Recent content by Poultry keeper12

Hello. So this morning I went outside too do my regular chicken stuff, and something wierd happend that I have never seen before. One of my hens was on top of another one of my hens, doing you know what roosters do. I am only raising hens right now, and each one of them I have seen lay an egg...

Hello, Yes I keep my humidity and temperature perfectly. My humidity is at a steady 45-55% and I do what my incubator instructions say, it says, "Keep the temperature at 99.5 to 100.0 Fahrenheit is this correct?

Last year I started hatching chicks, and I did three batches. The first batch I put in about 30 eggs and got 2 chicks. The second batch I put in 21 eggs and got 1 chick ( Which was deformed ) And the last batch I did I put in 25 eggs and got 3 chicks. What happend? Did I do something wrong? The...

Thanks you guys.

I do not have a heated waterer, I could make one. is there a way I can build it?

Alright I do have some tarp in my shed… I will give it a shot.

Yes I do have the waterer and feed bowl in the coop. should I move them out?

No my pen is not shielded by tarp, but I have strong fencing. Would it help if I did have tarp around my fencing??

Thank you for your post. Yes I do have a run, and I sometimes bribe them with some meal worms from a local store. but they come out them go back in, (at least they get a little bit of outside time) I also open some windows, and i water them a lot so they are hydrated.

Hey just wondering were you live and what you do.:old

Hey just wondering were you live and what you do.:old

Alright thank you, the thing with me is that I shovel the snow, and they don't come out. And I already have one of my hens that already has a bad infection by other chickens pecking her. I do think it also is a lack of boredom.

Hey Guys, Im not a chicken master defiantly when it comes too winter. I know that chickens do not lay as much as they would in winter, but I need to know what would keep my girls happy. We get up too four feet of snow were we live, and I don't want them stuffed in that coop which would make them...

Hello. I have been hatching chickens for 3 years now. I have had successful batches in the past. But this year was not as I expected, First batch i put in 14 eggs and only two hatched... Second batch i put in 20 eggs One hatched but it was crippled and deformed... My third batch i put in 25...