Search results for query: *

  • Users: vortec
  • Content: Threads
  • Order by date
  1. vortec

    Need help with the sex of this Blue Copper Maran...

    2 months old, what do you think? vortec
  2. vortec

    My chicken laid her first egg!!!

    I don't know the excact age of it, but its around 20 weeks of age. This egg comes from one of two of my easter eggers and this was not the ones that I figured would lay the first. Anyway, here are the pics, I am so excited, but they chose to lay it on a day that I was sick, lol As compared...
  3. vortec

    What does the humidity need to be?

    Its day 18. I just candled the eggs and am putting the incubator on lock down. I know the humidity needs to be higher for hatching. Is it 50-60%? I have used the dry hatching method so I have run at 35% or there about for the whole hatching thus far. Need an answer soon. Thanks! vortec
  4. vortec

    Updated pics of my Fleet II

    Buff orpington hens: Barred rock hen: Ideal 236 Leghorns: Light Brahma hen: My only roo, Light Brahma Please let me know what you think! All of my group is around 12 weeks old now, and I have raised them from day olds. All are from Ideal hatchery. vortec
  5. vortec

    Belmont Stakes...Whose going to win?

    With post almost 30 mintues away, what are the predictions? Anybody think Calvin can win the jockey triple crown? He's back on Mine that Bird again for this race. Any predictions are welcome for both favorites and long shots. Lets see how many pick the winner vortec
  6. vortec

    Day 11 candling results...

    A PERFECT 100%! 32 FOR 32!!!! I AM SO EXCITED I CAN'T STAND IT. THIS IS MY FIRST TRY SO TO GET RESULTS LIKE THESE IS WONDERFUL! I do have a question though. What percentage of eggs that are candled and passed through after day 18 actually hatch? Thanks vortec
  7. vortec

    When to candle

    I candled on day 5 so when should I candle my eggs again? Thanks vortec
  8. vortec

    Which hatchery would you choose?

    Imagine this as your situation. You want to get a simple flock of hatchery stock birds. You want a certain amount of roos and hens and you want them to be hearty and shaped right( according to breed ) What hatchery that ships chicks do you use and why? vortec
  9. vortec

    Where do you get your meat birds?

    Do you get them from a hatchery or do you get them cheaper else where? Just curious as I am going to get a big shipment in this fall. Thanks! vortec
  10. vortec

    Ideas for next hatch

    I am planning on doing incubating eggs as my senior project for school next year. I wanted to do a test run to make sure I could do it before I started recording any data. I have two more weeks on this hatch so I need help deciding what is going to go in next. Any suggestions will be...
  11. vortec

    I am one happy man!!!

    I have been trying to get rid of 16 roosters for weeks now. Last week somebody put me on to craiglist.org. So I posted an ad up there to see what it would do and within 20 minutes I had recieved two messages from some who were interested. I have over 20 messages from different people in my...
  12. vortec

    Question on Candling...

    I candled my eggs tonight as it was day 5 of the incubation. I first candled a super market egg and then the eggs I was hatching and as near as I could tell, all were fertile. Some though, were iffy. I couldn't really see veins but they definitely were not clear. Is day 5 too early or is it...
  13. vortec

    How much do your free ranging chickens eat?

    I used to keep my flock in the coop and they were eating fifty pounds of chick feed in one weeks time. Now I let them more or less free range in this huge horse pasture and they don't eat hardly any of the food I put out for them. This works really well for me as I no longer have to stop by...
  14. vortec

    Blending in new hens to the flock

    I have a flock that consists of a lot of roosters( 19 ) and 10 tens. The average age is around 12-13 weeks. I am looking to add new ten week old hens into this group. What is the best way to do this to avoid fights as much as possible? Thanks vortec
  15. vortec

    Question on humidity

    I am in the process of getting my LG up to steam and ready to hatch a shipment of 32 eggs. The temp is going how I want it, but the humidity is wanting to hold steady at 54 or so. Is this too high for the early going? If so, how do I drive it down? NOTE: I have not added any water vortec
  16. vortec

    Hatching eggs are here! Now what?

    My hatching eggs arrived today and are still in the box. They appear to be in good shape as all of the shrink wrap did its job during shipment. My question is...now what? Do I need to leave the eggs packaged up in the box for 48 hours to let them settle or take them out? Do I need to candle...
  17. vortec

    Chicken defended against a hawk!

    I did not see this happen with my own eyes but my dad was able to witness the event when he was at the coop one morning. He had just turned them out and the chickens had all ran outside. Most staid near the coop but some strayed out torwards the trees. He said it looked up and saw a bird...
  18. vortec

    Jersey Giant, Australorp, Light Brahma, and many more...VOID

    Voided, roos gone vortec
  19. vortec

    Langshan opinions

    This is a breed that catches my eye everytime I see one. It is absolutely stunning. I never liked feather footed chickens or asian-origin birds prior to my delightful experience with my packing peanut light brahmas. How is its temperment and productivity as far as roo growth, maturity, and...
  20. vortec

    Sumatras anybody?

    This has always been an interesting breed to me though I have none of my own. If you have pictures of sumatras please post them up. vortec
Back
Top Bottom