I really like these little ducks but am afraid they would be gone first chance unless penned 24/7.
We are in florida and live on the withlacoochee river and we also have springs that come down the side of our property. So we are surrounded by water, my chickens don't go near the water when they...
I am hoping for some advise. I just received my 15 new Barnvelder chicks in the mail. They shipped out Tuesday morning and were in my brooder by noon Thursday, so transit was fairly quick?
I have 3 of them that are limping and not using one of their legs at all. They are holding their legs up...
I am looking for a quality barnevelder breeder in Florida ? I am so looking forward to having some of these birds, I had purchased eggs from Gabbard farms and only had 3 out of 12 that developed. The 3 that did develope are still in the bator and on day 23 an no pips.
I am not blaming...
I sure would like to find another hova bator incubator. It can be a still air or with a fan. Egg turner does not matter either.
I bought eggs from 2 placing thinking(Dah that was stupid of me) they would be here the same day or so. Well murhys law in full swing. One batch showed up thursday and...
I thought I had read all the threads about the hatching part but i was not expecting this?
I have 9 eggs in the bator, my temps and humidity were good throughout. I locked them down on the 18th day got the humidity up to around 70. On the 19th day( yesterday) one of the eggs pipped and hatched...
I live 3 miles back on a really bumpy washboard dirt road. I live in Florida so it is actually a sand road and after a rain it can get really bad. I am wanting to buy some eggs for hatching and have been waiting for our weather to cool a bit so they don't get cooked on there way to me.
I keep...
My first post here.
The house we bought last fall has a great set up for chickens.
A friend told me about guineas and how great they could be if you start the babies inside and handle them a lot. She said they would eat bugs and would follow you around the yard and tell you if there were...