Oooo, talk to me about over mating please. I’ve got 4 cocks and 24 hens. Every time i‘m out there one of them is jumping on top. I’ve been thinking about getting rid of 2 of them and have got as far as buying a cone.
I’ll hatch some! I’m looking for someone to do an egg swap. I’m in Indiana and would rather meet up and swap rather than post if possible. Pm me if interested. I’ve already hatched 2 lots this year in my Xmas pressie incubator. My boys are certainly up and running!
Hello, sorry I disappeared. Been one disaster after another. From no emails to loss of a family member and travel to other states. Congrats on the one baby! Looks very cute. I think maybe this being her first time didn’t help but on the plus side it looks like she had a lot of natural instinct...
I’d certainly recommend that incubator. got one for Xmas and I hatched everything fertilised. I’ve put another 18 in tonight. It says keep humidity at 50 until day 18 but I know I found mine down as low as 30 a few times and just topped it up.
Hi Finnie, don’t know anything about geese but might be able to rehome your turkeys. I bought 2 last year but we lost one to a raccoon. our remaining boy been strutting his stuff for sometime but today I caught him with a very distressed chicken underneath him in the coop. Bald patch on her...
Sorry, I can’t work out how to add my location. She’s fine she flying around the garage, looking in the mirror, eating her eggs. it had stopped bleeding when I cleaned her. It’s not her comb. I think it’s under her ear lobe. So I just wiped what I could without mucking her about too much. I...
Went to put kids in bed tonight and found one of my leghorns with a lot of blood on her head. whilst I put the coop on lockdown to catch her ( these leg horns really are the hardest to catch out of my gang), there was a loud bang on the side of the barn. Turned out it was a hawk coming in for...
Thank you. It’s day 4 now and they are getting noisier! We’ve got a very cold spell (-18 last night) at the moment so I’m not putting them in the garage yet for fear that the lamp won’t be up to the job. tempted to do some more!
Thanks for asking. when I removed the other two chicks I took the last 3 eggs out and it turns out they weren’t fertilised so 100%. I’ll move the 3rd chick over in an hour or so as he’s been out 28 hours now. The other two are eating and drinking just fine.
Good morning all. My name is Rosie and I’m in Lapel. I’m a Brit that married a Pendleton guy in January last year so live here now. Always wanted chickens but never really had space. Now have 29 including a duck and a turkey (both need girlfriends). Got an incubator for Christmas and hatched my...