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  1. danielkbrantley

    February 2017 Hatch-a-long

    I love this site, and it's because of people like you, SunHwaKwon. Thanks so much!
  2. danielkbrantley

    February 2017 Hatch-a-long

    Another question: How far along in the incubation process do eggs typically explode (if they're gonna)? As this is just my second time doing it, I'm hesitant to cull eggs I think are duds until I'm absolutely sure. And since that may take another week or so (today is day 8), I wanted to make...
  3. danielkbrantley

    February 2017 Hatch-a-long

    Thanks! That's what I was planning to do, but it's driving me crazy waiting. Tomorrow is day 7 though, so I'll get my first look soon.
  4. danielkbrantley

    February 2017 Hatch-a-long

    Question: I'm trying the "don't mess with the humidity until day 18" method and I really want to break that rule. Especially now that the humidity in my incubator has gotten as low as 16. For those who do this method, is that too low or is it okay?
  5. danielkbrantley

    Feathers Missing

    Thanks to both of you! The one that is losing feathers also has a bum foot. It's never affected her mobility that I've noticed, but I'm not a rooster chasing after her. Hahahaha... And will indeed investigate for mites! All the best...
  6. danielkbrantley

    Feathers Missing

    I've got a mixed flock with a rooster who recently came to maturity. That said, since then, one of my hens has wound up missing a lot of feathers on her back. I say it's because she gets chosen more than the other ladies (there are 9 hens total and 1 rooster). My wife fears it's mites. If one...
  7. danielkbrantley

    Should I Let Her Hatch Eggs?

    For those who are interested (and this may only be me - haha!), one of my 8-week-old chicks is a rooster. Anyway, this morning, I heard a bizarre sound outside. Thought one of the big girls was struggling to get an egg out or had been smoking menthols. Looked outside and watched until I heard it...
  8. danielkbrantley

    9-Week-Olds Eating Layer Pellets, Scavenging

    Thanks to both - and they are indeed the first ones out and last ones in. Hahahaha...
  9. danielkbrantley

    9-Week-Olds Eating Layer Pellets, Scavenging

    I've got three 9-week-old speckled sussex chicks that were raised by my broody hen. They are still small enough to get out of the chicken run and run around in the yard a lot. For a few weeks, this was great. It made it possible for me to put their starter/grower feed outside the run, where the...
  10. danielkbrantley

    INCUBATING w/FRIENDS! w/Sally Sunshine Shipped Eggs No problem!

    There's a king of Grumpland? I thought it was an every-man-grumpy-for-himself kinda place. Hahaha...
  11. danielkbrantley

    Not Sure If You've Got A Pullet Or Cockerel? Click Here! Thread 2

    Whoa! Very cool! Thanks a million. I have another, but I'm almost sure she's a pullet. Almost no waddle or comb. Suppose if I start having doubts, I'll be posting here. Hahaha.. Thanks a million
  12. danielkbrantley

    Not Sure If You've Got A Pullet Or Cockerel? Click Here! Thread 2

    8-week-old speckled sussex. The one on the right in the top picture has already been deemed a rooster on here. But now he's starting to act rooster-y with the one on the left, as they jump up at each other like they want to throw down. So I'm guessing both are roosters. But I've never had a...
  13. danielkbrantley

    Should I Let Her Hatch Eggs?

    Been in the mid- and upper-90s. So...yeah, it's been hot. But she's definitely broody. When I've pulled her out of the coop, she tries to run back in. Put her outside the run, she paces the fence trying to get back to her wooden egg. Or yesterday, to nothing. Because I took the egg out. Hahahaha...
  14. danielkbrantley

    Don't know the first thing about building, need a run attached to my coop

    That is super cool!
  15. danielkbrantley

    Should I Let Her Hatch Eggs?

    And it works! After reading all the comments, I asked my wife her opinion. She feared it would be a never-ending circle every spring, so...she's on lockdown with a wooden egg (the chicken - not my wife). Hopeful someone will want to get her soon, so the girls can maintain their egg production.
  16. danielkbrantley

    Should I Let Her Hatch Eggs?

    I'm not great at math, but I think I'm gonna head home soon and put her in jail. Hahaha... Thanks!
  17. danielkbrantley

    Should I Let Her Hatch Eggs?

    That may be the ticket. I just don't want her stopping the other girls from laying like last time. Maybe I'll let her lay on some eggs and then sell the chicks out from underneath her. If that doesn't stop the broodiness, I'll have to sell her. Sad, but I need the eggs more than a broody hen...
  18. danielkbrantley

    INCUBATING w/FRIENDS! w/Sally Sunshine Shipped Eggs No problem!

    Ha! What's up with these broodies? I'm fairly new to chickens (3 years or so) and I've never had one that is broody at all. Until this one.
  19. danielkbrantley

    INCUBATING w/FRIENDS! w/Sally Sunshine Shipped Eggs No problem!

    I once again hijack this thread selfishly. Question about my excessively broody hen. Opinions appreciated: https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/1101564/should-i-let-her-hatch-eggs/40#post_17308325
  20. danielkbrantley

    Should I Let Her Hatch Eggs?

    Okay, this hen is a brooding machine! This morning, she was back on the nest and wouldn't get off. So...I took one of those solid ice packs you put in kids' lunch boxes and stuffed it under her. At lunch, I came home and she was on it like nothing was wrong. I put another under there and...
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