Today my chickens got soaked and the have a dry coop to roost in out of the wind, but I checked them just at dark on the roost and one hen especially is still very wet. It's been getting down in the 30's and 40's F. at night. Do I need to turn the heat on in the coop with a brooder light? I...
Black Copper Marans were originally a french breed that are new to the U.S. I've read that they were the preferred eggs to use by french Chefs and James Bond! They are known for their extremely dark egg color, darker than any other common breed. I do my best to breed according to the standards...
My black copper marans are good quality marans, that come from show lines that I have selectively bred to improve. I believe in breeding to the french standard. The Olive Eggers are from a cross between my show quality rooster with an Easter Egger Hen that carries a blue egg gene. The hope is...
So... I was handling the eggs for the final time in preparation to load the hatcher. Apparently I missed an egg that was bad last time i candled... I found an egg that had a dark line in it along where the air cell line usually is, I tried to pick it up out of the tray, but it was stuck. I...
It's a hatcher that has never been used. I need it soon to be operational. But after I baught it I figured out it didn't have any air holes.. He failed to mention that to me when I purchased it. Its about three feet tall and has a false back inside it. it has wind compartment that starts from...
Black Copper Marans were originally a french breed that are new to the U.S. I've read that they were the preffered eggs to use by french Chefs and James Bond! They are known for their extremely dark egg color, darker than any other common breed. A true black copper maran should meet the...
That temperature was totally an accident. My incubator is regulated by air vents and I apparently closed to many last night it slowly reached 98.5 last night one hour after I adjusted it so I went to bed at 11:30 and woke up to check it at 8:30 am., hoping to be real close to 100... Nope 107...
So I bought some hatching eggs from a guy that raises standard buff cochins, I hatched out 8 and they are about 10 weeks old now, and at about 4 weeks old I noticed 2 of them have perfectly clean leggs! I'm 99 percent sure all had feathered leggs when I transferred them from the incubator to the...
The easter eggers and olive eggers are some that I have selectively bred for feather and egg color, I only hatch bluish shades and my olive eggers came from a dark egg laying cuckoo maran crossed with my easter egger rooster. The orpingtons are a cross between blue and buff feather colors, it...
My eventual goal will be to have a bird that meets all the APA standards of an ameraucana with a new feather pattern. what I'v e done so far is I ordered a bunch of easter eggers from a hatchery, and to my surprise I was very impressed with the quality of the EE's they all have three row pea...
I have a self blue (lavender) orpington rooster and I have a friend who took him off my hands to breed him to his 9 blue hens. Does anybody know what this will do or has anyone done something similare to this? Thanks
So on the 18th day of incubation I moved my eggs to the hatcher. Raised the humidity and because of some thermometer issue's in the morning of the 21th day wich is this morning, I discovered the tempertature had been at 95 to 94 I raised the temp to 100 and has been there all day. So tonight...
Yesterday I put out some new wheat seeds and some 13-13-13 on my rye grass patches and along with the wheat seeds. I figured it was gonna rain today and dissolve the 13 13 13 before I let my birds range. Well it didn't rain. I was on the phone and while I was checking for eggs I turned my...
He originally came from cackle hatchery. He's been vaccinated for merecks. He is white, red, yellow and blue very colorful. Approximately 6 months old. Good facial muffs, dark leggs and a nice pea comb.