Last year, I had a hen and several roosters left over. They look like White Leghorns, but other White breeds look similiar to Leghorns. Anyone know the real breed of the chickens 4-H uses? My roosters are beyond hefty! In fact, when the dominate rooster gets into a fight with the neighbors...
When the kid's mom went and picked up some turkeys from the local feed mill, she bought a duck too. Yes, 1 duck! Right now, the duck is outside brooder with month old chicks. It was making a watery mess inside the tote in the house. It would collect water and dump it on the wood shavings...
HILLSBORO, OH
Few months ago a beagle busted into my coop housing my Partridge Rocks. The dog tore up my rooster. My hens are laying eggs now but no rooster to fertilize the eggs. I have some 4-H roosters from last year that I can trade (Huge Chickens) or some 1 month old Golden Wyandots...
Humidity in my incubator has to be the most annoying factor to the hobby. I saw other brands do have auto-humidity control. The price of those units are very high. For those of us with a simple hovabator/little giant should have a way to add the feature with creating a kit. Anyone done this...
My incubator has a wafer thermostat. I bought a didgital thermostat off Ebay (China). Only 1 seller had it for Farenhiet instead of Celcius. I installed it, but I can only get the thermostat to power up. When the thermostat is activated, I do not get a current in any of the 2 other...
For the past 2 weeks, I have been losing a turkey every 1-2 days. There are no signs of injury. They were active as can be the day before. They have plenty of feed and water. Age: They are in that stage of adult feathers growing in. Our chicken coops are connected to the turkeys area...