Today on my second try incubating eggs ,sucess 2 hatchted;,Plus 1 under a broody hen So far one buckeye barred rock cross,and 2 silkies,And 17 more chances to go! We lost one hatching to Derecho,.so wre to make up for lost babies.Will update with final numbers,and maybe pics WOOHOO!
We have lost 2 in the past couple of nights.One the body cavity and head was eaten,the other just the around the groin.Iam thinkig racoon,but what else could it be?
We have 2 turkey hens and 2 gobblers,so the eggs should be fertile.Should we leave them in the coop in the hopes the hens go broody?Or should we take them out and replace them with something else?We would love to get the girls broody,but dont want to waste thier eggs,Also how long can the eggs...
[Our little flock is about 2 months old.They have been kept indoors since we got them.Ijust want a general idea of how many more weeks they should be brooded.
We have been on this site since august,but today we are happy to announce we have a flock
We are happy to announce that we have started our flock! Today we bought 4 black spanish,royal palm crosses.2 black australops ,and 2 laced wynadottes.Plus 1 goat , and maybe apair of emus.Also a pair of...
Hello all we are knew to this site.My wife and i were around chicken,and other poultry when we both younger.We just bought a house on almost 5 +acres in Craig county Va.Soon we hope to have mixed flock,some turkeys and if i can find some emus.We hope talk to you all alot:ya:ya:ya:ya:ya.