My new Nurture 360 incubator was showing 55% for the humidity until we got home from a weekend trip to discover, at day 9 of incubation, it was on 65% and since yesterday, is on 65%. I had asked my pet sitter to add 1/4 cup of water to it each day, as I was worried about humidity levels falling...
She was beautiful. An Easter Egger, I think. I have two that look very similar to her that my Ace Hardware labels " Americana," which is just another name for Easter Egger. Yours looks like she has some Partridge Pendesenca in her somewhere, which is a breed they use to create Easter Eggers. I...
I have a 7 month old Buff Brahma rooster, Franklin, in a flock of 36 hens and 3 other Silkie roosters, none of which bother the hens much. Franklin seems to like just 2 or 3 of the hens much more than the others and doesn't even mate half the time- instead harasses by stepping on the ( smaller...
I bought a BCM pullet from Deer Run Farm last Fall that I had to cull because it was so aggressive towards my chicks that I was trying to integrate at the time. I'm not sure if obtaining her as a pullet, where she was raised free range, but in a group of other chickens rather than hand-raised...
Interesting. I can't imagine getting chicks overnight-how nice. I have ordered chicks from Ohio and NC and theyve both taken only a little over 24 hours to get here in SW Va, which isn't bad, but you still worry they won't make it.
I am wondering if anyone here has noticed differences in percentages of eggs hatched shipped by Priority Mail vs. Priority Express?? Does it make a difference in numbers of hatching eggs that actually hatch? I've used Priority Mail for chicks and had no problems, but for hatching eggs, I'm...
Has anyone ordered hatching eggs from Deer Run Farm before, and if so, what was the hatching rate of those eggs using an incubator? I just ordered some eggs from them and was curious what others' experience with their hatching eggs is.I have a few pullets from them and like their birds already.
I am wondering if anyone knows what a chick from a Buff Brahma rooster and an Egyptian Fayoumis would look like? Also, a Buff Brahma rooster and a Sumatra? Thanks.
I got this " female" Barred Rock chick from Ace recently, except I'm not sure Chantilly is actually a female! Last year it happened that 1 of my 2 female Barred Rocks from Ace was actually male. The bold white in the feathers, and already dark pink comb and wattles, plus large legs and feet...