Good luck with your hens, sounds like you'll see an egg any day!!
This might be a fun side note - My flock is a fixture in my dreams all the time! Often when I dream about my chickens, they are in wild places that I wouldn't expect them to be (like in a dusty, run-down room in my barn that...
The others hatched fine. There was a brooder malfunction while I was away on thanksgiving and I lost all but two, but those two are still alive and well!
This experiment was basically doomed from the beginning. When I put the egg in, it was starting to harden on one side and dehydrate. By day 2 of incubation, it was hard as a rock and had solidified. On day 5, when I usually candle my eggs, I noticed the membrane was split open and the yolk was...
Hey there everyone! If anyone has a flock of meat birds they need processed and you don't want to trek out of state, you can get your birds processed right here in Springfield! Impoco's Poultry Market in Springfield offers custom slaughter services for $5 a chicken, $7 a duck, and $10 a turkey...
I realize this thread is basically dead, but I (My family) own a poultry slaughter house in Springfield. When this was initially posted we were located in Feeding Hills but have since moved. We sell all types of poultry, live and dressed, as well as offering custom slaughter services. We are...
I want to know what happened! I had a few double-yolkers in my last batch I incubated but they weren't fertile... Didn't even know they were like that until I candled and saw two yolks....
Pathfinders - This is just an experiment really, I have a a clutch of regular eggs going in along with this one Tuesday.
MuranoFarms - Good point, although I haven't had much issue with humidity and chick development until the lockdown phase. I could just be lucky though. Do you melt the wax...
The other day I walked into the coop and saw a couple of lumps sitting where a few of my hens are known to randomly lay eggs. At first I thought it was poop but when I looked closer, it was really two shell-less eggs. One was broken and the yolk was spilled out, but the other was still intact. I...
I'm a 16 year old chicken farmer from Western Masachusetts named Joe. i made this page from my phone, hence the blandness. My family has been involved in the handling, wholesaling, processing, butchering, and sale of all types of chickens since 1929. we have a retail market located at 468 Walnut...
For the winter, I moved my flock into a smaller room in the barn with a wood stove in it. Because I lost many chicks to rats, possums, raccoons, etc. I tried to go overboard on security. I have a grated door covered in a tarp with a wooden board on one side and a metal panel on the other...