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Lace up boots with good ankle support can sometimes help! Do you walk on the inside of your foot or the outside?

Thank you! Any guesses as to what breeds might have mixed? Wyandottes7 - I purchased a mixed lot of hatching eggs for a fun run of a new incubator. My logic was that if the hatch was bad, we wouldn't know what we had lost. Whenever the hatch started, each and every chick was a total surprise...

This is Raven. Raven hatched in September and was a solid black chick. Each new round of feathers saw Raven's hatchmates growing more colorful, but Raven has stayed solid black up until about Christmas when her legs started lightening and tiny silver snowflakes appeared on her chest feathers...

I used the peel and stick vinyl flooring for my coop. After it was all down, I went over all of the seams and edges with silicon bathtub sealant. I did the same for the droppings board. After it was all dry, we just dumped a full bag of sweet pdz and put shavings on top of it. When it comes time...

You can do it! Unless you are wanting a professional horse that has been trained for a specific job, or is a purebred, there is no reason you should have to spend that much. It would be a good idea to put as much back as these critters can be creative about spending your money! You might be...

We've used tires as planters for a couple of years now. I painted a bunch of different sizes bright cheery colors and used them without any alterations. It really hasn't worked out the greatest. We tried placing the tires in a row as well as stacking them 2 and 3 tiers high. The ones that were...

Thank you! I hope everyone had a very Merry Christmas!

Thanks everyone! Thanks Mountain Peeps, that is a pretty snazzy welcome pic!

Thank you! Wyandottes - I'm glad to be here! I'm having so much fun just checking out all the different breeds everyone has! Your chickens are lovely! BantamFan, Victoria is beautiful! What breed is she?

Thanks mymillefleur! You have a rather lovely flock yourself! Matt - Nice Les Paul! Thanks Bantam Lover! I looked at your pics to see what a Dutch Bantam looked like! They are so pretty!

That makes sense, you would need the extra venting if you are using it as a still air system. I'm using the forced air fan on mine and you are supposed to leave that bottom plug in, a lot of people advocate leaving both plugs in when using the forced air system. Yes, there are a ton of...

I play anything I can get my hands on! My instrument addiction is about to be surpassed in number only by chickens. My first love was saxophone. I played alto, tenor and bari in HS. I got a Martin C-Melody a few years ago! We have and play a rather large variety of instruments from...

Really, it is the only thing that makes sense at this point! The dragon lets all the warm air out when it comes in to gather the eggs it put in there to incubate. Wouldn't a chick blocking the air flow lead to warmer temperatures though? The air would be redirected through the same heating...

Thanks guys! Hehe "chicken math" Yes, it is handy to have understanding when it comes to animals! Thank you for the Okie link!

Thanks, I will do some eggtopsies next round. I've done shipped, our own eggs, and eggs that were delivered from an hour away by a very thoughtful uncle. The hatching rate is all pretty much the same for me. The embryonic development rate was much higher this time on the batch from from the...

Thank you for both of your replies and the link! I will get some better pics of the mystery chickens and take them to the right thread to get it figured out!

Of course that would happen.

I typed a big long reply with references but I did a no-no and put offsite material in it. Oops! Sorry about that! If it gets approved, you can see but to paraphrase: Thank you for your info! I'm not suffocating baby chicks, I'm going by the book on everything! Despite being called the vent...

Thank you for your informative response! Perhaps I should have opened with "I have an animal science degree and can't get this machinery to operate correctly." :) I really appreciate all of your information and assure you that animal welfare is my primary concern and I swear I'm not suffocating...

Hi guys! I'm using a Farm Innovators Pro model 4200 with the fan and turners and it keeps doing weird stuff. It will hold steady on humidity and temp right up until the first egg hatches. When the first chick is out of the shell the temp starts dropping. The humidity holds steady, but the...