Search results for query: *

For your consideration I am offering three Silkie cockerels for free. I live in Wells Maine and will not ship due to the cold weather so this is for pick up only. I hatched these boys out last spring and have been growing them out for show. Once they hit puberty I started to notice color...

This is the first time that my hen successfully hatched eggs. She and her brood are in my basement in a large kennel. I am not sure what to do next. They have chicken starter and water. How should I care for them. When can they go outside for the day? On a pencil of course. And how long should...

One of the pips had not made progress for over 12 hrs. I was worried that it had gotten stuck. (have an lg and have had issues with humidity) I removed the top part of tje shell and noticed that there was a soft pertrusion pushing up into the air space. The shell was litterally full with a very...

Hi all, I am posting a pic of a chick I just hatched out to get your opinion but first her is some back ground information. This chick was hatched from a white pair that I bought as chicks. The weird thing about this pair was when I gave them their first bath I could see silver mainly in the...

Hi my name is Mandy, I just went to my first two shows in the past two weeks. At one show I got Grand Champion and at the other, which had way more birds and hard core breeders I got BV and RBB. I was talking to a women who was telling me about keeping points. She also pointed out the bird...

I am going to my first show next week. I will be in the open category. I have never shown or even been to a show before. Could you guys please tell me how this works. Do I have to dress up? Do I have to answer any questions? Do I have to be present during judging. My birds have to stay...

So this is my first silkie hatch and I know that they are supposed to have all black skin!!!??? What the crap!? Is this a DQ? Anyone else heard of this or have had this experience??

Ok guys. I had an egg pip this morning. I have no idea what time but I noticed it at 7am. It has been over 12 hours and no more progress has been made. I am going to go to bed and hope that when I wake up tomorrow that something more has happened with this chick. My question is if it has...

What is your experience with chicken eggs. I have not seen any real movement as of yet. A few times yesterday I thought that I could see the slightest movement but when I stopped everything and sat and watched nothing happened. I can not hear any peeping yet. My eggs are in cartons and the...

I have my humidity at 75% is that too high??? I was trying for 65 and I could not get it past 50 so i put a wet paper towel in and now it is 75 there is condensation on one of the windows.. Any thoughts????

Ok I have a 4x4 coop with 3 1x1 external nest boxes. The coop ideally is portable but we want to insulate since we live in maine. We wanted to use styrofoam insulation on the inside but my husband does not want to cover it with more plywood since it will make the coop even heavier to move. I...

I know that I need to up the humidity but should I put the eggs in a carton or just lie them on the floor of the bator. When chicks hatch and are dry should I remove them in the morning and the am. When I open it I put in warm water to keep the humidity right? How long do I late the eggs that...

Here is the issue that I have. I have a hundred silkie eggs in the incubator. I have room for 3-4 more chickens. I am just getting into showing. I have two pairs right now. A white and a Splash. The splash pair are both show quality. The white pullet is missing a toenail otherwise she would...

I know for certain there is a poultry show at the windsor fair Aug 28th but for the life of me can not find an entry form. Can anyone point me in the right direction please

I am so freakin excited! I saw movement on one of my eggsthat is only day 6!

Whe do you remove eggs that do not look like they are developing. I am on day 4 and 5 for some... how long should I wait to be sure?

Oh my gosh!! I have been all about eggs this month. I convinced my husband that we needed more chickens and bid on not one but two auctions and won. My incubator is full I have more on the way and what do you... I am pregnant!! LOL My mothering instincts are kicking in!! So exciting to be...

I decided to give a try at a home made bator. I have styrofoam cooler with a pc fan 60 watt bulp and a water heater thermostat. The bulb will get up to temp very quickly but then the thermostat turns off and does not turn on again until the temp is almost 10 degrees cooler. The thermostat is...

Is this normal??? I bought my birds from a breeder who said that her colors are all seperate. I was bathing them today for the first time and the pullet had a few grayish/black specks about two or three and the male had a bunch of silver strands in his tail. I am no expert so I wanted to post...

I just spent almost an hour blow drying one of hens. It was the first time that I ever washed a chicken and or blow dried it. Anyone have any helpful hints or is this just a painfully long process