This is the second hatch this year and the second time this has happened. The eggs are developing, about 1/4 of them pip and only 4-5% of them hatch. I broke them open when I gave up at day 32 and about 90% of them are fully developed, most were dead. A few were still alive?!?!
Temps have...
I am looking to purchase up to 1 dozen Narragansett Turkey eggs. I need to replace my Tom next year and do not want to buy a lot of poults. I would like to set these in the next few weeks. I hatch out about 20-30 of my own poults every year and really enjoy hatching.
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I bought a "Hatchery Choice" set of 20 heritage Turkeys and I am not certain about a few of them. Can someone help me out?
I think the one on the left is a Spanish Black but is the other one just a lighter Black or is it a Chocolate? Or am I completly wrong?
Still trying to figure out...
I have lots of experience with chickens but only production breeds. I have never had decorative breeds before so I know nothing about these SIlkies I bought. They have me confused. I put them in a dog crate to keep them isolated for awhile. At the back of the crate I put a roost about 22...
My experience with turkeys is limited to raising the Mammoth Bronzes I buy as pouts and eat or sell at 6 months. I have been raising chickens off and on for 30 years and now woudl like to start raising turkeys. I want a nice meaty bird that will breed naturally. Something with market value as...
I would like to find a breeder of Pymouth Rocks, preferably barred but not picky. I want to get some for my neices who live a little north of Spokane. They will need to be picked up as day old chicks, late August/early Spetember. Will wait until next spring if I must but would like to find...
I am getting some chicks for my neices. My sister wants brown egg layers and the girls want blue egg layers. I have loctaed the Amercauna chicks and will be ordering them for pick up in early September. I need to find a producer who can make some brown egg layer chicks available around the...
After raising chickens for years, I am finally going to break down and get an incubator. Unfortunately, there are some birds I want and can only get hatching eggs.
What incubator woudl y'all recommend? I an going to get one soon and I want to know what people like.
Tell me what y'all like...
I would like to buy some midget white turkeys. Poults or young birds. I do not want hatchery birds. I am willing to drive up to 200 miles out of the Cincinnati area to pick them up.
Please PM me if someone has any or knows of any.
I have raised chickens off and on for 20 plus years so I am not a newbie here. My neices want chickens and my sister said I can get some for them. I always have have production and heritage breeds but I think my neices would like something more "fun". I was thinking about some pretty banties...
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Started laying hens, 8 weeks.
Nice healthy birds, pasture raised naturally
Brown egg layers: Red Cross, Black Sex Link, Light Brahmas
Blue/Green Egg layers: Araucanas
Will deliver within reason or for a small fee