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Thanks! Does anyone else have care to weigh in on my situation?

Do you add water or do you incubate dry?

Hello, all! I recently set a batch of shipped eggs. Before I did so, I checked the accuracy of my digital thermometer by putting a ziplock bag full of water into the incubator over night. I measured the water bag's temperature and it measured one degree cooler than the digital thermometer's...

Hello, I am curious to know if any of you have tried incubating in an egg carton. I have a cabinet incubator with automatic turning shelves. However, the trays that fit on each shelf are simply hardware cloth bottoms on an angle iron frame. Were I to leave the eggs without a caryon, they...

So how do most of you folks store hatching eggs until you have enough for a "cohort" to borrow a phrase. What are some of the best and worst techniques you have tried to keep them cool enough to slow down embryo development while you wait for enough eggs to set as a clutch? How many days do you...

Perhaps. However, the ideal shape of the breed as per the standard is not ill represented by the Sewell bird. His breast is broad, round, and carried well up. His body is broad, full and compact. He is not a long, stretched out brick like a Rhode Island Red; rather, he is a moderate square with...

I checked out Joseph's website. This was indeed the last year for his White Dorkings. That certainly causes me to lean towards the breed since it has lost one of its greatest champions! Was there more to his decision save to focus on the Anconas?

I've been following these forums for some time, and I am saddened to hear that Joseph is giving up on the Dorking. That said, his Anconas are lovely!

I look forward to it!

As far as the tenacity to stay with a breed goes, that is a non issue with me. I have raised a lot of livestock over the years, as well as coonhounds. I am quite familiar with the feeling of lack of progress! Which is one of the reasons I am really looking for a breed that is not lost, bit...

Greetings, I am a fairly experienced fowl breeder looking for a new breed to which I can devote myself. I am looking for a dual purpose breed of historical significance, naturally this puts the American Dominique high on my list. However, the Dominique's small frame concerns me as a point of...

Yes. I have amended the issue. The offense occurred during a power outage, when the perimeter electric fence was uncharged. Car batter is now in place. Also, the bobcat now adorns my study.

Greetings! After loosing my flock of Silver Laced Wyandottes to an ambitious Bobcat, I am looking for a breed to fill the gap. I really enjoyed the Wyandottes, but I inherited the flock from my father and am now searching for a breed of my own. Some breed's of interest are: the Silver Grey...

Hello, all! I am returning to poultry breeding as a hobby after years away. I have purchased some Silver Laced Wyandotte Large Fowl chicks, and they are approaching one month old without any loss! However, I was always instructed to set eggs in February and hatch in March in order to give...