Happy New Year!! I was wondering if anyone has heard of any study involving temperature of incubation and resulting sex of poultry. The reason I ask is I know alligator eggs may all be only one sex or another, depending on the temperature. I just thought it would be interesting if there was a...
You all were so great about responding about my freezer question. How about vacuum bagging. I've read a few reviews and all I seem to come up with is they are no good.
I'm a newbie for the most part. I've had egg layers for a year and a half. I enjoy my chickens so much and I finally decided I need to take the next step to self sufficiency and ordered my first batch of Cornish crosses. Got them yesterday. I am excited about this new adventure and very...
I have a hen that has six week old chicks. She and her chicks are separated from the rest of flock. She is one of 7 hens all raised together. I tried to let everone out to free range together and all seemed to be going well. The others didn't pay much attention to the chicks and they were...
I have just set some eggs under my broody hen. I have to take her off the nest daily to eat and do her business or she will not get off at all. My question is when incubating eggs everone talks about lock down the last 3 days. Should I leave her on the nest the last few days. She only stays...
Hi All. I have a BO that is one year old. She has gone broody for the second time this year. Does this behavior continue all year or will she eventually give up? I don't have any fertilized eggs. The other part to my question is if in the future I do let her hatch some eggs, do I have to...
Hi my name is Kim. I have 7 hens that are about one year old. My question is about roosters. I ordered a few more chicks for May. One should be a rooster. Plymouth Rock. My question is, in general how much do the roosters "bother" the hens and are they really rough on them? We are all happy...
My name is Kim and I am new to the group. I currently have 7 hens about one year old. I ordered a few more chicks for May, one is suppose to be a rooster. Plymoth Rock. My question may be silly, but how hard on the hens are the roosters in general. We are all very happy the way things are...