Game hens. I normally cut a hole in a clean 5 gallon bucket for my single mating pens. Nearly all the hens scratch the hay out of the buckets. Anybody got any helpful experience or advice? I’ve raised these birds for probably 50 years and don’t remember it being this bad before the last couple...
I’ve been watching you tube videos on people spraying their eggs with 3-7% hydrogen peroxide on eggs before setting eggs? They all claim an improved hatching rate I am thinking I’m going to try it with about a hundred eggs that I’ll put in the incubator and would like to hear y’all’s...
This is Rootie. He’s a border terrier from Ireland. He’s a hell of a good dog. Not that he’s trained or anything he’s just got a great independent personality. He watches all the new chicks like a brood hen. He will come get me when one gets to chirping too loud. Problem is, he’s 13 now and he...
I’ve got a game hen coming off the nest today. She looks to have several chicks, maybe 8ish. I hatched a very small bunch of chicks in the incubator- maybe a dozen or so. My question is, how many chicks have you put under a hen? I’ll have her in a secure cage alone with the chicks. I may need to...
Checking in from Louisiana. I raise quality gamefowl. I have been involved with and owned gamefowl since I was a young kid. I’m 63 now. I’ve got 4 breeds with a couple of strains of roundhead and 2 family’s of greys. I raise yellow legged hatch and a family of pure black fowl. Included a pic of...