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I've noticed that my flock tends to be very messy and wasteful if I feed them crumble, but when I switch to pellets there really isn't any waste. I have 4ea 5 gallon feeders hanging, and there really isn't any food that gets spilled, the few pellets that do fall out, are usually eaten right away.

I decided to try raising some Cornish Cross this spring, I purchase 20 of these mutants. I'm having issues with them, they are around 4 weeks old, eat like dinosaurs, and this weekend I lost quite a few. As in 7 keeled over, deader then dead. I'm guessing I screwed up and overfed them. Shame on...

I'm looking around for some fertile eggs, and realized I'd like to have a handy book around to help answer my incubation questions. Anyone have some suggestions on reputable books that would help with this? Thank you

Thanks for taking time to respond Lisa. My rooster is a Blue Lace Wyandotte, he's about 1 year old now. I'll try to find time tonight and candle some. I did the old fashioned test last week, one of the 3 I cracked had a chick :(. My hen thought she was bigger, she attempted to set on 26 eggs, so...

I have a hen that started getting really broody about a month ago. I let her start setting, and even snuck in a couple eggs to speed things up. I currently have one rooster mixed in with about 30 hens. I realize the ratio is off, however he started as a "she" and I decided that one rooster was...

Good points, thanks for taking time to explain that. I'll try to get some information tomorrow. For giggles I made a home made candler tonight with my kids. It was interesting to look at the eggs, but unless there was a Sasquatch growing I'm not so sure I"d have seen anything :).

I have approx 45 chickens, 2 of which are roosters. I collect eggs daily, I sift through the nest litter to make sure there aren't any hidden eggs. One of my customers told me today that they cracked an egg a couple days ago and found a developing chick... I'm perplexed. How would that happen, I...