Recent content by Polskirock

I had a bunch of eggs and most of them hatched early my incubator was set at 104. I looked it up andI read that if your incubator is to hot they will hatch early. In a hotter temp the just grow faster. All the chicks that hatched early a healthy and there growing and eating well.

I have 3 duck and a bunch of chickens most are bantams. The ducks get along fine with all my chickens. Ducks are more sort of mean so I would not put chicks in with full ducks. My drakes get along just as well as my female ducks do with my hens.

I have a cochin bantam who was not broody and i put my 3 week old chicks next to her. She took them in and she acting like she hatched them her self. She shows the chicks where to scratch for food and she makes sure there safe from the stray cats. I had no problem whith my other birds killing...

I have 11 chicks 2 old english game, 7 silkies, and 2 large fowl i do not no what they are. They got to messy and we brought them outside to see if we could find a foster mother for them. I put them next to my cochin bantam and she took them in.The chicks where 3weeks old and the cochin did not...