I just got my first incubator with a wafer thermostat, I'm trying to adjust. I think I'm doing it right, start out temp was 95 and I'm turning the shaft 1/4 turn at a time to reach proper temp, is this right?
I have a Little Giant 9300 still air incubator, not used to the still air, the humidity indicator keeps changing without adding water. This morning it was 44 and in the afternoon it showed 68, is this normal?
I have 8 laying hens, 4 young ones and 4 that are about 2-3 years old, they are starting to molt. I have started to get 3 small eggs about the size of a pullet egg. Is the molt causing this, are they getting broody, or is their egg laying cycle about over?
I have 8 Barred Rock hens, 4 are between 2 and 3, 2 are a little over a year and 2 are about 8 months, all are laying good, but none seem to want to go broody. I have 1 hen that stays on the nest for a few hours at a time, then she will leave after laying her egg. I tried putting eggs under her...
I got 2 Barred Rock pullets a month or so ago, age unknown, somewhat mistreated, toes on one curled, I'm assuming from a wire bottomed cage, very light weight. Well after being in a run by their self and some good food and lots of clean water, Laverne, I call them Laverne and Shirley, layed her...
This is the hen house my son and I built. We used a kit with metal brackets so there were no angles to cut. I've been called a lot of things in my life but carpenter is not one of them. It has 5 nests and a roosting ladder, 7ft. by 8ft.
My name is Roy, I'm 70 years old, a retired heavy equipment mechanic, and my former pastime was old tractors, Ford N series basically, but my health has forced me to a less stressful hobby. I had chickens before, about 125 at one time, and always wanted to get back in them. So me and my son, 16...
I have a starter flock of 4 Barred Rocks and a Barred Rock rooster. About 3 weeks ago I added 2 more young hens, age unknown, but I have one hen that will peck them to the extreme whenever they get off the roost, the rooster tries to get between them but can't stop it. I keep the feeder and...