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Hi! So the breed of my birds have been called into question, and I’d like to get some more opinions! Since I had seen so many people getting Easter Eggers passed off as Ameraucanas here, I wanted to be extra careful. I purchased a dozen hatching eggs from a lady for $70 (CAD mind you). She told...

Hello! I’m processing my first chickens tomorrow and I have one that I’m on the fence about. I certainly don’t want to process them if they’re a pullet! I’m leaning towards a cockerel, but their brother has such a bright red comb and is crowing like crazy (you can see his comb in the very...

I know the ideal setting for an incubator is 99.5F, but unfortunately the thermostat I have in my DIY coolerbater is only able to be set in whole numbers. So that leaves the question: 99F or 100F? There is a 1 degree variance on either side and it cycles every couple minutes. But I’m not sure...

I couldn’t find any info on this, but I was wondering if the air sac still gets bigger in an egg where the chick has died. Everything I found regarding the egg sac just said that it’s increased due to evaporation. I understand that, but I’d like to know how the development of the chick impacts...

Given how difficult it has been to find baby chicks, I decided that I wanted to try my hand at incubating eggs! It’ll be good for me to be able to do since I want to raise a new batch of chicks every year to be more self sufficient. But I don’t have an incubator and can’t shell out for the one...

So I’m a newbie when it comes to chickens, but I do love my research! I was wanting to get some suggestions and opinions about the breeds. I have to order 25 chicks minimum, but that’s okay since I know people who want a few and I can easily find homes for laying hens. Here’s the breeds that I’m...

I’m at the very beginning of my chicken journey so I thought I’d start a thread so you can follow along. And it’ll be nice to see the process after it’s all done. Just settled on a place for it yesterday. It’s an under utilized corner on our property and for some reason my horse like to graze...

Hello! I’ve stalked in the corners of this website for long enough I figured it was time for me to join. I’ve wanted chickens forever and finally after going to the store for eggs and finding none, my husband is on-board! That’s half the battle right? I guess there are certain silver linings to...