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Going to actual shows helps. Joining FB groups does too, there are many for breed clubs and the APA itself. The APA also maintains a club list: https://amerpoultryassn.com/associate-club-memebership-list/

Mike Omeg https://www.whiskygulchnewhamps.com/

Tethering is also a really bad idea, they end up more aggressive towards what they want because they can't reach it and it's frustrating being teased all day. Treat her like a regular puppy until she's old enough to be responsible.

It takes two years for them to be mature and ready to do their jobs, but nobody peddling pups ever mentions this to people. Keep her with you while you do chores, let her see you taking care of the animals, keep her in the house with you and in time she will understand that you care about the...

The best method is the one that you can perform that quickly kills the bird. Many people are very good at snapping the neck in their hands, I simply can't do it. For bigger birds I lack the strength, and there's something about holding the head like that that I just can't get over.

You got a Leahy for free!!! Maaaan, some people have all the luck 😍

I assume goose eggs are a little touchier, being damp and all, but I'd be a bit peeved honestly. I know with chicken eggs they've gotta be pretty old and have gotten pretty warm to do that, meaning they're sending you old, improperly handled eggs.

If you ever swing north up 39 and want a big standard-bred cockerel, let me know :) I have more than I'm going to need right now, it would add size for you.

Same. I did get a really nice, accurate digital probe thermometer from Hanna Instruments that I quite like. I barely use it anymore though, the Cimuka is so spot-on I don't feel like I need to leave it in there and my GQF's are being used as hatchers now so I don't get too bent about absolute...

14 weeks isn't too bad, no.

There shouldn't be this much difficulty with the broomstick method. Part of the problem is that so many are doing it for the first time with a fully grown rooster, they are much tougher than a young bird or a hen, there is a lot more strength in their necks and more connective tissue overall...

I have 3 of the Govees and they irritate me, none of them are anywhere near the other. I've calibrated them with a really good thermometer and it seems like they still drift.

Get the weeping ones out, they're rotten. ASAP!

I would say the crop not being jam-packed full would be because he has enough food that he isn't scarfing all he can on the run.

My first guess would be that he wasn't getting good nutrition if he was being bullied all the time. I'd try to get him on a really good starter and see how he looks in a couple weeks.

Don't know. Is that what that mix is?

I just hit them with the garden hose and keep going until they've either drowned or are disoriented enough on the ground to safely stomp :cool:

Barred over anything with dominant white in its background will throw some yellow and yellow-with-black-spots chicks, yep. I got those when I hatched from a pen with a Barred male and Cinnamon Queen hens.

If you have tested and calibrated your thermometers/hygrometers and your humidity at hatch is truly 70%, your problem lies in the first 18 days of incubation. Is your temperature correct? Is your temperature fluctuating? Same for humidity. Have you checked it in each level of trays? I found...

Haven't caught up on anything after the first page, haven't really been stopping by BYC as much since it's my busy season here, but I have a new incubator. I got the CT 120 from Hatching Time/Cimuka a few months ago. It has 4 shelves that hold turners or hatching baskets, I'm only using it as a...