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Thanks Speckledhen, You are about the most infomational person on this site. Very good info Thanks again

I might get trashed but you should try Dry Incubating. The first 18 days I dont add any water at all, But I am in east texas where the RH is fairly high. The first 18 days run at 25-35% humidity. The last 3 days I add water and keep it between 50-60%. I have a minifridge bator And so far have...

I have 36 Barred rock egg dues to hatch tonight and tommorow. Can you sex them at birth like Black sex link chicks?

Quote: Thats great to hear. I bred my own this year and now have BSL coming out of my ears.

What brand is it? Is it the same price as others with out the shell?

Are they worth eating? Whats the best age to butcher?

It happens to the best of us. I went to a ranch here in east texas to pick up a rir roo that was free and it ended up costing me $60 bucks because I saw some Jersey Giant hens that I couldnt resist. Its cheaper to breed your own than going somewhere where there are a bunch of chickens.

Thanks Speckled hen. Good info, I just noticed that only the males are starting to barre.

I have some sex links that have a rust color feathers coming down from their head to their back. I have some others that are about 3-4 weeks old that are starting to barre like their barred rock momma's, is this normal? All the black sex links that I have seen are almost pure black.

I dont believe it at all. Today I hatched a mix of 17 RIR and Black sex links. Out of the 10 sex links 8 are roosters. I dry incubate and the humidity runs between 25-40 depending on the outside rh.

A game hen is the best I have seen. They will sit forever and protect the babies like no other hen will.

Hello from east texas!!!!

I am 6 foot 10 inches do I count:lol:

Quote: Same here in east texas. Mayby the climate you live in is the reason dry incubating is not working here in east texas trhe relitive humidity is fairly high.

Thanks guys I was starting to wonder if the rir roo was a pure RIR

I have been hatching alot of Black sex link chicks. I have 2 older chicks outside that were hatched by a Barred rock hen. They were completely black when born and now they are starting to get red to copper color feathers running down theie head to their back. Is this normal for the sex linked...

I am having the same result so far by dry incubating. I have hatched 2 batches of 48 eggs with a 100% hatch and only 1 fatality after the hatch. With 100 percent hatches looks like a bigger brooder for the future>

Quote: I had to run 2 100w with 2 5in computer fans one top one bottom to stabilize the temps in my good sized dorm fridge. Now its 99.5-99.7 throughout the entire bator. It might be a good Idea to run 2 lights and 2 fans

I had a egg explode on day 25. Get rid of it as quickly as you can

6 is fine