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Guess this was a stupid question. I'll try to find out somewhere else.

These are # 4 leg bands on week old chicks and I am mainly worried about future feathering.

I just put spiral leg bands on a few of my Black Copper Marans and I would like to know if anyone knows if will have any affect on the leg feathering now or in the future. I don't want to have all the feathers rubbed off of one leg. I want to keep them separate but don't have enough pens for...

Great idea! Thanks

That would be the downside not the downide.

I had a waterer nipple system that I made using a water keg. I put a valve on the keg to shut of the water at times and clean the keg. About a week ago I turned it off and cleaned the keg as usual but forgot to turn the water back on. I've gotten so used to not worrying about their water I...

This weekend I loaded my home made ice chest style bator with 18 (literally hatching as we drove eggs) up and took them to the beach with me. It was day 21, I couldn't leave them home. They were bumped and jostled around pretty bad going down the beach. All but 3 hatched and those weren't...

Yep, I feel like I've broken new ground...somehow. Not sure I want to tread there again any time soon though.

Update to my beach adventure....After some debating I was informed I was using "chicken math" if I thought it was worth it to get a hotel room for two nights for these 18 eggs that may or may not hatch. So I decided I could do this and that I would take them to the beach with us and camp down...

I think I'll let my wife drive then, and will definitely get the bator up and going quickly. Its only a 1 hour drive. This will be an adventure! Thanks for your help. Ken

The incubator will be in the AC on the way there and in the hotel room. we are stopping there first to get the room temps right and stabilize the bator. I guess my main concern is the moving and bumping that is bound to go on during transit. Yes it looks like a chicken holiday! I Will have to...

I have dogs that i wouldn't trust with people in the yard without me here (I have plenty of food, water and shade for them). And I really don't have any friends that would know what to do (not that I do really). I would probably have to have real time updates with pictures and then be on my...

I have a small dilemma. I started a hatch on 7/14/12 at 4:30 pm, so this Friday 8/3/12 at 4:30 pm is the full 21 days. My dilemma is, Friday at 4:30 we are going on a planned three day vacation to the beach with family. This is my first ever attempt at hatching eggs. I finally got my homemade...

I did the same thing once and they made a mess with it until that batch was gone. They will probably make a mess with it no matter what feeder you put it in.

Lives in Louisiana.

A cold Bud Light! If they come in I'm gonna jump up, chug it, smash the can against my forehead and scream like Bigfoot. That should send them packing. If it doesn't, I've got five more rounds in the fridge, that just happens to be on my left also!

LOL Now thats funny!!!

I ban you for banning too many people!

Tooooo much information. Lol

I have four Black Copper Marans that are about 21 weeks old. Three of them laid their first eggs Saturday, One early in the day and two in the afternoon. Still waiting on # four. They were small but very dark. I also have two White Leghorns the same age that haven't laid yet. For some reason I...