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When she started to set it was -40 below 0, and has gone from that to the -30s then up to the -15s and now hovers from -20 at night and about 0 to -5 during the day. We have the cow, her calf, and 3 other calves, and four goats heating up the barn though so it is probably somewhere around 0 to...

Just realizedI could put a piece of cardboard over the bottom so the chicks don't get out. Great suggestion, thank you so much!

We sure do, out behind the shop. I brought her in in a plastic tub. And then I managed to spill water in the bottom... poopy. It is a huge tub, five feet long and she is settled in the house :p here with us but quite suspect of being in here. At any disturbance those babies are up under her...

Well we have four babies so far out of 6 eggs that she had for the longest time. In the last week she added one more and the very last couple days she stole two more. Ok, question: They are in the coop, in a nesting box, with the rest of the flock. This makes my husband very, very nervous...

And now our Jersey had her calf today! Two babies in one day... are we ever blessed. Tru and baby chick doing well. I hope for another tomorrow. We move them to the brooder then. We were so busy we didn't get a chance to move her today. She is a very good mother and is carrying her chick in her...

Well guess what. It has been well over 21 days and this morning we had our first baby! Solid black, named raisin. I was just resigning myself that they would have to be thrown out. I don't know how many times it takes longer than 21 days? We are so excited!

Hi there I have a very large Americauna cross hen who is determined to set. I live in NE Saskatchewan, Canada, and we have just been through some -35 and up to -48 temps. Our barn is unheated, but we have a couple of calves and 4 goats in with them so it is quite tolerable for everyone...

I thought I would reply as I didn't. You were right I didn't quarantine them, I didn't even think of it! *headslap* So I got them ashes and put those in and I did noticed my birds preening quite a lot in the time after we got them. However, they have lots of space although our climate...

Hi there I am planning springtime and pondering good additions to our family hens for egg production. I would like some Barred Rocks, and I have found two hatcheries that ship near me (Anstey and Berg's), and neither offer straight Barred Rocks. Does anyone know where I could get some...

Wow! Actually I myself was going to order some ISA Brown, Red Rocks (hybrid RIR and Plymouth Rock) for egg production to beef up the production from my mostly heritage birds. My girls are home-grown mutts, mostly, but look like bantam black w brown breast, a grey chicken, some black hens with...

Welcome, I am in NE SK! I have a couple of the chickens you are talking about. One big black girl with huge beard, the cheeks--and she is so smart and friendly. I call her Tru, short for Truodon because of how smart she is. She is huge, with a white barrred rock cross neck. And my favourite...

So we thought we would add to our flock with some larger-egg producing red hens. Come to pick them up, and me -- quite the newbie, did not inspect them first. Got them home and they are missing: Most of their tails. One in particular is down to two or three tail feathers. * Some have...

Hi there I am a natural-living Mommy of 4 kids who moved to 460 acres to give the kids natural healthy living and do some homesteading. We have 14 hens, and 2 roosters, and 4 goats. We will be adding cattle and a milk cow soon. I have Americaunas, one grey mixed chicken, a peachy-coloured...