Okay, so I was just chillin' outside with my peeps. These are the ones I hatched out for the NYD H-A-L. So they're only a couple of months old and today has been beautiful so it was the first time that I've really been able to stay outside long enough to truly pay attention to them since they...
Hi there! I am currently working on a spreadsheet that will, in time, help with all aspects of chicken farming.
Some functions of this suite are:
Egg Journal
Recording daily egg collection
Maintaining a running average of eggs laid per day, week, month and year
Expense Journal
Record...
Okay, for the hatch-a-long, I decided I'd buy a thermostat for my still-air.
I'm trying to get the temperature regulated to be 102 degrees but it seems so far that I can not get the thermostat to hold such an accurate temperature.
Do I need to convert it completely to a forced-air...
We have had our flock for more than 3 years now, birds of all ages and never a problem until now.
Less than a week ago, I heard a commotion outside my room. It was the sound of huge wings. At first, I thought it was the Australorp rooster we'd just gotten from a neighbor a few days earlier...
Hi there, I know it's been awhile since I've said anything in here and a lot has changed. We got our first Australorp!!! Woohoo!
He's a giant next to our Barred Rocks, Production Reds and especially our Ameracaunas! lol
Anyway, I decided that since there are so many opinions and no exact...
Okay, this is an odd story. I have a barred rock that wanted to set so I stole her eggs and put in 14 Ameraucana eggs instead. She went through the whole setting process and finally, on June 16, 2013, the little ones began to bust out of their shells. Only 5 of the 14 eggs hatched...
Hi, I'm new to the site (obviously lol) but have been raising chickens off and on all my life.
It's funny, perusing the forums, I've learned that I need to unlearn a lot of the mistakes I've repeatedly made from trial and error but I'm eager to get started.
Here is a breakdown of my flock...