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Thanks for all the information guys and gals. You helped me achieve my first successful hatch with a 93% hatch rate. Here are some of the little faces saying thanks!

Its hatching day!!! And little faces are joining me and my son in the poultry house

There are studies at Texas A&M in progress trying to find a correlation between diet and egg coloration. Nothing conclusive has been released. But preliminary research finds a correlation between high carbohydrate levels and egg color, ie darker color eggs in Marans as well and darker...

Thank you for the very helpful information. I greatly appreciate it.

This is my experience with my BCMs for the past 4 years. They are all individuals when it comes to hens. To say they are sensitive would not be best explanation. It is true that they will take time to adjust to a move just like people. The main thing is these birds are by no means prolific...

So I just got around 120 Jumbo Coturnix Quail fertilized eggs from a local breeder that knew I had empty incubators right now. She said I could keep half of what ever hatched and that she may send more my way, other breeds of quail from what I gather, if I'm interested. Well my question is what...

I have heard if you use a tiny amount of mineral spirits, found at any drug store and then seal with hair spray a hollowed egg will keep its shine and color. I dont know if thisnis true but would make for a good experiment.

This has been my experience with the hens from my bloodline for the age effecting factor. Texas A&M is doing some feed studies on nutrient results on colored eggs and what I state is only the preliminary result so far so I woukd just stick with a high protein diet for now before I'd make any...

Color darkness has three variables, diet, age, and genetics. Believe it or not diet can effect the color of your eggs, a higher starch content will result in an egg about 1 shade darker on average. Young hens will also lay lighter eggs on average in their first 3-4 months of laying. After this...

Looks awesome. Im going to try this design for my quail and also use the cabinet design for a brooder cabinet as well. Wish me luck.

Not quite yet ready for 4H. Only 2 years old but already intune with animals. I will try to get him involved as he grows.

I'm going to try and hatch out some new offspring from some hatching eggs and see if I can't get a better tempered roo. And those that bought my babies they only wanted the genetics for their flocks. And i warned those that were using them for children showers about their temperament. My roo can...

The first pic is a pullet and the second is a roo. Though from my experience you little hen will lay eggs at a #4-6 in color shade for the first 8 months. So don't get discouraged if they are a deep dark chocolate color.

I find that the best winter insulation i could ever find for my chickens coup in the winter is old seed pallets stuffed with roll insulation. It forms an instant wall that acts as a barrier from the cold. Plus many feed mills just throw the pallets away so you can usually get them if you ask. My...

This is a tough poll, because there are many pleasant breeds to deal with, I had to vote orph though because mine are like big cuddly teddy bears that have adopted my 2 year old son into their flock.

The only issue is my rooster is people aggressive as well as hot tempered toward other chickens as well. He nearly flogged my golden buff to death when he was only half the size of him. I've worked with him and handled him as a juvanile, but he really is a monster sometimes. His offspring are as...

Thank you all for the warm welcome.