Wonderful article! But I was hoping it would include a bit about how it affects there molt. Should you wait to turn on the light until there done molting?
oh for goodness sakes! I have been to about 5 different stores looking for BOSS and I had it the whole time..smh... I was about to give up and settle for a bag of black oil sunflower seeds..
Thanks Bruce, Yes they are under the heat lamp constantly the temp inside the brooder is 62. I've raised it as high as it will go. In a couple of days I'm going to move there brooder into the hen house and the lamp will be removed.
Here is another pic of the mixed chick. The father is a RIR...
Thanks for your response Bruce, I posted in the EE thread cause I'm mostly curious about the Americana/RIR mix. Since it's a mix I assume it is now an EE. Thanks for the remark about the heat lamp. I think I miss understood what I read earlier, I was waiting until they lost all there fluff.. WA...
Hey Washingtonians, I have a question. I posted in the hatching forum but I haven't received any response. So I came here to ask
I am hatching 5 eggs in a homemade incubator for the first time. They are on day 11 and are all doing great. With everything I read I am only expecting a hatch rate...
I only have 5 eggs, 3 RIR and 2 EE. They are due on the 19th. This is my first hatch, and I'm using a homemade incubator. They are at day 11 and I have had total success they are all alive and kicken. From what I have read I have been expecting at best a 50% hatch rate, so when can I expect to...