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  1. Robert McGaughey

    LF Partridge Cochin

    I'm looking for a breeder here in mid-mo, anybody know of one that has Partridge or Golden-Lace in the LF
  2. Robert McGaughey

    Feather sexing

    How hard is it to feather sex RIR's, I'm hatching a mixture of RIR's and BSL's. Thought I'd go by the BSL's feathering, what's everyone think, this'll be my first try so any help would be nice.
  3. Robert McGaughey

    Ordinance ??????????

    Does anyone know what the ordinance is for Westview Heights outside of Jefferson City, Missouri. Maybe moving there and I wanta take the birds with if I can.
  4. Robert McGaughey

    Hoovers Hatchery

    Has anyone heard anything about this place, they seem to be rather cheap, and you can order less than 5 per breed if you want to. ANYBODY???
  5. Robert McGaughey

    other hatcheries

    Wanting to know how Welp chicks are, Thinking about ordering the following chicks (most are for the wife ) - Barred Rocks, Buff Rocks, RIRs, WLs, GLWs, Delawares, and Gaint Black Cochins. Any and all information would great. Thanks very much.
  6. Robert McGaughey

    RIR's

    I'm looking for some good cockerels for my own breeding stock, I've already got the pullets, just need the guys. Anyone know of anybody close????
  7. Robert McGaughey

    Got from the fair????????

    My grand-daughter won this chick at the fair August 2nd and I don't have clue what breed it is or sex. I know the sex will show up later but any guesses would be great. Anyway here's 2 pics of it.
  8. Robert McGaughey

    1 hatched, 1 pipping

    I'm just so excited, whoopy ya-whoooooo wee. This my first hatch in the homemade bator. Holy cow this great, I'm hooked, line and sinker. Got some pics, check it out. Oh, just case you are wonder'n, the one in the pic is a Black sexlink, now the other on is either the same or a RIR. Set...
  9. Robert McGaughey

    Day 18 Lockdown

    Tomorrow is my lockdown date (day 18). My question is, do I increase the humidity? It is around 45 to 48. I've read on here and in books that it should be risen between 60 - 70. My homemade bator has a fan.
  10. Robert McGaughey

    Holly cow their grow'n

    This is from an earlier post ( https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=538563&p=1 ) I'm so excited, holy cow my homemade bator is do'n its job great ( me 2 ). Check out the candle'n pics, these are from day 14, I checked at day 7 and had put 4 eggs in and ended up with just...
  11. Robert McGaughey

    Bator Question

    I'LL TRY IT THIS WAY. Ok, I've a question that has been bother'n me ever sense I started build'n this bator. Do really have to have a wiggler? If I do, where heck do I put it and what the heck is it for? Does Walmart carry this thing?
  12. Robert McGaughey

    Homemade bator " try'n it out !!!!"

    MY QUESTION IS IN THE LAST POST I DID. I made this incubator and I'm having trouble get'n the temp and humidity right. The temp switch doesn't turn off or on right and I've left it alone for 15 different nights try'n to get it to stablize. Any suggestions, I've tried 2 different switches...
  13. Robert McGaughey

    Egg on Floor

    Found the inside of an egg on the coop floor this morning but no shell, just got bad from checking again and found the shell in the nest box but it was real thin and had just the whites with it, will this be a big problem or is it just something that happens, don't want it to be a everyday thing...
  14. Robert McGaughey

    RIR roo and BR hen

    Here's pic of my RIR roo and one of 4 BR hens, they're 7 months & 8 days now.
  15. Robert McGaughey

    New findings on leg injury

    Ok everyone this morn'n when I let the ladies and gentlemen out, the gentlemen isn't so gentle with her at all, rather ruff compared to the others. So I'm going to seperate her for a week or two and she if she heals up. I have to be the chicken police and keep him from raping her, dang it.
  16. Robert McGaughey

    First dozen

    As of this morn'n I've got my first dozen + the first one. I put 2 store bought eggs on the lid in the center to show the difference, not all that much, huh.
  17. Robert McGaughey

    ******* Introducing new chickens *******

    I'm going to get 2 or 3 of my SS's back (they are the same age as th rest) sometime this week or next week. I've got an area to keep 'em seperated, 3 or 4 wks should do it right before I introduce them to flock, and I should do it at night, right? Or keep 'em in a cage for a while till the...
  18. Robert McGaughey

    The girls and their man.

    I let the chickens out Sunday afternoon and took some pics of em, also got a pic of one of the BR in a nest. I hear one out there in the coop cluck'n away better get out there and check it out. Everyone have a great day and God Bless.
  19. Robert McGaughey

    Get'n standard eggs now, yippie

    First standard egg I got it yesterday it got lay'd in the run area but this morn'n I got one and it was in a nest box and I'm excited just like I was with banie egg. Not sure which ones lay'n but I'll findout. Just showing these two together, keep'n both. Show'n the difference between a...
  20. Robert McGaughey

    My first egg wasn't from who I thought

    I'm so excited and I just can't hide it. I'm about to loose control and think I like it, woohoo This is pullet I think that is lay'n, good red comb, just need to try to caught her in the nest, it'll be hard to do sense I have a light on a timer so they'll get 14 or so hrs of light.
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