The family and I went camping this past weekend and when we got home my chukar rooster was making a new sound!! All I had was 1 pair and they are in the pen with my 13 bobs. the pen is 20'x20'. Since the hen started laying, I would collect all her eggs. I would save 10 or 12 at a time and...
Hello to all,
I have 5 26 week old BLRW that layed their first eggs this week. I also have a dozen bobwhite quail. My question is: When I get ready to start incubating eggs, Will I run into any problems, temp or humidity wise, if I have them both in at the same time?
Thanks in advance for...
Hello all... This is first time in this section. A couple of us at the fire house caught a quail in the engine bay yesterday and I took it home. It is in one of my empty duck pens right now. I am pretty sure it is a tennessee red, but I'm not sure if it is a male or a female. Here are a couple...
I have a cabinet incubator that has a heat control display and a humidity control display. While I was making my rounds yesterday morning, I checked it and the temp coltrol display was flashing 'SELF TEST' and the temp was down to 92*. As I was leaving for work, I checked it again and the temp...
Was wondering if some of you could help me out with a question?
How long will a hen lay fertile eggs after a rooster is removed? I've heard about 2 weeks, but would like to know for sure if anyone of you know.
Thanks,
Phil
I recently aquired a Phoenix 6100 cabinet style incubator and have had it running for 24 hours. I cannot find much info about it on the net. Does anyone have any experience with one of these? So far I have 4 thermometers in the unit and all are very close to 99.5*. The humidity control does not...
Does anyone know how many days a hen will remain fertile after removing a roo? I read somewhere that she can remain fertile for up to two weeks. Just wondered if any of you have any input on this?
Phil
I put 7 ring teal eggs in my homemade incubator 7 days ago. I candled them this morning and all 7 are fertile and growing!! Now I'm locking down for another 7 days!
Phil
I am looking into getting some of these wonderful birds and was wondering if anyone knew of a breeder near SW MS? I would like to buy a started pair or trio of blues.
Phil
Here is what I came up with thanks to alot of great info from BYC. I will be trying it out next week on some ring teal eggs that are being layed right now.
https://www.backyardchickens.com/web/viewblog.php?id=63954
Phil
Well, I was supposed to work at the fire house today. When I got there this morning, there was no one on vacation and no one called in sick. So I took the day off. THANK GOODNESS!!!! About 4:00 I went in the coop to take a tally on todays eggs. (I have to wait on my son to get home before we can...
Hello to all. I am new here, but have been reading this forum for a while. BYC is a great site!!! I currently have 10 species of wild type waterfowl in 3 pens. The pens are attached together in an L shape. I am downsizing my ducks to make room for some BLRW! I don't want to build another pen, so...
Good day to all from SW MS. I have been reading for some time and finally took the membership plunge:frow I have had chickens for the last 5 years. I started with 8 EE from a hatchery. I really liked them. Last october I came home from the fire house and found 2 dogs that got in my pen but...