver deathlayer eggs though...can anyone confirm...

I’ve had chickens for a few years now and have always just fed the chicken food from the bag…lately I’ve been seeing videos and such about fermenting the food. It’s supposed to be better for the chickens to ferment the food? Better for the digestive system? Can anyone tell me your experiences...

I live in sc so this time of year it doesn’t get to below like 38 and that’s the coldest this time of year. I’m going to brood the baby chicks in my storage building for the first few weeks until I can get something more permanent built. I’m getting a 50 gallon tub and going to put hardware...

I ordered some eggs from ebay for hatching...I have read on this forum to wipe off the eggs before putting them in the incubator with some peroxide...but when I received the eggs it had a paper inside with instructions to clean the eggs with bleach...I've never heard of this. I am cleaning the...

This is my first time seriously trying to incubate eggs...this Sunday they finish up and are supposed to hatch. What do I need to do before then...I'm going to have 3 bantam chicks...I will also have full sized at some point...the last time I had baby chicks(That I purchased from a hatchery) I...

I’ve tried to do research and I’ve found a few tips for incubating. I have a neighbor who incubates all of the time and told me putting tap water in the incubator is fine but with research I’ve found that some are saying put distilled water? Any reason for that and is that what most of the...

I have been trying to do research on things to feed chickens that they really enjoy and will help them with laying and such and I have saw people say to feed meal worms(Which I've been feeding for years) and sunflower seeds. I looked up sunflower seeds for chickens and I found "Black Oil...

I will definitely get more tomorrow

I got this chicken about two months ago so by this age it should be 5-6 months old. The odd thing is I haven’t found any eggs nor have I heard it crown? I’ve ask a few people around me and some say it looks like a rooster and some say hen? Also does this look like a backyard mix? Someone...

I have some chicks..19 to be exact..I have some Australurps and some Issa Browns...the Issa browns look a decent bit bigger than the Australurps...they do have some feathers because they are trying to fly around now. I have them in my storage building in a big puppy playpen with a top on...

I have bought some solar lights that are supposed to come on whenever something passes thru...well we've put one solar light on the outside to keep predators away and weve noticed that the rats seem to have gone away as well? I've read that if the lights are on or come on the rats will...

I don’t think I’ve had coccidiosis in the past. We do have older birds but they weren’t ever vaccinated. We had a few die here and there.