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I keep the food in a large lidded can... I give them 1 1/2 scoops a day.. i use an old bleach bottle(1 gal ) as a scoop.. I have filled their 30 lb feeder and they wil go thru it in a couple days with no problem.. I am thinking of cutting their ration i feed in half.. as it is i am feeding about...

I have 18 buff orphingtons and have been allowing them to free range throughout the day. I live on 7 acres in missouri, there is plenty for them to find.. I also have been feeding them egg pellets. I am feeding about 200 lbs a month in addition to their free rangeing. I am wondering if i am...

Well that didn't go too good.. I let the new roo out, and the old roo chased him up into the woods, nw i only have 1 roo again

A Friend Gave me a 1 yr old New Hamp REd Roo on sunday, I have 18 buffs, and 1 lockenvelder roo thaqt came with the buff chicks when i got them 2 1/2 yrs ago. The new roo has been in a seperate cage all week just outside the main fenced in area, I have sprinkled feed around his cage, for the...

I am using a still air, can get 100 to hold and 102 but can't seam to get 101...should i just let it go at 102?

My first hatch had no chance poor chicks

Going to be try for the second time in the next week or so, when loading the egg turner... is it important which end (small or large) points down?

Well We've been getting some cold, wet wheather here in missouri the last week or so, as soon as we turn warm i'm going to try another 36 eggs, and this time candle, and what happens. Still not sure if i should add water to my still air bator since we seam to be humid here..

My rooster is about 3 yrs old, and i did just find a fertile egg.. 1 for 13 the other i checked seamed to have a few specks od blood in it, that is what i though was a fertile egg

Guess my rooster is not doing his job, i have yet to find an egg that has anything visable in the yolk.. i've check a dozen or so the past few days, Is there a time of the year that they are more likely to be furtile?

I have 18 hens and 1 roo.. he seams to be pretty busy, but the eggs i've been checking I can't seam to find anything but yolk, do i need to use a magnifying glass to see the ring?

Candled 10 of 36 eggs last night, nothing in any of them. Guess i'll give up on this batch and try again. The humidity here is aroud 65 % today, and seldom drops below 40%, should i still add water to the bator?

Well I have candled about 10 eggs of 36 last night , all looked clear, considering they were due to hatch friday, i am gonna discard this batch and try again. I am wondering if considering the ambient humidity here in s.w Missouri is usually above 40 % (today 65%) if adding the water to the...

I know absolutly nothing about hatching. I am using a hovabator, with an egg turner. Chicks were due today, i am wondering if i kept my temp too high, I maintained 100 degrees. I see talk of candleing, and no i didn't and don't know how.. I gathered eggs for 4 days, kept them on a shelf in the...

I know absolutly nothing about hatching. I am using a hovabator, with an egg turner. Chicks were due today, i am wondering if i kept my temp too high, I maintained 100 degrees. I see talk of candleing, and no i didn't and don't know how.. I gathered eggs for 4 days, kept them on a shelf in the...

having a problem with thin shells, lots of broken eggsd. I have been supplying oyster shells, mixed in food and in a seperate bowl. anyone know of something i can maybe add to the water instead?

I on occasion need to be out of town for a week or two.. have settled the feeding problem by building a feeder to hold 100 lbs of pellets, anyone have any ideas on waterers, i'm shy of hooking up a garden hose to the bowl type, im afraid the hose will burst... thinking of making something that...