I started off with my wife saying no chickens. I brought home 5 and hide them in the shed. She went out to the shed to get her gardening tools and found my chicks. We took a trip down to TSC and bought 20 more chicks in various colors. We got sick of buying chicks so we bought an incubator 2...
I have a question about egg incubation. I am about 5 days out from my eggs hatching but I think I made a few mistakes. How critical is it if the humidity goes up to about 65% for a little while and what way should the eggs be positioned in the egg turner ( all mine are skinny end down, I had to...
A few of my birds have started laying the other day. I noticed that one bird is laying soft deformed and another bird (or the same) has layed a brown egg with white speckles. I feed them layers mash from the local feed store which is 20% crude protein, 2.5% crude fat, and 9% crude fiber. I added...
I bought 10 chicken a few days. They were mixture of Red Rockets, California Whites, Black Sex Linked, Cornish Game Hen, Rhode Island Reds, & Easter Eggers. They seem to be finishing their food off in about 8 hours. So I refilled the feeder and water and let them eat more. Am I feeding them...
Hi my name is Johnnie I'm from Upstate NY and this spring I am going to attempt to venture into the world of raising chickens. I have read forums on chicken farming so I'm Very exited about this. I will have plenty of questions my starting number of chickens is 10. I'm excited to meet you all...