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I hope so too! I see his flock foraging every now and then and they are just the cutest things- but even if I get a bunch of plain old white silkies I'll still be happy! I haven't had silkies in ages so I'd love to have some again! Sorry to hear that about your eggs, it's awful when they just...

So our neighbour came around today....and dropped off about 20 fertile silkie eggs!!! I'm frantically revving up the incubator and cleaning out all the unused chicken hutches to stick some of the broody hens into xD If none of the hens take then I'm just going to keep them in the incubator! I'm...

There are a lot of crows that roost around here and they've done nothing but help us! You see a big mob of them chasing of wedge tailed eagles about once or twice a month- we've only ever had one hawk attack, and when the hawk came back for more it quickly had three crows on its tail! We have...

Like everyone else here has said, it depends less on the breed and more on the dog itself! Our sheperd doesn't even look at the chickens- they just don't interest her. On the other hand, she obsess over our pigs and will spend all day sitting by their paddock and trying to lick them through the...

Chick overload at the moment! This looks like my most successful run in the incubator so far- about 10 chicks have hatched out already all on their own, with more peeping away n the incubator :) Usually I'm having to help because somethings gone wrong! One thing I'm noticing though is that...

I don't think I'll be trying to hatch duck eggs in my incubator again....it just can't hold onto humidity. Out of a dozen eggs, only 2 hatched, one of which died overnight (intestines weren't fully inside) I'm having one last go at it with a big batch of chicken eggs....I've had chickens hatch...

Hey guys, just chekcing that lcokdown for pekins is at 25 days correct? I think ours have been in for 17 days but I'm worried I'll miss lockdown!

Haha, 99.5 °C would give me boiled eggs I think! But I was worried about the humidity, thank you loads for the guides :) Hopefully I'll have some lovely little ducklings in a while :D

Hey guys, I've just got a dozen Pekin eggs that I'm going to incubate. What temperatures and humidity do you find wors the best for your eggs? What I've found so far says to have a temperature of 37.5 with a relative humidity of 55%. Do I bump that up on lockdown like with chicken eggs? Thanks...

I must have put more eggs under my broody than I thought! 7 chicks have hatched with 3 duds, I'm surprised she managed to fit them all under her! I wish I could let them out of their pen and get at some of the grass...but sadly we have lots of ravens around and the odd hawk, so they're going to...

I think she has about seven eggs under her? She's a tiny thing though so she usually only has 4 or 5 eggs under her. And I hope all your hens settle down! They can be such a hassle when they keep trying to make a nest where you don't want them too

Do any of you guys have a good guide for making your own killing cone? I really want to be able to slaughter our roosters myself instead of getting my dad to do the dead, but I don't think I'd be strong enough to snap the neck and I don't have the hand-eye coordination to use a hatchet! I've...

Our two new muscovies are nearly fully grown now! The (hopeful) drake and his girlfriend :) I think they're going through a bit of a moult though...they look so scruffy! Hopefully the drake will start mating with our other female muscovy soon so I can hatch some ducklings. I can't wait to see...

Our designated broody has finally decided to hatch some more eggs now that the worst of winter is over...I think I've overloaded her with eggs though! Two were peeking out from under a wing when I checked this morning xD They still felt perfectly warm, I suppose I'll just have to keep an eye on...

Went into lockdown yesterday, I'm so excited! 5 barnevelders and 5 Plymouth Rocks out of a dozen are coming along good, I really hope they hatch without any fuss!

We've set 6 Barnevelders and 5 Plymoth Rocks (and 1 mystery egg!) on the 20th, and I'm already having to fight the urge to candle them :/ Hopefully this hatch goes well though, from what I've learned from our last hatch!

Whoops, forgot to post pictures! I can't wait to head to the next poultry auction and buy some more eggs and do this all over again xD Good luck with your hatches everyone!