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  1. HR Patterson

    Had a chick hatch with a red bulb at his rear

    thought it would be absorbed. Went down to check on him a little bit later and see it has broken open and there is a yellowish-brown liquid in the bottom of the incubator. What happened? Is he going to make it?
  2. HR Patterson

    Humidity in a styrofoam still air incubator

    This is HR's wife, I visit here on and off, trying to learn how best to help our chickens. We are on our second attempt using a still air styrofoam incubator that my grandmother gave us when she moved back from Florida. Our last attempt at hatching showed beautiful promise--saw veins and...
  3. HR Patterson

    I can't get the humidity up in my incubator.

    It is day 19, I have removed the turner from my styrofoam still air bator and put my 36 eggs in cartons with the holes punched out of the bottoms. The humidity has been a steady 45% for the first 18 days. I thought this might be a problem when I started because I have had both water channels...
  4. HR Patterson

    What breed hen am I? Any thoughts?

    Bought this with a group of others. Has a sister that is a twin. I don't think they are what the seller told me they are and could not find a look alike picture anywhere on the web. I don't what to tell what she might be to give any suggestions because they don't look anything like what I was...
  5. HR Patterson

    Please be safe this holiday weekend [GRAPHIC PICTURES/VIDEO]

    I came across this crash on Tuesday as I came into Columbus. Seems someone was drinking and driving during the day. I think it was about 2:00 P.M. when this happened. Just a few reminders that we hear all the time, but do we do them? I have had a seatbelt save my life (delivering feed to a...
  6. HR Patterson

    What kind of spider is this, and should I release it or dispatch it?

    He is about 3-4 inches long. Just wondering if he is a threat to us or not. Chickens fear him. Children run. My wife thinks he would make great target practice for the .22! I say he stays as long as he don't bite and make body parts fall off. So if anyone knows what he is, please let me know...
  7. HR Patterson

    Who sells Rhode Island WHITES? I can't find them anywhere for sale.

    Anybody?
  8. HR Patterson

    mild splay leg in 5 week old chick

    I just got some new chicks and discovered one has mild splay leg. He is a bantam cochin, about 5 weeks old, and gets around but he waddles. Do you think it has a chance of being corrected with the hobble method?
  9. HR Patterson

    The good news: Our new coop arrived...

    The bad news: Time to get to work and put the thing together. I got ALOT of nice pallets from work and an old small chicken shack from a friend who moved out of state. Now it just has to all be torn apart and re-assembled. Easier said than done. Oh well! Guess I know what we will be working...
  10. HR Patterson

    Fertilizing my lawn

    OK, this may be a common sense question, but I have been known to be lacking in that area frequently. Can I use a spring weed and feed on my lawn if the chickens have access to it? Will they eat it? Right now I cannot keep the few out that can fly over the 5' fence I have. Bonus Question: How...
  11. HR Patterson

    Weasel proofing the pen

    First of all, let me start this post by saying, I wish the weather would cooperate :thun so I can get the henhouse over here!! Today was spent adding a considerable amount of 1/2 inch hardware cloth to the sides and bottom of the pen. Tonight will be the first time in a week the birds will be...
  12. HR Patterson

    Egg totals for Feb and March

    Gonna have to find a market for the eggs soon. (Even with losing 4 hens to the weasel) Feb--194 :o March--482 Gonna head on over to Country Trails next weekend and see if Mr. Madden will market my "extras".
  13. HR Patterson

    Hello, my name is HR and I'm a newbie....

    Friends of mine moved away and I offered to take his "flock" rather than have him make a rather large pot of stew. I have some farming background, but most of my chicken experience is of the commercial type. If I count correctly there are 4 Roos, one of which is an eggeater (the Orpington) 20 RI...
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