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I finally have SILKIES!!!!!:celebrate:love:love:love:weee:weee:weee:weee:clap:clap:love:love:love:love:weee:weee:weee:weee Chris

We spent most of last week finishing up the duck pen, they were living in an old dog kennel which was not big enough and got really smelly. The floor of the new duck pen is a french drain and sooo easy to clean with just the hose. There are still a few things to do, mostly just cosmetic though...

But what the heck am I?? She or he is the cutest chick ever and very friendly. She was the last to hatch from our last setting and was seriously shrink wrapped, my DBF had to help her out of her shell, and we didnt think she was going to make it, but she is one tough little bird and came...

I have hatching chicks!!! so far two are hatched and two are zipping now!!! 4 have pipped and still waiting on the last 3 to pip. I can now say my homemade incubator is a success! I originally set 12 eggs, one stopped developing in the first week, and at the moment the rest look like they will...

At 4pm today one of the eleven eggs in my homemade bator pipped!! This is sooo exciting. 4 1/2 hours later 6 have pipped but none have zipped. How long does this take?? This is my first time hatching, so the past 20 days of sitting on my hands and bitting my nails (not an easy task I will have...

I have a rather large run, about 50 x 50, and live in S. Texas, so no trees and such for protective cover for my flock. I was thinking of planting bamboo for fast growth to provide cover for the girls and a cool place to hang out on our super hot summers. Do you think it could work?? I know I...

I set 12 of my own eggs in my homemade bator last thursday, I candled today (early I know) and all are fertile and have veins growing!!! Looking good so far, temp and humidity stable. Wish me luck.

I just finished my homemade incubator. Basically a wooden box (3/4' plywood ) with a plastic viewing window. I have messed with the thermostat(wh type) for the last 24 hours, finally getting it to turn on at 99 and off at 100.9. The thermostat is now about an inch or so away from light bulb...

Ok all you chicken experts out there, is there some special trick for removing blu-kote stains from your hands?? After treating my roo, my fingers are now stained an unattractive purple! Note to other newbies like myself, when using blu-kote always wear gloves!!!

I am in the process of building my own incubator and need some advice. What is the best type of (low cost) thermostat to use? I have seen both waterheater and wafer type in the homemade incubator section. Also, where is the best place to install the thermostat...closer to the eggs or closer...

I only have 16 chickens, but today when I went to collect eggs ( i check in the morning and again at about 4pm) I had 19 eggs?? I thought each chicken could only lay one egg a day? Yesterday I collected 14 eggs. One of todays eggs was soft shelled which I think I have had four of since I got my...

How long after adding a roo to the flock of pullets do you need to wait before trying to incubate the eggs? He is a very busy roo by the way, I have seen him mating with several of the girls.

About 6 weeks ago my beloved roo Max was killed by the neighbors dog. He was my only roo and was beautiful, I didn't order any roos he came with an order of pullets, but I fell in love with roosters! I have since aquired 2 new ones, no clue as to their breeds, I got them because they were...

I am a first time chicken owner, just got my first flock on may 19th (day old chicks from a hatchery). I didn't order any roos but ended up with Max anyway, a beautiful BA roo. He was killed a few weeks ago by a neighbors dog and now that we have finished our coop and have all the girls...

Well our first coop is almost done...just lacking a few outside trim details, fencing, and a bit of landscaping to make things pretty. We got our first chickens on May 19th and I have been lurking here ever since. Our coop is a compilation of ideas learned here, with some modifications to...