Help!, Ijust had a horrible hatch (again). Temp was perfect the whole time.I was trying the dry(somemewhat)incubation method.I added a little water when the humidity went down to around 20 or 25.I was told not to panic when it did this,so I waited 24 hours until adding water.3 days before hatch...
Hello, Ive started raising my own chickens now for a few years.[ We had many on my parents farm growing up.] I , like many have too many roosters. I find it very difficult to kill them. Growing up I didnt have this problem. But having raised them for 6 months I want to get something out of all...
General concensus Please,My sister is staying at my other sisters ex husbands house with her own husband and daughter once or twice a year.[no hanky panky] just friends. well sister no. 1 is livid. your thoughts Please Yes or No?
I havea baby goose about 10 days old. I had him with me feeding the other geese. The two young females acted like they wanted him.Can I do this? They didnt attack him. They just wanted to get real close. Probably could have got him if that was their intent. ???
I have elm tree clippings in my chicken cages, the kind that is all shreaded up in little pieces.The other day i noticed an egg in the waterer.When I got it out it was soft.No big deal but I really hadnt seen a soft egg in a very long time.I was wondering if the elm tree clippings that they kick...
I started hatching eggs last summer.It seemed simple enough(my first mistake). My first batch I got one chick for 12 eggs.I had paniced about 10 days in and filled the other resevoir with water.Im sure I drowned them.Well I wasnt sure but anyway....The next batch I set 30 eggs.The incubator kept...
Im having a hard time believing that the outside humidity can effect the humidity in my incubator. When the hygrometer inside the incubator reads 50% its 50 % correct.?
Im in AZ. and having a heck of a time hatching chicks.,any subjestions ? Im at 4500 ' and having not much luck.. Bah humbug...
This is a pic of my Mottley crew of chickens. All from the same poppa[red star],top to bottom,red star momma,white rock momma,2 from silver laced winedot hen and last from a white leghorn hen. Im thinking of breeding them. In general roosters are better to carry their genes to the next...