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interested yes, but don't have birds at the moment. I will be watching carefully, and am rebuilding a network of folks nearer me for my hopeful 'soon' future flock growth. I'm in eastern Ontario. I figure it'd be helpful to know who's where, either for personal swapping or shipping more locally...

I may be wrong, as I've much to learn about bird genetics, but I understood 'self blue' to mean that they would produce a consistent 'blue' in hatches and on down the line. The opposite of the 'self blue' were unreliable consistency, in that you would and could get non-blue, blue splash, white...

and we used natural branches for roosts. Different sized ones so that hen feet had variety for grip and foot health. Too smooth, like a dowel or something, and they aren't as secure. Basically, use what you think will hold a bunch of birds, different heights too. Never know who wants to be the...

first off, check with your municipality about size of outbuildings you can build on your property? better to ask before and know than build and have to demo after they find out. In my area, a maximum 108 sq ft floor could be built without a building permit. Any larger and a building permit...

small rubbermaid w heat lamp above. In this one are some baby quail chicks, a styrofoam tray for the food and a plastic lid w water and marbles for them. this is one of the longer larger rubbermaids. Basically, they are waterproof floors so can go anywhere in the house or barn/coop. This pic we...

Thanks much folks. It turned out to be a great piece of housing. Sold the house last year and the brooder and coop stayed and was still functional. I miss my birds though. Will have a flock again in the future and will rebuild this item. We had a friend come help too. Wound up being a nice day...

it's so stressful waiting for them to hatch out finally, I totally agree! hope all goes well, and would love to see pics once they are busted out!

We had luck with the 'deliver under cover of darkness' technique. We basically brought in the new birds (once we'd made sure of health checks and mite issues etc) and delivered them to the coop at night. All the rest of the flock was sleeping or dozzy and really didn't fuss much about the...

Where abouts do you live? The birds should be old enough, but might not be getting enough 'daylight hours' of light because it's still pretty early in the winter, and longest nights etc for North America. Other factors could be quality of food, age of birds (although you said spring last year so...

you could always use milk crates for the nest boxes too. They can be hooked to the wall, or build a bit of a shelf for them to rest on. Only thing needed would be a wooden front face part way up each to keep the nest/eggs/hen inside in comfort and nothing rolls out. Plus added bonus, dead easy...

A few years back when we had our own flock still, I wanted something for the young birds to start out in but outdoors, safe from the big birds, safe from predators, safe from family pets, weather, you name it. I came up with a design that worked out with a 4 x 8 sheet of plywood for the floor...

and if you use plywood, make sure you are using "Plywood" and not 'particle board' particle board is made up of tons of small pieces glued together, and over time and with the inevitable moisture the bond breaks down, and then you have a rotting floor. Plywood is the flat layers of full sheet...

How many birds will you be housing in this size coop? Do they have an outdoor run too? I almost think the door might have been better off on a long wall at one end, making everything within easy reach and not needing much in terms of an 'aisle'. That being said, I do like the ideas above of...

Tiniest is a quail baby (coturnix I think), then a bantam chick, then the 2 bigger guys. It's been a few years since we had these ones, and I'm sorry, but I can't remember the breed of the biggest. He might have been a standard Cochin, but I don't recall. Another pair of chicks. On right I...

How long will you be sitting her for?? I remember when we aquired an older Goffin who was a plucker. She was settled into our house w her old mom still there talking w us and all that. I went in to see her, talked to her a bit and did a few playful things while the goofie watched me. Then I...

thanks for the pics! They are gorgeous! I don't have any birds currently, and really really miss all aspects of raising birds. Most especially the hatching..... one day...one day, I'll have a wee flock again! Jenny

congratulations! Hatching, whether by hen or by bator is always exciting!! My first hatch of ducklings was by the bator and it was amazing. Can't wait to see pics too! :) Jenny

pretty sure pencils have been made of graphite for quite a long time now, not lead, since lead is a health issue? We've used pencil often, and using a softer grade pencil makes it easier to make a darker mark (usually A, B and date laid/date into bator, or maybe date due?) (A and B if not using...

We housed them together and it did seem to work nicely. Several runner ducks, mostly bantam chickens (a mix of more hens than roo's) plus we still had our big embden gander too. Everyone lived in the same 9x12 coop, with a variety of places to roost, rest, sit, snuggle, nest etc. they were...

oh I loved gathering the babies from the bator! Like living popcorn on legs....but man, they can run fast too! Nothing beats a passle of little chicklets going into the brooder... have fun! thanks for the pics