Excited to report - Set 30 Buckeye eggs. One infertile, one blood ring... the other 28 going strong! Can't wait for Friday. I want to wish everyone a great hatch!
Went to poultry auction yesterday and bought a LF Buff Cochin pair and a Paint Silkie pair, both show quality. Those will be...
I searched. but came up with no great answer in the results... I bought 2 show quality Buff Cochin yesterday. What is the best height of a roost for them? They are 10 months old and pretty darn big. Bonus, the hen laid an egg when I got her home :) Loving them already, they are my first pair.
I've waited almost 3 months for these eggs. They are a mix of two top breeder lines. Rebuilding a flock after 3 years without chickens, these are my primary breed.
I have a FI incubator. The built in thermometer is WAY off. I have seen repeated posts of the same complaint. Don't trust it. I only use inside thermometers and have good luck.
I was worried I would have to drop out of the hatch-a-long. I am buying eggs and the girls were not laying :(
but late last night the breeder contacted me that I can pick up eggs this week!!! WOOT I'm setting Buckeyes and so excited.
I will be hatching out SFH chicks soon. Just skipping around this huge post I have seen a few comments about the SFH needing special care (such as non-medicated chick starter). Is there a comprehensive beginners guide to SFH somewhere? I'd like to know why non-medicated feed is thought to...
Hi everyone. I am Candice, in North Central MO. Been out of the chicken game for a few years due to a divorce and move to town, but am jumping back in since moving back to the country. So excited to be back, I have paint Silkie eggs cooking in the bator and am waiting on some Swedish Flower...
...silkies cooking in my bator and will be getting Swedish Flower Hen eggs soon.
Excited to be back in the chicken farming mode! I hope to swap with y'all again. It was so much fun before and I got some neat stuff.
**my swap page is out of date, so ignore it until I get time to fix**...
Thanks everyone. I sure hated to lose that little fuzz ball.
Our farm supply store happen to have ducklings today. I let my DD pick out what she wanted...we ended up with 3 more LOL a Khaki Campbell, a White Crested and a Cayuga. The week old Magpie took right to them and is so happy to...
Thank you for all the advice. I feel I did everything possible for the little guy. Today I could tell he was weakening and it died this evening while I was gone.
Now, I need to find a mate for the one we have. Hoping to find a week old one on Craigslist as the healthy duck is so dang big...
I have a week old duckling that I am unsure will survive. When hatched there was a significant amount of blood and yolk in the shell (the most I've ever seen on any bird). It spent 2 days in the incubator before I felt it was going to live. At that time it still could not walk well, it...