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I incubate in a Hovabator 1588 forced air incubator. On day 18, I move the eggs to a still air LG unit, mainly b/c I am concerned the forced air will cause shrinkwrapping. I am thinking of hatching in my forced air unit (I need to change methods due to mysteriously bad hatch rates recently)...

I have had terrible hatches this year, using the same method I always do, which is: Incubate in Hovabator forced air unit with turner, standard temp and dry, which is usually between 25%-30% humidity. On Day 18 I remove the eggs from the Hovabator and candle, all viable eggs are then placed in...

12+ Swedish Flower Hen hatching eggs from my small private flock. Greenfire breeding stock. Selectively bred for a broad spectrum of coloring and mixture of crested vs non-crested offspring. Low rooster-to-hen ratios in our pens ensure high fertility rates. Broad variety of color, mixture of...

We have a Tom Turkey who is coming daily to hang out with our free-range chickens and guineas (and of course take advantage of the scratch feed). We enjoy having him around, but can he pass on disease to my birds?

We are planning a four day weekend away in the next few months. When we go will depend on the availability of a sitter-of-all-trades. In our case, it is a young woman we know well (she is the daughter of a good friend). She is 20, and has just started a career which she works 8-5. She grew up...

Anyone setting eggs this weekend? I am setting 14 shipped Silver Laced Wyandottes and 7 of my own Swedish Flower Hen eggs. Who's with me?

A Male! I have heard him do it twice!!! I just about flipped a biscuit. He is a bit of an outcast. He is three years old, he was part of my very first group of guineas, he is Lavender and the only light-colored guinea that survived predators. However, he has never been accepted by any of...

I was doing some Google-searching about supplemental light and if it affects egg-laying with Guineas like it does chickens. I found a good article about Guineas and thought I'd share. Pretty basic and general info, but what I found interesting was one particular comment, "Guinea hens will lay...

I have a group of girls - four of them - all about 5-6 months old that run around together and share a coop (3 Ameraucanas and a Buff Cochin). I have tried to integrate in a young sexlink hen that I rescued a month ago (she is probably close to their age, maybe a bit younger). They are not...

#1 - What color? (2 pics, same keet) #2 - What color? (One pic) #3 - What color? (one pic)

I just got a sweet Cochin hen in hopes that she will one day be a broody. To encourage this, I gave her her own pen (It's about 3 ft long by 18 in wide and three feet tall. It has lots of hay on one end, where she has made a nest and is laying a clutch of eggs (I added a few, too). Then at the...

My Swedish Flower Hen chicks will be three weeks old this weekend. I have had them in the house so far, with a heat lamp. I have been able to turn off the heat lamp in the day time the past few days. I have an outdoor pen which is enclosed by a solid wall on two sides and has a sloping...

One of my three-day old keets is repeatedly "yawning." Seems to be acting ok otherwise, running around, pecking at the food. I dipped its beak in the water several times to make sure it's drinking, and it did. The "yawning" behavior has been going on for about 24 hours. Any suggestions on...

4 keets hatched yesterday Today, one of them is stressing out. It is running (incessantly) in circles along the walls of the brooder, chirping and chirping its fool heart out. I dipped his beak in the water, thinking he was thirsty, showed him the food, etc. It is in there with its three...

We have 20 bobwhite quail that are now three weeks old. They have been moved to an outside pen that is plenty large for them right now, and are adjusting well (of course we still have a brooder lamp on them, and there is a roof over them. We turned over two five-gallon buckets and put hay in...

12 Chinese Ringneck Pheasant eggs from our trio. Will meet you to deliver. Healthy, beautiful parents....we just can't raise everybody :)

Will chickens drink from the hanging water bottles that are used for gerbils, guinea pigs, etc? Like this:

When I let my guineas out this morning, I did my typical "once-over" in their room (aka stalk every square inch hoping to find the first egg) and I found the first egg!!! So cool - my babies that I hatched last year are now laying!! HOORAY!!!

One incubator with runner duck eggs. Another one with chicken eggs. Hubby is building me several beautiful chicken pens with four-star nesting boxes. I might or I might not spend a good part of my day sneaking around looking for guinea eggs. Warming up another incubator for Pheasant eggs to...

Set a bunch of chicken eggs in the incubator. A day later had to remove the turner so that I could remove some of the water in the tray (humidity way too high). Fixed the problem, put the turner back in the bator. FORGOT TO PLUG THE TURNER BACK IN. So my eggs have gone three days without...