Yes, that's exactly what I was thinking, so I'm not way out in left field. All of my birds drink from water nipple things, so what about running one large water system, with a good-sized pipe run across the front of the coop, inside the run, with nipples in each run. That way I only have to fill...
I want to build a new chicken compound. Right now, I'm using two 10x10x6' dog kennels and another 16x16x8' run that I built for my birds. Each pen gets to come out and free range for a few days, then they get put up and the next pen gets to come out. I have decided that I want to focus on three...
So as day 22 draws to a close, my last egg just hatched. My first try with the incubator, with 4 eggs I pulled out of my mixed pen, got all 4 to hatch. :) I did have to add a sponge and a half at lockdown to keep the humidity up, and I did have to squirt some water through a line I snaked...
April is a good time of year around here. I can't wait till everything greens back up! I've got a girlfriend that is looking for some turkeys to raise and process, she's having a hard time finding anything in our area. Can I ask where the properties are that you're looking at? Maybe I can help...
Hey Silkie, I have a Williston address, but I'm really kinda halfway between Williston and Barnwell. We have chickens, horses, longhorns, and fainting goats. So I understand you're bringing the whole farm from Ohio?
I've got the Advance, sorry. I stuck a sponge in there while I was doing my last weigh-in. I've got a small length of tube that I can attach to a syringe, which I'm able to snake through the vent hole, past the wiring, to squirt my sponge or siphon water from the wells to adjust as necessary...
Scflock, what are you hatching? I just locked down my incubator with the 4 mutt eggs. This is exciting, its my first time. Best I can tell, all 4 are developing as expected. I've been weighing them and we're running between 10-13% loss at day 18. I'm watching the himidy rise now. I'm using a...
What do you get when you mix a blue laced red Wyandotte with a red sex link? Or is it just a mutt? I'm trying to hatch a couple out in my new incubator and am curious what to call them when they hatch.
Couple questions, should be pretty easy ones. One, what does BBS stand for? Two, can you buy anything at shows, or for somebody not showing (ie myself) to just make contacts to follow up on at a later date? I'm looking for eggs and specifically looking at the Blackville and Edgefield shows.
I finally got my incubator for Christmas. I'm going to set a few of my backyard mix eggs, just to see what I can do before I put some expensive eggs in it.
I really appreciate the info! Let me ask you this then: you said you've got a wheaten rooster with blue wheaten hens... That just means you'll get some blues and some regulars for offspring, right? I'd love to be put on your list for eggs, I hope I can wait that long! I'm [email protected]
Am I correct in my belief that the wheaton and blue wheaton hens look the same, but the roosters have either the black or blue chest? If that's the case, how would you know which hen is which for breeding purposes? Guess I should go ahead and ask too if you have any hatching eggs available for...
Williston checking in again, it's been a while since I've been on here. My flock has changed a little bit, I have three pens going right now. Got the mixed pen which includes a BLRW roo with an assortment of ladies including one elderly BLRW hen, some red sex links, a black cochin, and two brown...
I'm looking at possibly getting my own incubator, and am wondering for a novice at hatching like myself, which of these two would be most appropriate?
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