I used a mine fridge to make an incubator and an LG turner won't fit in it I was wondering if any of you had any ideas on how to make a cheap automatic egg turner
I have had a pretty good week I got my garden plowed. This is my first garden I got my corn and letuce planted I have my tomatos, Bell peppers, watermellon started in side I have a broody hen sitting on 5 eggs got 10 of my pullets out of my house and I heard one of my quail crow before I left...
If I breed a goaden comet hen to a golden comet Hen (I know they wont be sex-link) will the chick be a good layer of brown eggs or if I use a different rooster (I know they wont be sex-link) wil they be good layers I dont care about them being crosses I am only going to use them a layers thanks...
I live in southern ohio my chickens havent been laying for about 2 months I was wondering if anyone else has the same thing going on and when should they start laying again thanks for the help
I am putting some eggs in the bator tomorrow evening 1/22/13 if any one wants to join me I am putting 12 Barred rock eggs 2 Black Minorca eggs and 40 plus cotornix quail eggs in the bator I will post pics every weekend and keep up to date records of how my hatch is going thanks please join in...
What Kind of sexlink will I get from a black minorca rooster and a barred rock hen? How do I tell the male from females?
What color eggs will they lay? Thanks for the help
Does chickens get their feather color from the rooser or hen?
I have a partride silkie rooser and and a buff silkie hen and I was wandering what color the chicks will be thanks for the help
I am new to quail and I am wondering what I have I dont know how to tell males from females please help
I have 2 that look like this
I have 1 like this I bought them young so the guy I got them from couldnt tell me what they where thanks for your help
I have 3 Quail that are about 6 weeks old and I don't know if they are male or female
I have 1 like this we will call this one A
I have 2 like this we will call this one B I got them when they where young so he couldn't tell me what they where thanks for your help
My clutch of Quail started hatching last Wednesday and are still hatching today out of 19 eggs 12 hatched so far this is my first hatch i am super excited
I will let you know if any more hatch
I have been raising chickens for a while now and I am thinking about getting some turkeys and I have a few questions Does turkeys lay eggs daily like Chikens? How long does it take for a turkey to be full grown? How long do you have to incubate turkey eggs?
I have some eggs in the incubator and the power has been out for about 6 hours now and the temp in the bator is around 70 and they are set to hatch on July 3rd and my question is will they still hatch ok what should I do
I am new to Incubating eggs and I was wondering if I can leave fertile eggs out in room temp for about 1 week until I get enough to put in the incubator or if I should keep them cool thanks for the help
What will I get if I cross a Black Minorca rooster with a White Leghorn hen. The guy I got them from said that its an old english breed but I cant rember what he said
I have 10 laying hens and I am feeding them laying mash. I am only getting 3 eggs a day i know that at least one of my hens is giving me an egg a day. I was wondering if there is something else that I can feed them to up the egg production thanks for any advice