Hey y'all! Just in time for spring hatching, I have an incubator FOR SALE! It is a hovabator incubator, still air model with automatic egg turner. Has only been gently used ONE time. It is as new as a used incubator comes. $70.00 firm. If you are interested or have any questions, shoot me a pm...
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If you're sure it was from getting pecked about the only thing you can do is give it a shot of antibiotics to wipe out the infection. But if it's a case of the eye worm, Vet Rx works good to cure it.
Antifreeze works well for the rat problem too. We used to cut up egg cartons and fill the individual cups with it. The best soulution I have found from experience is a live rat trap. Just fill the bait cup with some feed of some sort and they push open a weighted door to get in, which then...
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Uncle T's Bantam's :
Hello Everyone I have missed a few day's on here.That guy that has been on the news was going down to sheperdsville until about a month ago when they stoped him because he was selling sick poultry.I had a total of 7 out of 13 chick's hatch getting ready to...
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Might wanna try the feather test. Lift up one of the hackle feathers; if it's pointed on the end it's a cockeral, rounded- pullet. Works very accurately on all breeds except those that have hen feathered roosters (like sebrights).
Haha, that's something CA-reds. I had an Old English bantam rooster that took it upon himself to care for a batch of chicks, after the new mother hen just quit watching them after a few days from hatching them.
Mojo Chick'n :
I adore fog - I am just tired of being drenched in sweat and dampness all day!! is this humidity ever going to drop????
meri
That's Kentucky for ya! My pigeons hate it too. On humid days, they come in after a short fly with their tongues dragging.
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Thanks, but when do they wean? That's what I can't remember
It varies depending on the breed of rabbit. Large rabbits tend to wean between 6-8 weeks but dwarfs can take a little bit longer. I don't set a certain amount of days, just when I see they are really starting to chow down on...
Just got home from hangin with my buddy Bluedog, with my new self blue O.E. pullet.
I've got a nice little self blue O.E. cockeral, that I got in an assortment from Ideal hatchery last spring. Now he's finally got a mate lol!
Now spring is gonna feel like forever away lol!
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Hey Heeler, how ya been?
Hey, doin' fine. I sold most of my chickens to DukeDawg528 so I could concentrate on my roller pigeons, but now i'm wanting more chickens lol. Has anyone heard about when the Bluegrass poultry association fall show is going to be in Franklin Co.? I went last...
Hey, how is everybody? I've been digging through the various posts on here but haven't talked to my home-state BYCer's in awhile lol. Still can't get over all of the information that's on here. Its great lol! Well, holla back!
Sure you don't mean "Angus"? lol
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I don't even want a bull but especially not an 'anus' bull!
One should contact them and ask what an 'anus' bull is....
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As long as you have seen your babies eat your rabbit feed and drink water, they are already plenty old enough to wean. Our Checkered Giants tend to wean off at 3 to 4 weeks but my dwarfs are a little slower.