Recent content by whippet128

Robbie is a good man. He has helped me out when everything is going wrong. He admits when it was his fault and more than fixes the problem. He is in a business where there are alot of things are out of his control ( weather, employees, post office, animals ect.) From my experience he is an...

There is a spot on the back of the brooder to hang the therm that came with the unit. GQF has instructions on there site. I have a gqf brooder and love it.

thanks for the help. will try this out.

Question for Moby How do you introduce the males and the females? I noticed that you have them in individual pens. I have tried taking hens out of different cages and putting them with a male then the fights break out. Just wondering what your secret is. I have kind of the same setup as you...

I just ordered eggs from JMF. Robbie told me that for large eggs for egg sales I should get the JM Pharaoh. If I wanted meat birds to go with the A&M or the American Pharaoh. Nice guy to talk to just wish I had a note pad while talking to him.

Hey Big Z how are the bucks and the javas doin?

I agree. The animal kingdom is very cruel. Only the strong survive for a reason.

Hey Bigzio thanks for renewing my interest in backyard chicken. Glad to hear that the Java chicks are doing well. Your little buckeyes are scrambling around the brooder box. Eating and drinking just fine. Now all you need is some dels and you will be set. See ya tomorrow. Dave And to buckcreek...

the chicken plucker is from the whizbang chicken plucker book. we followed the book to the letter. we used a 2 inch drive pulley and a 12 inch driven pulley. It was pretty simple. I work in a machine shop to the metal working was not hard. While we were making this one a couple other...

Jamie now you have my mouth watering for a rostitier chicken. That sounds so good. now i am hungry for bird late Dave

Hey Jamie Glad to here that your leg problems stopped. I am not sure if the mineral pak could be labeled organic or not. It is all natural with no animal byproducts. That was our big concern. Use just 10 lbs to 90 lbs of grain and you will be just fine. With this pak your birds will use more of...

wow jamie That was fast. You watched us process chickens on Mon morn and you are doing one in the evening. that is pretty cool. How long before you build a chicken plucker like we have? That thing is pretty cool Eh? That is the first time I ever saw 2 chickens plucked in 30 seconds. Let me know...

I really like my Brower top hatch. Easy to use easy to clean and has the tuner included. The top is clear so you can watch. The heat element is a 60 watt light bulb. They kept it simple.

I order eggs from time to time just to get a fix. Sometimes you just hear the bator calling your name. It is always fun. Once you find someone who ships you eggs that will have a good hatch rate you can stick with them.

That is cool. We use the $6.oo cattle waterer from the farm supply store. We put them in 5 gal pails that we modify (cut up) so the chickens can drink out of them. These float type waterers can take up to 60 lbs of presure from the hose. Thanks for the explination I always wondered how those worked.