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I have used it on one bird so far. I'm cleaning six tonight when I get home. I'm so excited to do multiple birds at once. I will try to post a video of it in action. I built mine with one side 1 inch taller than the other and left the bottom in the barrel with a hole on the low side to drain...

Okay this is my 3rd hatch first using dry incubation method. I did add water for hatching. The chicks were not due until today however one hatched yesterday morning and two others last night. Several more are shaking their eggs but haven't hatched yet...as of this morning. Im at work so who...

Okay this is my 3rd hatch first using dry incubation method. I did add water for hatching. The chicks were not due until today however one hatched yesterday morning and two others last night. Several more are shaking their eggs but haven't hatched yet...as of this morning. Im at work so who...

okay so i set my little giant up a few days ago and let the temp stabilize. had it set perfect. 24 hours ago i set the eggs. 41 of them. got home tonight to find out my incubator was running at 91 degrees. i know it takes a while to stabilize the temp, but within 24 hours it should be there...

I didn't know where else to put this so I put it here. Last night it was cold. Me, my dad, and a friend went and picked up 16 more isa browns. 4 for the friend 6 for my dad and 6 for me. Got back to friends house grabbed 4 and put in a small cage to carry down to friends coop. went into his...

okay first off i have a black australorp rooster. i have barred rock hens, isa browns, australorps, and a couple mystery hens. im pretty sure the barred rocks will make a black sex link. my main question is with the isa browns. i know they will be mutts, but will they be good layers? the...

I am so excited. First time hatching ever and today is the day. Eggs were put in the bator 21 days ago around 7pm. This morning around 7am i had not seen any progress. But i am not giving up it is still early. Won't be home today until around 6pm so no telling what is going on right now. I...

I am so excited. First time hatching ever and today is the day. Eggs were put in the bator 21 days ago around 7pm. This morning around 7am i had not seen any progress. But i am not giving up it is still early. Won't be home today until around 6pm so no telling what is going on right now. I...

well went on a four day vacation while my eggs were in the incubator and didn't have heat on in the house while i was gone. got home and home temp was 60f and incubator was down to 95f. do you think i have ruined my eggs? they are about halfway through their hatching cycle. i am going to go...

is it possible? i have a male australorp and i do not want to get rid of him. he is very friendly and i raised him from a day old. i would love to be able to sex my chicks. are there any breeds of hens i could breed with him that would have sex link chicks?

my dad has a 4 white leghorns (which aren't supposed to be broody). he collects eggs every day and one decided to go broody on him anyways lol. she is so cute sitting on her nest looking like she wants to kill me for even looking in that direction lol. somehow the other chickens managed to lay...

i couldn't take it anymore! raising chicks from day old waiting for months for an egg! i broke down and bought 5 australorps that have been laying for a while now (year old). i have heard it make take them a while to get used to their new home and won't lay during this period. how long should i...

okay so i got more chicks today from somo and after getting them home i noticed a problem with one. it just sits there, doesn't open it's eyes, wobbles, and when it pooped just a white stringy glob came out. what is wrong with this chick? is there anything i can do? should i separate it from the...

okay here is my dilemma. my dad hatched two chicks for me that are now 6 weeks old. i have had them in the coop since about 3 1/2 weeks. he hatched one more that is now 3 weeks old. i also have 11 more that are at 2 weeks, and fixing to buy 6 to 8 more a few days old. all of the younger ones are...

hello i am new to this forum. i have been researching chickens like crazy for a while now. i recently got 9 black australorps just hatched. they are 6 days old now. i have read mixed reviews on whether you can sex australorps by looking at the wings so i wanted to ask and maybe get some fresh...