Recent content by Sammbalina

Need an idea for a large batch brooder, waterer, feeder for ducklings! We are incubating 74 duck eggs and 14 goose eggs, so it needs to be a good size! We’ve never incubated this many at once, but we are starting over and since we have a cabinet incubator we figured go big or go home😅 My mom was...

I actually messaged the GQF company and suggested they come up with something and 10 minutes later I got a response and they thought that it was a great idea!🤣

here’s the control panel and the power switch is right above the power cord, which may or may not be an issue as well. She’s never played with cords so I’m not as concerned about that, but loves buttons and switches. If I can figure out how to babyproof the switches so I can turn it around I can...

Any ideas for childproofing the control panel and on/off switch on a GQF cabinet incubator? My 21 month old loves buttons and switches😅😅😅 I have baby proofing latches for the door, but I’m not sure how to go about keeping her little fingers off of the buttons. We have limited space and can’t...

Looking for Cotton Patch goose Hatching eggs! I am located in Columbiana, AL. I can drive up to 3 hours, and if you can ship even better! I can do Paypal or if meeting in person I can do cash. I’m looking for a few sources for genetic diversity. I would like 3-4 eggs from each source.

This is the fencing we are using We are starting with hatching eggs, and of course at first they will be in a brooder, then most likely a smaller pen to start with using some cage wire we have. I have some coated 1x1 spaced cage wire that we will use for them to start with while we can be...

We are setting up our duck pen using RedBrand field fence.however I am worried about them fitting through the wire so we are layering chicken wire at the bottom. My question is would 1 foot be adequate, or should I go with 2 foot? We are getting Silver Appleyards, so larger ducks. Once they are...

I am hoping to incubate some goose eggs soon, along with some duck eggs. I have the GQF cabinet incubator and a few of the styrofoam type incubators. I really want to incubate them in the GQF, because of the better temp and humidity control. However, I haven't been able to find an egg tray that...

Update?😆

I have a new cabinet incubator that I have chicken eggs in, and I have some goose eggs that I had in a farm innovators incubator, however it is having a hard time holding heat/heating up for some reason. I also have some duck eggs and some chicken eggs in two other farm innovator incubators...

I did find one and I love her🥰 we got her at 9 weeks old, 11 lbs, and now she is a year and a half and 85 lbs of wiggly, bouncy goof ball named Marvel. She is OBSESSED with soccer balls and gatorade bottles. Had to get her a $45 indestructible soccer ball cause she destroyed 5 normal soccer...

Hey, I know this is an older post, but I am curious, what color is the mother? I have some silkies and dark brahmas and am wanting to cross them, and would love to try to retain the Dark Brahma colors, like yours has. I definitely think that is a cross with a Dark Brahma. Edit: also, silkie...

I just looked up Hedemora on Greenfire farms. It says that they are small chickens, though not as small as bantams, but defiantly not large. There are people working on breeding larger silkies by crossing them with brahmas and Jersey Giants, but they are still just in project phases at the...

So, after bumping the post, I realized I actually do have a DIY to contribute. I built this quail hutch a few years ago, though we are now getting out of quail, and I am about to modify it into a chicken coop for the few bantams we have. Will post an update once the modifications are complete!

Bumping this thread to get more ideas from people and so I can find it again!