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Does anyone have a chart or something that shows increased nutritional value of fermented feed? Haven't been able to find anything. I just started feeding my Cornish meat chicks ff a couple days ago, would like to know how much more nutritional it is....

Someone told me that the isa Browns can be very canablistic if crowded at all. After looking into them and other sexlinks. I'm going to order red/golden sex links from a hatchery. Every hatchery has their own "strain" of sex link, which is what an isa brown is. Basically, just pick a hatchery...

I am thinking of ordering from townline. we have a hy-line hatchery 3 hours away that i might be able to get chicks from also. My pen i am building will be huge, along with being let out to roam in the afternoons. i sell the eggs at farmers market so i need good producers, and I replace my...

I am thinking about ordering 100 isa browns for my new coop i am having built. Are they more aggressive than other sexlinks? i have had sexlinks in the past that were very cannibalistic. 12 in a run big enough for 50 and they were still killing. The current golden sexlinks I have came from a...

Looking for 2-6 emu eggs to hatch. Please pm with the price per egg and the shipping price. My zip is 83607 if needed. Thanks!

I have a hova-bator with the turbo fan and I just bought an automatic egg turner. I went to put the lid back on after setting the eggs and 3 eggs hit the microswitch unit. I took them out and it closes perfect. It is the universal 41 egg hatching rack. The eggs are medium sized. I have the...

I bought a hova-bator automatic egg turner and it makes a clicking sorta sound every time it turns I guess. Its not really a click but that the best I can explain it. I think it is the plastic making the sound, but should it be making the click sound or is there something I can do to fix it or...

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I had some bad luck hatching my last batch of eggs so going to try this. Humidity was to high and alot drowned. It all makes sense now.

very interesting, might have to try this sometime.

very interesting. Might have to try this when the microwave quits....

I have 2 other set ups for the sick the young and roos who are going to be dinner.

thanks everyone for the replies. i have an idea now. im going to do a rectangular coop with roost and nest boxes lining the walls. my run is around the size of colburg's. And 50 of them in there does not look crowded at all. I have them in there in the morning to make sure they are getting...

i found out why some of my eggs are making it almost to hatching but don't pip means to high humidity. going to do an almost dry hatch.

I have a friend who saved some bcm eggs for me. She has 4 bcm hens and 1 bcm rooster. and 30 other various hens. She saved me the darkest colored eggs, but apperently another hen layed dark eggs and i ended up with a yellow chick also. I have a few questions though. If a chick is only half bcm...