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  1. ArkaFarmaMama

    WTB: Speckled/Silver Sussex and or Black/Golden Laced Wyandotte Eggs.

    Hi All! I am desperately looking for Speckled or Silver Sussex eggs. Please PM or Post if they are: Average or large sized for their breed. Frequent good layers. Pure bred, no mix possible, but not exactly looking for show quality. Have retained their broody characteristics. This is very...
  2. ArkaFarmaMama

    Eggs are cracking!! Chicks are peeping!!

    Happy dance!! Just sit it out? I know, humidity... but sooo worried it isn't high enough for the membranes to break! This new incubator is driving me !!! Do I need to pick a bit of shell, I know, DON'T DO IT! Nature will take it's course!! I'm a crazy momma !!!!
  3. ArkaFarmaMama

    Cochin VS American Game - My Dilemma..

    Hi! I have a small flock of RIR's (13 hens, 2 roosters). Hatchery bred, GREAT layers, tasty meat, friendly (after I got after the roosters with a water hose), but they are terrible when it comes to toughness and being broody. I can't get these girls in the mood and have lost 4 to predators...
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    Ideal settings for Brinsea Mini Advanced - for chickens?

    Hi guys! DH got me a Brinsea for my birthday. I am loving it, kind of. Set my first chicks, have 11 days to go. Honestly I don't think they are going to do well. Candled some but it was pretty hard to see since the shells are so dark. Just going to ride it out, fingers crossed! So what...
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    Interested in raising some large Ringnecks or ?, tips, advice, resources?

    Hi! I have a very large run that needs some beautiful birds! It's 30X10 completely enclosed, has a very nice 8X10 enclosed shed with perches, nesting boxes, etc. The run has a few black berry bushes in it for cover, a peach tree growing in it to shade the shed and the whole thing runs along a...
  6. ArkaFarmaMama

    My babies are AFRAID of me!!! Gentle tips?

    Ok, I did the whole I'm the mamma pecking thing when I first got them, responded very well and kept it up. NOW THEY RUN in their brooder when I walk up! I talk and make sure they know I'm coming but as soon as they see me they run to the other side! I've had chickens for as long as I can...
  7. ArkaFarmaMama

    Has anyone purchased this brooder?

    Needing a new setup! Have any of youn's tried this? http://www.chickensforbackyards.com/Premium-Brooder-Starter-Package-CBPAK11.htm I've raised several chicks, but after moving SEVERAL times and now in a new farm, all my bits are all over the place and most broken! This looks simple, nice...
  8. ArkaFarmaMama

    Nasty EVIL gnats!!!!!! Killed my girls!

    I've had chickens forever! Even in my 3rd floor downtown apt when I was in college. We lost our beloved black stars last year to a huge swarm of gnats. They were in a small portable coop with a long cage run for fresh grazing. We came home from a short trip to town and there were my girls...
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