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I have two drakes one Swedish (blue) and one buff
I have 2 buff hens and 4 Swedish hens
What would you call these? Swedish markings and lavender?
My mom got a batch from the same flock to hatch and hers look all buff! lol
I was going to try to incubate and sell hatching eggs and chicks.
But why are they so porous? Is that what those spots are?
I offer oyster shell, I feed henhouse reserve the purple one, and 17% layer crumble both from Kalmbach and 5 grain scratch every other day (even days) and worms on...
I’ve only gotten two, but I’m wondering if I should be worried.
I just upgraded to Henhouse Reserve
I offer oyster shell separately
But now I’m getting fairy eggs?
I have 18, 2 roosters, 5 roosting bars and even then I have some outside roosts and they sometimes roost on those
Are they...
I was changing out their food container because it has been demolished. They destroyed the lid so I was using some random trash to cover it and just it was time.
I took the feed elbow spouts out and I saw a tiny bug that may or may not have been a mite?
It was red I think? And super tiny.
I...
I was candling eggs to prepare for sales and this was super dark spots so I cracked it.
The yolk and whites were normal but the yolk broke and was stuck to this part of the shell that had red spots.
What’s up with this?
Do I need treatment?
Danger for other eggs?
My husband surprised me with a mini vacation.
It was terrible (lol) I worried about my flock the whole time. Kept texting the house sitter.
They didn’t track/count my eggs
They didn’t fill up the waters properly (I don’t know if it was a coincidence but we had a soft shelled egg afterwards...
I incubated these chicks
I had a dozen Easter eggers from a friend that were Lavender Orpington, Prairie Bluebell, and Easter Egger mix
I have two that are Bielefelder over lavender Orpington from my own farm
One that is a bielefelder over a Lavender/Buff Orpington mix
And two should be...
(A.K.A. discard roosters)
Got from bin labeled “buff Orpington”, “black jersey”, “cuckoo maran”, “barred rock”
Pretty sure they are all cockerel
What are those white ones?
Zero progress since yesterday mid morning/afternoon. Should I help?
I think my timer was off about lockdown and opened to add humidity. And one final check. Then they all pipped but now nothing.
What do I do? Keep waiting, assist?
My husband surprised me with a vacation and it’s during hatching day!
We have a house watcher who will care for everything but…
1. Give me assurance hatch day will be ok?
2. What do I tell a guy who is used to watching dogs?
My husband won’t let me cancel its too late for a refund.
What’s wrong with my duck. Unusual poo too.
He looks really good, smooth clean feathers, wouldn’t be able to tell anything wrong. I caught him because he had a string caught on his leg that was cutting into him. I’m sad I didn’t catch it sooner, but it was so hard to see and I’m often out...
My current flock:
16 hens
-1 biele/orpington mix
-2 lavender Orpington
-1 buff Orpington
-2 lavender/buff Orpington
-10 bielefelder hens
2 roosters (bielefelder)
I have 21 in the incubator
12 of a mixed Easter Egger (Orpington, prairie blue bell, Easter Egger BYM) batch that I got for...
I’m trying to branch out and start shipping eggs. My mom said she would be my test client.
How do I do this?
Walk me through like I’m a kindergartener.
They were transported in a car about 35 minutes, transferred to my car then traveled 15 minutes.
Do I let them rest for 12-24 hours?
I’m really excited to get them incubated but I also want to ensure successful hatch. First time with someone else’s eggs.
I decided to do a rainbow egg basket...
What is this?
(If you have guess on gender that’s cool too)
Got it out of a bin labeled
“Straight Run Bard Rock, Buff Orpington, Jersey Giant” and the guy said “oh yeah, I forgot there’s cuckoo maran”
I thought jersey giant but the white on (hopefully) her wing