We have large fowl Cochins, a few Easter eggers and a couple marans. They’re all very sweet, my 4 yr old daughter just loves them. I’ve only had the Cochins go broody. my first two broody failures were due to possums making their way into the coop, we’ve since built a completely different coop...
I haven’t had any hen in the 6 years we’ve had chickens successfully hatch their clutch. But I’ve also only had 4 broody hens in that time. I usually incubate and raise up chicks separately, it just so happened to be close to the same timing this go round which made me wonder which option would...
I have 2 hens who have been sitting on eggs since May 30, June 2 I also started some eggs in an incubator. The hens should have eggs hatching now but they aren’t yet. When my incubated eggs hatch can the chicks go out with the broody hens to break their brooding? Or should I just raise them in a...
That stinks. But your eggs may be just fine. My last hatch, we lost power for 6 hours and I have 30 chicks now. A lot of it depends on when during development and how cold. I think just down to 92 you're going to be ok for just a little while. And remember the hens don't sit on the eggs 24/7. So...
Thank you both. He isn't bleeding it's just really raw. I've got antibiotic ointment i can put on it. My biggest concern is eating and drinking. He is not a candidate for tube feeding while he heals, as he really despises being handled.
Today I got home from work to find my rooster's beak damaged.he is 1 1/2 yrs old free range. It's the upper beak. He tried picking up scratch grains to no avail. Any ideas on how I can help him. He is a very good rooster our other roo is way to submissive to protect my free range hens.
Does anyone in the fort dodge/webster city area have LF Cochins or Polish fertile eggs they'd like to sell? I'd like to avoid mail, the last eggs I ordered got really scrambled. I also drive to sioux city from ft dodge once a week and could pick up eggs somewhere along hwy 20.
Here are some of my mutt chickens. I'm working on red and buff Colombian markings in brahmas and lf Cochins. The barred chicken is in my separate meat bird flock, but he's a cute little guy with lots of personality.
I thought the same thing about the temp. But there are lots of people on the byc incubator forums that say 99.5 for circulating air and 100.5 to 101.5 for still air. It worked for me at a warmer temp, but everyone finds different tricks that work for them.
I bought the still air incubator at thanksgiving. My first hatch I followed the directions that came with the incubator, I only hatched 4 out of 23 eggs. So I looked around on this site and I found someone who filled the channels with glass craft marbles, this helps keep a more consistent...