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As long as she is warm enough she will be fine. Make sure she gets her share of food and water. Usually chicks that are huddled together are trying to get warm. I could be the the lone girls is al right and the others are cool. I am not sure how old they are from your post. If they are 1-1/2...

My birds produce nice thick shells with just layer feed. I do supplement oyster shell in the fall and winter when they have been laying a while. I read that they will lose bone calcium during the laying season and replenish it during the winter break. I want to ensure plenty is available.

My Wellsummer roosters challenge me all of the time. I have found that I have to grab them to make the back down. I have been spurred several times and have more than one gash on my calf and ankles to show for it. My hens are people friendly, but the roos are moderately aggressive. I wife has...

Something to think about is that there is always a pecking order in every flock. A bird that is always being picked on has a reason to be flighty, EE's are docile birds who will more likely than not be at the bottom of the order with a mixed flock. I'd suggest that you go with ALL EE's if you...

If your coop is enclosed to keep them out of the wind, then I would put the heat lamp about 12 - 15 inches off the floor in a corner. The chicks will be able to get right under the lamp to get warm and move away if they get too hot. I'd try it during the day and see if they huddle under the lamp...

We put them in the fridge within a day or so. But, When I was in the Navy, many years ago, we kept our eggs at room temp in the torpedo room bilge. The submarine I was on did not have room to refrigerate them. They lasted at least 4 weeks. Then we had to break them in a bowl, rather than in the...

I had a similar issue with a RIR male with my Welsummer hens. I waited four weeks and hatched eggs in the incubator. I still got a RIR looking cockerel. couldn't tell with the pullets. So I would wait at least a month.

I have tried several times to hatch my Old English Game Fowl eggs in the incubator. During the winter, one hen went broody, but it was too cold so after 4 weeks she abandoned them. About a month ago, I tried again, and left the eggs where they lay them. After three or four days (or so) one hen...

I have tried several times to hatch my Old English Game Fowl eggs in the incubator. I left the eggs where they lay them and after three or four days one hen went broody. She hatched 7 chicks day before yesterday. She seems to be a very good momma. She has been keeping them under her wing and...

It looks like the aggressive behavior was sparked by the girls beginning to lay again. They have been laying laying every day for the past week. I think the heat lamp was bright enough to kick things off again.

I bought two 6-month old trios of OLGFs last year. The cockerels were raised together so they got along pretty well... until the dynamics of the flock were disrupted by predators. I free range them a lot. In the early fall I lost two of the four pullets in a weeks time to hawks. The cockerels...

Has any one used a jersey giant as a meat bird? What was the feed conversion? How old do they need to be to process? Thanks in advance, Russ_t

Quote: Good point!! Yes the eggs blue or blue/green. I'd be happy with any bird color except for white. I let my birds free range, and I believe white birds are an easier target for hawks and owls. Thanks, Russ

I am interested in purchasing 6 - 12 blue to blue/green fertile Ameraucana eggs from a breeder in Central Texas. I don't wan't have them shipped, but will pick them up. I have tryed eggs through the mail but my results gave been dismal. I have successfully hatched Welsummers from my own...

Ok, I am on day 23 in the incubator. I had a catastrophe on about day 9 ( I think). The incubator was powered off for a day. So I am not sure how long they would be delayed by the loss of power. I candled them at 18 days and I am certain that I lost at least half. But a few seem to filled the...

I am new to this too. I never expect these hobbies to pay for them selves. I have been gardening for 30 years. I have raise hundreds of tomatoes that had to have cost three times what they would have at the grocery. But they taste better. So does the lettuce that I go pick right before dinner...

I don't separate mine, but I think you make the water solution as mentioned in the earlier post, and pour it over your compost heap. If you are composting veggie matter, the poop tea should help break it down faster. (Adds nitrogen and keeps it moist). Putting black plastic over it will help it...

rise/run = tan(x) so 18/54 = tan(x) x = atan(0.333) = 18.43

We rented for a couple of years. I had 10' x 10' chain link a dog run I purchased at home depot. To keep the dogs from digging under I bought 18" tall - 2x4 wire grid garden fence and made a skirt that started 6" up the chain link kennel and folded out at the ground. It continued out 12" on the...

The salesman at the feed store tells me to switch at 20 weeks. Were not quite there yet. I have been supplimenting greens for few weeks now and they love em.