We've had a peaceful 3 years with our hens & waterfoul as far as preditors are concernd. We seen and shot at and coyotees, but haven't seen any sign of raccons in the area until about 2 weeks ago when I discovered and inadverntantly tree'd a raccon that had been eating our poultry feed in the...
*******7/12/09 Downsized by 1/3 so we'll see how I do with just 24 hens :-) thanks for the inquiries******
Hi everyone Im looking to downsize my flock a bit so Im hoping to re-home some of my hens. All but 4 are just a year old and have been raised free range. When not free ranging they are...
I have 2 very broody sister hens. One has already proven herself hatching, and it's the 1st time for the other.
My delima is that I don't want to hatch eggs from the roo I have on site so I want to purchase some - my concern is that they will give up on the purchased eggs before it's their...
HI everyone - hoping all you geese lovers can help provide me some valuable insite before I enter into goose owenership again.
I'd really like a light to med weight breed who aren't over acheivers in the egg/broodiness department. I'm hoping for no more than a flock of 4,and egg production I...
One of my marans chicks just over a week old is noticably calmer / quieter than all the other chicks. It doesn't even peep when we pick it up - nor does it make the effort to run from us like the other chicks - and it doesn't appear at all anxious about our handling him.
It eats, drinks, and...
I have 2 Black Copper Maran Roo's and 4 Black Ameraucan Roo's hatched April 10, 2008 - all looking for good homes.
Copper Maran eggs purchased from ebay seller "bayhorsebonne", of Norco CA. and Black Ameraucana eggs purchased from www.silverpulletpoultry.net - nice temperment in all.
Janet...
Hi everyone -
I have 2 eggs who's air cells are on the side of their egg - embryo is developing in line with the other eggs in the incubator, we're now at day 14.
Does anyone know if these chicks will make it if position them with the air cell up once I take them out of the turner???
Looking...
We are looking for good homes for our standard Toulouse Geese. One mating pair gander (Marti) 3rys old goose (Marley) 2yrs old , and two 1yr old daughters - all are laying except gander of course.
Ducks 1 Rouen drake (Jack) 4yrs old who is just hiliarious and 2 Khaki Campbell (2 months) 1...
First want to thank everyone out there helping all of us novices - this is an amazing source of information and support.
This is our first attempt at hatching so I'm worrying abt everything.
Our incubator was running a little warm (100.4 - 101.0) the 1st 7 days - we've managed to lower the...