I just got my first incubator with a wafer thermostat, I'm trying to adjust. I think I'm doing it right, start out temp was 95 and I'm turning the shaft 1/4 turn at a time to reach proper temp, is this right?
I have a Little Giant 9300 still air incubator, not used to the still air, the humidity indicator keeps changing without adding water. This morning it was 44 and in the afternoon it showed 68, is this normal?
I'm starting to think that my rooster is the problem, he is a very large barred rock a little over a year old. There are 4 hens that show where he has been pecking at their heads and feathers missing on their back in the area that I call the saddle. Not all the hens are like this and the...
I have 8 laying hens, 4 young ones and 4 that are about 2-3 years old, they are starting to molt. I have started to get 3 small eggs about the size of a pullet egg. Is the molt causing this, are they getting broody, or is their egg laying cycle about over?
I have 8 Barred Rock hens, 4 are between 2 and 3, 2 are a little over a year and 2 are about 8 months, all are laying good, but none seem to want to go broody. I have 1 hen that stays on the nest for a few hours at a time, then she will leave after laying her egg. I tried putting eggs under her...
I keep mine in the garage which is right next to the coop. I put the feed in plastic totes which have lids that lock down. A lot cheaper that metal cans, you don't have to stretch down in the can when the feed gets low. I even drilled holes in a tote and made a carrier. I got my totes on sale...