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The local farm stores were out of Safeguard paste for goats (which can be used to worm chickens) so I purchased a bottle of liquid Safeguard wormer for goats. Can someone please tell me how much to put in a gallon of water for chickens? How many days do I put it in front of them? I know...

What are the easiest worming methods? I am very interested in wormers that can be added to drinking water. Are there any that do not require egg withdrawal?

I have a lot of problems once my marans eggs reach the hatcher. Are you using fine sandpaper to scratch off some of the coating? Do you have better luck raising the humidity higher than other breeds? Or lower? What humidity works best for you in the hatcher? I can not do the dry incubating or...

I have 4 Genesis 1588 incubators...for the past several years I have had very bad luck during the lockdown with chicks dying in the shell the last 3 days. Just recently I was told by someone that he puts his eggs in covered containers with air holes drilled in the sides (he has circulated air...

I am seriously considering purchasing a small cabinet incubator. Send me your thoughts ... pros and cons on the different models. Turner or not?

What can I use to apply to our pine floor that wont be toxic to the chickens? Local hardware man told me that Thompsons changed their formula and he is not sure it is toxic.

Never had mites before this spring that I know of. I have dusted with sevin (at least 4 times this year) cleaned the hen house and dusted with sevin and diatamacous earth put frontline plus on Put a garlic bulb in the drinking water and have left it there for a week or more at a time. I...

I have never been unsuccessful in 'breaking' a broody. This year is different. I have put the hen in a dog cage without a pan in the bottom... no water or food for a few days... she still wants to set. I have dunked her in water and she still wants to set. She has been in that cage for...

What do you use to disinfect? How do you disinfect the lid?

On day 18 I transferred eggs to the hatcher. Heard cheeping from one of the eggs. A couple of hours later a chicked hatched. Day 19 2 chicks hatched and a couple pipped. Day 20 those pipped never did anything more and as much as I have been told to not open the hatcher lid, I did. One of the...

I had a wonderful experience at the Rural King Store in La Salle, Illinois. Bought several Welsummer chicks and found the employee that helped me with the chicks very helpful and eager to please. Healthy chicks and the pens were super clean. They are planning to have chicks available for...

Do you add water?

H HA!!! I think I have found the reason some of my hatches have been so bad!!! I have replaced digital thermostats... bought egg thermometers... bought a very good hygrometer... did the salt/water test and tested a zillion humidity readers in this house...increased humidity... lowered...

Instructions with my syrofoam incubators say to fill all 4 water troughs before locking down. I have never done that because with just a couple of filled troughs the humidity gets so dog gone high. (In my opinion) I just read the post from the young person who filled all troughs at lockdown...

On day 10 of the incubation of my shipped eggs, I saw that the air cell was on the bottom of the eggs. Eggs have been sitting upright in egg cartons with the large end up. I tip them gently 3 times a day. Eggs are at a 45 degree angle. My question is about the air cell. Is this normal...

My April 1 hatch of olive eggers is considered a fail. I set 29 eggs. BCM x Ameraucana. I was so busy with another hatch on the 18th day of the OE that I forgot to put the eggs in the hatcher in the morning.They did not get put in until about 10 that night. Next morning out of habit., I opened...

In the past we have named calves Andy Angus, Bobbie Burger, Ricky Ribeye, Chuck Roast, Harry Hamburger, Sirloin Sam, Billy the Bull, Stan the Steer and Heidi Heifer. The first calve is a heifer so I need a girlie name Give me your thoughts... Betty Brisket or Becky Brisket

My hens are 1 and 2 years old. One of my red stars has been laying brittle shelled eggs. They are also loosing their brown color and getting teeny hard bumps. I had a barred rock that did this last year and never went back to laying regular eggs. Sheeventually went to the stock pot. My...

What is the lowest humidity that is safe for dry incubaiion? What is the lowest/highest Humidity for lockdown?

Hatching can get so frustrating. 20 eggs... 21 days was today. A few hatched yesterday and more hatched today. There has been no more pipping for hours. I know I know...supposed to be patient. I have made sure the humidity is up... usually keep it at 40 to 50 but have read how many of you...