My del. youngsters and one NH. chick of the same group at 25 weeks are suddenly putting their tails down, not eating and dying. In three days time. No sneezing, no nothing. Just tails droop and they get very pale in their combs very quick. So far I have lost two and another two look bad. I...
Do the auto feeding buckets with the pvc elboes clog???? I am hunting some kind of feeder I can leave and go off for the weekend and not worry. Can someone help me out on this . I have grown 13 hens and now 18 chicks. I would have to build two. Help. And thanks
I got an egg thermometer. Its shaped like an egg and gives a digital temp. of what an incubating egg is. Or so it says. I have a hovabator with fan. right now I have 4 thermometers for my eggs. I have no idea which is right. The egg seems to be hottest reading one. One is mercury, one the...
I have read the temps for this and that hatcher and they never say where to measure these temps! My hatcher is 1588 with the fan. It is reading 100.2-8 But, down on the hatcher floor at lockdown it is reading 97 to 98, according to a digital thermometer and glass mercury thermometer.. Is...
Here I go. I was not going to hatch till May but one of my hens decided otherwise. So I gave her 8 Dell. eggs (Kathyinmo dells) to set on. She seems happy. Now only 21 days to goo........ Well Its her first time so keep your fingers crossed for her. here she goes any way. She is a bit of...
I have a problem I have not had before.
When I hatched eggs only one faverolle made it. I needed him a friend and a friend of mine gave me an only one hatch dutch chick. They have been raised together and get along well. The faverolle is full size. I have a full size bunch of hens how do I...
I know that shipped eggs get handled roughly and that the hatch rate is not expected to be great. But what is the " expected" rate of hatch. Out of 12 one time I got 11,another time I got three and another I got one. Is that abnormal or about right. Does the distance have much to do with it...
Finally I can maybe buy a candler. Can someone suggest one that they have used that is clear and reasonable? . I have used a flashlight up till now, but my sight is no longer as good, so I need more help now. Please suggest a good one. thanks
What are the best egg setting days acc to
Old farmers almanac for setting hens eggs in the months of Jan, Feb, March, and April of this Yr.? Thanks Gloria Jean
When I was a child we would buy a piece of purple sugar cane at the local fair. We would peel the purple skin from it and chew the sweet interior.. I would love to buy some seed of that tall growing purple stemmed kind of sweet sugar cane again. Does anyone have a source for the seed/.Gloria Jean
Hi everyone,
Does anyone have their nest under a poop tray that is accessable from the outside through small doors? I am going to do that and need a picture to show my hb how I want it. A Picture would be great. Thanks Gloria Jean
I am trying to find an article that was written about medicine dosages recently to copy it for future reference. i could not locate it in the forums to copy and print out. Thank you Please see if you can find it for me. Gloria Jean
I wrote about this before but got some negatives that it existed. I got a pict. of the contents to show that it does exist. A high protein feed for chickes that is med.
Wow! I went to get some starter feed for my little chicks. I found a new one, for us here anyway. Its purina with animal protein, cocciostat and bacteria stat. But WOW! the price for bag. 20.oo per 50 lbs. 24% maybe worth it to get them off to a good start though. What do the rest of you...
Can someone please explain the malware computer virus thing that is going to affect the computers soon. Also what can each indidual computer owner do to protect or keep from getting it. gloria Jean