I recently started looking for ways to reduce our feed costs. One suggestion I found and am working on is an edible landscape. Yesterday I discovered black cherry trees growing in our yard. Are they safe for the chickens? I also found a service berry tree and read that those are safe for them to...
I wish you were closer! I've bought hatching eggs for the past two years and have had the worst luck with the chicks. I'd love to have some adults but I'm in Georgia.
I try to keep it as close to 100 as possible but I work 10 hour days and when I get back home the temperature has usually dropped from what it was set at that morning.
I have some Texas a&m eggs I'm trying to hatch. It seems as though the temperature in my incubator fluctuates to much(looks to be between 97-99). How much will this affect my hatch rate if I can't achieve a stable temperature.