I put 6 roo's into my fridge on wednesday. I read to wait 3 days before putting them in freezer.
I ran out of time and didn't gut them after plucking.
Is it ok to pluck, fridge for 3 days, then gut before freezing?
I read alot on here how "you can't catch a fox in a live trap".
For about 2 weeks something kept taking the bait out of my trap without triggering the switch to make the door shut.
I figured it was a smart coon or a sly fox.
Got 2 frozen chicken wings out of the freezer and tied 25 lb fish...
I have been setting a trap RELIGIOUSLY for the last 12 days...
Every morning I wake up to empty cans of catfood, sardines, tuna and 1/2 a bag of marshmellows.
I have put the food way in the back so he needs to enter to get it.
I have TIED it with 25 lb fishing line to the cage.
I have dug a...
Woke up tuesday morning to the sound of one of my barred rocks head being pulled off.
Bought a live trap at harbor freight on Tuesday.
Woke up this morning with a coon in my trap and an empy can of tuna.
I had a RIR Rooster and a Barred Rock rooster in my coop with a couple of Barred Rock hens.
The BR rooster was MEAN as all get outta here... so I only had him for about 1 week.
I hatched out a few eggs and I have what appear to be 4 black chicks with 1 white spot on their head, yellow feet and...
I never heard of anything like this so I had to repost to allow others to get a laugh out of the craigs list ad I happened to see...
http://orlando.craigslist.org/grd/2323150916.html
5 eggs a day, eh?
Anybody have this combination?
I recently had my ee roo with a few ee hens and br hens... there was also a RIR roo in the run and now that they've hatched I'm wondering if anyone else has had some of this hatch and grow?
Anybody have pictures?
I had a very disappointing hatch rate from eggs that I gathered over a 5 day period from my backyard flock, turned twice daily and stored in my office where the temps stayed consistent.
7 out of 30 hatched.
I have 4 RIR hens, 2 EE hens and 3 Barred Rock hens running with a RIR roo and an EE...
Do you keep them from start to finish or do you take them out during lockdown?
I read somewhere to cut out the bottoms so...t hat's what I did but I'm in lockdown and unsure of whether to keep them in or take them out.
Do you keep them from start to finish or do you take them out during lockdown?
I read somewhere to cut out the bottoms so...t hat's what I did but I'm in lockdown and unsure of whether to keep them in or take them out.
I read a few times about people running their temps slightly higher in order to get a slightly early hatch... like day 19 or 20...
What is a good temp?
I have mine sitting at 101.4 on day 2... is that fine?
I hatched these 6 weeks ago.
They were in a coop with 4 RIR hens, 2 EE hens and 1 RIR roo...
I origionally had 12 chicks but a coon broke into my brooder and ripped a couple heads off and a hawk took a couple when they were ranging peacefully for about 20 minutes on a nice sunny day...
So I'm...
I went back 25 pages and couldn't find the answer and didn't have good luck searching...
I have 18 eggs in the incubator that have 7 more days to go and I want to have another batch ready once these hatch.
Can I collect for 7 days? 10 days? 2 weeks?
If I collect, store and turn properly...
I followed the instructions on setting up my hova bator... why does my wafer keep falling off?
Grr... I'm on lockdown due to hatch tomorrow and this thing fell off as I adjusted the temperature down since it was creeping a little high due to the temperature changes we've been having here...
I noticed my EE had pipped last night but nothing has changed since 8 pm. this 20 hours is killing me....
I can see through the little hole and see the chick moving around so I'm hopefull...
How long should this pip & chirp for before busting out into this world of ours?
I think today is the 21st day... but I could be wrong...
I set a few eggs into my home made incubator on the 14th early morning.
Several of them were dropped and cracked along the way but I have 2 left that I hope will hatch!
After noticing my temps were swinging anywhere from 95 - 105 I...
I picked up an 11 month old RIR rooster from a certain someone from this website & I love him! He's making my eggs fertile and waking me up...
Question though... What time is a "normal" time for roosters to crow in the morning?
My guy starts crowing at 415 every morning!
Now, he has helped...