hello, I am interested in making my own chicken food ( buying in bulk and mixing myself) can anyone steer me in the right direction as to what all I will need.
can anyone tell me what's going on with my eggs ? Candled Silkie eggs today ( day 7 ) and this is what they look like. Is this a detached egg cell or??
hello, hope everyone is staying warm. I need ideas. I will have ALOT of chicks by the end of this month and am trying to figure out brooder situation well ahead. I have a nice brooder that is 2'x8' that I hang headlamps from, it is in our unseated shop. I live in northern Idaho and am really...
uhh so upset. Set 27 eggs and 10 made it to lock down looking great. Hatch day came and went and on day 26 I decided to,open them. This is what I found. Can anyone tell me what went wrong? 100% failure :( so sad
its day 21 on my batch of Silkie and BLRW eggs. Started with 27 and after a spike to 105.5 I am down to 9 eggs. My temp has been so stinkin unsteady bouncing from 98 to 103. My humidity says only 21% but I have all h2o wells filled, a sponge and wet rags n there and it doesn't move so I hope my...
i got a freezer just like this today for free, would love to make an incubator but haven't seen one made from a chest freezer yet. How hard would it be and would it be worth trying with this?
Hello, so I have 30 eggs in the incubator. It is in my laundry room that is off the back of my house. It took me awhile to get the temp to stay at 101 but I got it there and set 30 eggs. Well the next day I checked and temp was bouncing from 98-103 on top of the eggs. We then had a cold spell...
My mom has a broody hen that has been sitting for over 3 weeks. She was on 8 Silkie eggs but at about 12 days decided to take a break from sitting. My mom found the eggs cold. We out them in the incubator just incase there was hope. Well now the hen is still sitting after her 2 day break. If any...