I understand the coop drama I have a 40ft by 120ft fenced in outdoor run for my 26 chickens 10 Indian runner ducks and my 2 geese...and my little bantam rooster who I will post a picture of causes alot of daily drama bc he isn't interested in the hens he is more so interested in the female goose...
Ok I understand what ur saying...kinda...the math and equations and stuff it's like a whole other language tho ...I suck at math I truly do and always have so reading ur response while informative after the math lesson was migraine inducing for me during the math lesson...so saying this and al...
I would thi k it be fine bc from October till March my birds chickens ducks geese all live off pure cracked corn and access to the yard so only thing thwy get besides the provided cracked corn is whatever big thwy find on their own when free ranging theu the yard...I have done this for 10 years...
Ok I am no newbie to chickens or incubating eggs but I am new to bantam and I've recently acquired a old english crele game bird and a silver laced Wyandotte bantam rooster I will post photos I am incubating 3 of her eggs and I am curious what to possibly expect color wise. All opinions will be...
Today is day 23 and I got 3 ducklings that have internally popped and r peeping up a storm so what everyone says about u can't dry hatch duck eggs....my incubater so far is proof u indeed can dry hatch duck eggs and so far the mortality of eggs is higher in the wet hatch incubater which contains...
Yes u read that right lol... it's about 5 ft long atmthe chickens and him live in harmony and get along great he's been in there about 3 years now....my uncle c9leman who if he was alive this year would be 113yo he swore by a black snake in the coop...and it is a natural pest control..before...
I'm 28 and very old-school I farm with my chickens the way my great uncle Coleman did..,he'd go out and find a black snake big enough for the chickens to not mess with but small enough to not mess with the chickens..and he'd throw it into the hen house and it would stay there living happily...
Yesorry been a bit since I checked this thread.,yes all chick's absorbed their yolks before hatching and come out clean not sticky or weak all r thriving ATM about to get introduced to my big free-range flock of 250 layer hens and roughly 30 roosters
So updates r as follows
28 eggs in 2 incubators 28 eggs in each
One incubTer is a wet hatch method the other is a dry hatch method
Wet hatch incubater update is I am down to just 12 eggs for some reason alot of the embryos have died and I have kept Temps between 99 and q00 and humidity...
My drake is named Quack sparrow aka captain quack
and my ladies who I need in pairs bc the ladies sti k with groups of 2 they always seem to have a buddy when they r awake r the following
Thelma and Louise
Bonnie and clydette
Hershey and kissie
Miss daisy and miss daphadil
I also have a...
I have 2 incubater 28 eggs in each one is doing thw normal common wet incubation and hat h while the other is doing a dry process I am going to post my results when thwy hatch as to which one did best each egg was placed in thw incubater on March 28th and all r showing signs of development the...
I am weighing them Dailey the vet gave me his scale he uses and his notebooks he kept his notes in during each duck dry incubation process he even gave me his thermometers and hygrometer so I'm retracing his steps note for note
My vet actually recommended it he has Ben incubating eggs chicken duck and goose for years and recommended a dry incubation he says he has higher hatch rates and he said he's been incubating eggs since the 70s
I am dry hatching 28 duck eggs keeping temps at 99.5 to 100.0 degrees and humidity at 30% and lower...so far embryos r developing nicely..will update this post again every few days
I suggest Indian runner ducks..I have several dozen they r amazing little ducks about knee high and they don't waddle like normal ducks they walk and run like people they look like bowling pins with leggs....and best part u mention not having a pond for them...the Indian runner breed does not...