Search results for query: *

  1. topeka

    WARNING! Do Not attempt this at home!

    Hello Group, The Story I am about to tell is true. The names have been changed to protect the guilty (mainly me). My name is David Underhill Miles (not real name). I have just completed my third attempt at hatching chicks. This try did not go well, smoothly or by the...
  2. topeka

    Need hatching buddy! Setting 5 duck and 5 hen eggs Sat 1/16

    I have a duck!! Two days early?? I wasn't even looking and my son walks buy the bator and said "oh, the ducks are hatching?" and I said "No....not yet" and he said "well there is a duck!" sure enough a fully hatched, almost dry, duck and 3 out of 4 remaining eggs with pips. The Welsh...
  3. topeka

    Anyone using shredded paper for new chicks?

    Trying an experiment. Someone on this site mentioned ground corn as litter. I am using ground corn (very cheap) in the bottom of my tupperware brooder. Supposedly it is scoopable, low dust, and has some anti odor properties.
  4. topeka

    Our Dog Was Shot

    My Australian Shepherd got off my small acreage from time to time. I thought "What could it hurt.....he is a friendly dog....." Well come to find out he was causing havoc at my good neighbors house, chasing (maybe killing) his cats. Now I felt REALLY STUPID! Chained him until the wireless...
  5. topeka

    Need hatching buddy! Setting 5 duck and 5 hen eggs Sat 1/16

    Quote: Wow!........if some hatch, you will have a story!
  6. topeka

    Need hatching buddy! Setting 5 duck and 5 hen eggs Sat 1/16

    I still have 5 duck eggs that are due to hatch this Saturday. I am not sure if lockdown is 3 days before expected hatch (like the chickens) or not?
  7. topeka

    Need hatching buddy! Setting 5 duck and 5 hen eggs Sat 1/16

    Quote: When were your chicks due?
  8. topeka

    Need hatching buddy! Setting 5 duck and 5 hen eggs Sat 1/16

    Well I gave up on my last egg and did an autopsy. It looks like it died around day 15. I was disappointed because this egg was the first to show veining and movement while candling. 5 set 3 fertile 2 healthy chicks............I am glad I didn't end up with one lonesome chick!
  9. topeka

    Need hatching buddy! Setting 5 duck and 5 hen eggs Sat 1/16

    Quote:
  10. topeka

    Need hatching buddy! Setting 5 duck and 5 hen eggs Sat 1/16

    Quote: Commercial producers don't get much better than 87%!
  11. topeka

    Need hatching buddy! Setting 5 duck and 5 hen eggs Sat 1/16

    Quote: If the rest of your hatch went smoothly I don't think the 87 degree episode will be fatal.
  12. topeka

    Need hatching buddy! Setting 5 duck and 5 hen eggs Sat 1/16

    Quote: Having a hygrometer (or any measuring device) that you can't trust is frustrating. Do a search on this site for an easy way to calibrate your hygrometer. Mine was off by 7 points!
  13. topeka

    1st hatch, scared to put them in , eggs sitting on counter!!

    There are enough friendly people on this site to hold your hand through the whole process!
  14. topeka

    PVC roost?

    Quote: Wood is great, but once it covered with chicken waste it just never is quite the same as the day it was built. I thought if I really got motivated I could drag the PVC roost out of the house and wash it down? If the bars were too slippery I wonder if I could rough it up with sand...
  15. topeka

    PVC roost?

    Does anyone know of any pictures of a roost made out of PVC? I built a large roost out of plywood, 1x2s and chicken wire which hold about 50 birds. I was wondering if a PVC set up might be simpler to build easier to clean, be more streamlined, take up less space etc. Any ideas?
  16. topeka

    Need hatching buddy! Setting 5 duck and 5 hen eggs Sat 1/16

    Quote: I cheated................. but I cheated quickly
  17. topeka

    Need hatching buddy! Setting 5 duck and 5 hen eggs Sat 1/16

    We're having some good hatching percentages. If I get one more hatch I will be at 100% also.
  18. topeka

    Need hatching buddy! Setting 5 duck and 5 hen eggs Sat 1/16

    Quote: I will get better pictures when I get home. SO let me get this straight... I cannot take them out of the bator until when??? When they are dry and fluffy and your brooder is warm then you are good to go!
  19. topeka

    Need hatching buddy! Setting 5 duck and 5 hen eggs Sat 1/16

    Not the best picture quality, but it is a pretty bird!
  20. topeka

    Hawks? How do I protect girls?

    For some reason my Australian Shepherd is very alert to threats from the sky. As he patrols around the chicken yard he leaps and barks at any crow/ hawk/etc. that flys over. I don't know how he knows that some birds are a threat to his chickens but he does!
Back
Top Bottom