I read a lot of reviews before buying my first incubator and I ended up getting the Nurture Right 360. I got good hatch rates, but I found it a real hassle having to continually add water to keep the humidity level right. I even would check it in the middle of the night when I got up to go to...
I am a relatively new chicken owner - I got my chicks a year ago, and have been learning as I go. In January of this year most of my hens were molting and they basically stopped laying (we were getting 5 or 6 eggs a day from 32 hens). Everyone seemed to back to normal and now we are getting...
Hello everyone - I really appreciate all the great information on this forum! I am a new chicken mom, finished my coop in February and got my chicks in March of this year. They started laying in July (I have 33 hens) and gradually we have been getting more eggs daily as our hens mature. I...
Hi everyone! I am a new chicken Mom and have 33 hens in new coop. Today I noticed that many of them are red around the face - and in looking up images online, this might just be normal... but I wanted to check on this site to see if this is a sign of mites. (This is a Cuckoo Maran) Thank you!
Hi everyone! I joined the forum because this site has been my go-to for learning everything I know so far about chickens (besides some books that got from Amazon). So much great info here. A little bit about myself - I am semi-retired, and co-owner of a 24 acre vineyard in Valle de Guadalupe...