A couple of my leghorns have been laying soft rubbery eggs. i've been finding them on the poop board first thing in the morning. but by the time i get there all i find is the rubbery shell which just looks like a popped balloon. this has been happening 1 -2 times a week, most of the time i find...
does anyone have any suggestion as to what type of vines you are growing over your chicken run for shade.
i'm looking for a vine that will grow rather fast and endure the new england winters. the location of the runn is in full sun for most part of the day.
pictures of your runs with the vines...
Last winter I was collecting 18-20 eggs per day from 25 hens with supplemental lighting. This spring without supp lighting I was collecting 14-18 eggs per day. This summer i was collecting 6-8 till now, I sold 10 hens a month ago and have been collecting only 2-4 eggs per day from 15 hens.
Not...
Anyone out there with Silver Ameraucanas? could you post some pics for me? especially pics of chicks, young pullets & cockerals.
i just recently picked some up and would like to compare.
thanx
stevin
i have 19 pipped eggs and 1 hatched chick in my 1588 genesis. the humidity was at 64% till the 1st chick hatched and the the humidty jumped up to 70% should i remove the vent plug to allow the humidity to drop or just leave it in? will the chick dry off any quicker with the vent open?
i placed my eggs into the incubator on Jan 15th at approx 6pm.
now i placed the eggs into lockdown mode lastnite, Feb 2 around 6pm. is that correct? a friend is telling me that i should have put them into lockdown on the 1st of Feb. he's counting calendar days where i've been going by the hour &...
Duramycin-10, how of you have used it and how did you like it? also, did it seem to clear up any respiratory issues?
what were the dosages and for how long did you treat your chickens w/it?
thanx,
stevin
just about a month ago i was getting on average 12 egs a day. then i treated my flock for worms using wazine and then followed up 2 weeks later w/ivomec pour and i also dusted all my entire flock and the coop w/sevin and repeated that 10 days later. during the egg withdrawal time my egg count...
could not believe that one of my 4 lb leghorns layed this egg!!!!!
poor girl must be exhausted...
the other white eggs are already jumbos to begin with and the brown egg i would consider a large....
1) What type of bird , age and weight.
RIR Rooster, 10 months old, approx 12-13lbs
2) What is the behavior, exactly.
acts normal but i haven't heard him crow in a couple of days
3) How long has the bird been exhibiting symptoms?
i noticed the gargling noise lastnite when applying petrolium jelly...
was talking to an ol'timer about chicken breeds and i had mentioned that my RIR rooster loves my White Leghorns and i mean LOVES the leghorns. so i mentioned that i was thinking of hatching some of the eggs to work out any bugs with incubator, this will be my first hatch. He then refers to them...
what do most of you do? typically i leave for work before the sun even comes up and i'm usually back 10hrs later.
during the weekends i'm constantly walking over to the coop to collect eggs and they're usually still warm, great hand warmers for this time of the year...!!!
but during the week i'm...
i just recently wormed my flock using Wazine in their drinking water. at the time i was getting an average of 6-8 eggs per day with artificial lighting in the morning & evening. since the worming the egg count has gone up to an average of 12-14 eggs per day.
with the 14 day egg withdrawal time...
i have 2 Roosters, a RIR and Light Sussex in together with 26 hens consisting of RIR, LS, SS, White Leghorns, BR, BA.
now the 2 roos seem to share majority of the girls. Out of curiosity, if i were to hatch these eggs, what different types of mixes would i end up with? for example, would my rir...
currently i have 25 hens, not all are laying, maybe half.....
i have a community nest box which is 16" high x 16" deep x 4' wide, originally built for 10 hens.
why didn't anyone tell me that chickens were so darn addictive!!!!!!!
sooner or later most if not all the hens will be laying. will...