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We have had a lot of rain the last few days here and the temps have been very cold. I have an elderly neighbor with 10 laying hens who I help care for. Especially now that winter is here. She is not able to make it out in the mud and rain to get to her coop every day without risk of falling. She...

12+ Eggs from my BBS and my White Silkie Pens Auction closes at 3pm PST Monday July 9th so I can package them and get them to the PO in time to ship on monday. Both flocks contain BQ and SQ Birds culled for the BEST! All of my chicks hatched have correct confirmation, great feathering and...

So I bought some Jersey chicks from a breeder on the east coast. She shipped me 3 chicks that are were between 2-4 weeks old. They are now 4-6 weeks old and the oldest/biggest 2 are doing great. The youngest 1 is quite a bit smaller and weaker than the others and hasn't feathered in as much as...

Buy It Now 15 plus all extra eggs laid tomorrow before shipping. All shipping charges are included in the cost of the eggs. Eggs will be a mix of my 2 pens and I cannot guarantee how many you will get of each as it depends on who lays. Payment by Paypal to: [email protected] To buy please...

What are your experiences with this unit good and bad and any mods you have done to it? My husband told me he will get me one for mothers day! YA Here's the catch, he thinks he is going to use it as a mini fridge in our room when I am not hatching That just means I will have to keep it full...

Finally getting a good hatch from shipped eggs! I have 8 out and at leased 2 chirping out of 3 dozen shipped eggs. I set 1 dozen EE and 2 dozen silkie and most made it to LD. I didnt count them all but I candled before LD and almost all had veins and lots of movement! Tomorrow is day 21 so these...

Buy It Now 12 plus all extra eggs laid from Friday April 20th to Monday April 23rd. I get from 15 to 20 eggs usually during this time especially since its supposed to be nicer weather over this weekend, the girls lay really well in nice weather. I will drop the eggs off at my local PO depot on...

Buy It Now --- 1 dozen assortment plus Silkie eggs from my B/B/S and White Pens Price includes shipping Please reply sold and send paypal right away to reserve them. Paypal: [email protected] I can ship either monday late or tuesday early depending on your preference. Will include all eggs...

Buy It Now Silkie Eggs for sale to ship as soon as payment has been received. Shipping is include in the purchase price. I can only do 1 dozen of these now as I will be setting them again soon! Girls are laying like crazy and none are broody for once! "knock on wood" All my silkies are medium...

Silkie eggs for sale from quality breeding stock. This is a 2 day auction ending on friday at 2pm PST. Shipping will be friday 3/30/12 at 4pm pending payment. Upon receiving confirmation of your winning bid please pay promptly Payment to paypal : [email protected] Price starts at $15 please...

Sorry its a long story! So when we started getting a lot of rain ( I know its the PNW but I mean an excessive amount) I decided to cover my run on top and 2 sides with heavy plastic so my girls had a dry place to get out of the coop and scratch around and not get soaked.... Well to do this I...

Well last time was heart breaking. started 23 was at 19 up till 2 days before lockdown then we had a really sunny day and the temp in my room where bator is got pretty warm. Then DH opened the window to cool the room and it got really cold ad since it was very dry cold the humidity got sucked...

So not really an electrician so I have a question.... On a computer fan it has 3 wires, red/black/white, so do I need to wire all three together with the 2 wires on a 12 volt dc adapter? If I do what combo do I do and if I do not then which 1 can I cut off? I was thinking red was +, black - and...

I know a ton of people choose to mod them and add a fan, which I am doing after last egg hatches in a day or so, but what about a new thermostat? Home depot sells a nice simple digital thermostat from 19.99. I bought this for my house and its accurate to within 1` + or -. I'm not an electrican...

I have 1 chick out who is still attached to his cord and is dragging around a huge piece of shell. At his body where the umbelical cord goes in it looks like its pulling it open every time it struggles. Its very wet almost bloody looking. I have another chick pipped right now. Should I open...

I found this web site today and learned some things from it so I thought I would share some knowledge. Has great candleing pictures and talks about causes of of death of embryos after development begins and whatnot. http://animalscience.ucdavis.edu/Avian/pfs32.htm

So we got partially done building a nice 4x4x4 coop to house a couple of silkies for showing for DD. Well tonight DH decided if hes gona build a new coop he might as well build it sturdy and fill a whole area we now have set aside so I get a 4x8x6!!! Means more silkies!!!! LOL Now for the...

DD's 1st grade teacher said they will be doing a project with chickens in march and wanted to know if would have any chicks at that time we could maybe bring in to class? So after talking we decided to try to find a way to get an auto turner for my bator so she can hatch a couple eggs in class...

DH got this email that had these pics in it....

So I have a question.... I'm hatching for the first time in an incubator and egg carton. I have eggs all placed with air cells up, total of 23 eggs in a LG still air. Some are shipped eggs and some are my silkie eggs. I let all eggs sit for about 18 hours before setting them and I let them sit...