question. has anyone had a chick that barely had any feathers at 3 weeks? We did our first hatch ever and there is one that kind of concerns me. when it hatched its eyes kept getting crusted over so every few hours I had to clean them with a Q-Tip so it could find the food and water. now its...
Rancher have you tried to make an incubator? You seem quite handy? I made ours in a few hours from things I had in the garage and a cooler my boy found in the creek. It held great temps and got a great hatch. 8 of 9 on our first try. The average temp in the house was 62 deg and it held 99-100...
Are you coming to chickenstock? If so I would be interested in an extra roo if you get one. Just let me know how much or we could make a trade for something.
I know it's been said but WHAT IS WITH THIS COLD? ?!!! Also acuweather must think it is funny to show a lot of green on their phone app. Here is a screenshot.
Gramma I feel your pain. We lost our first two weeks ago. That is bad enough but it was a Saturday morning and my girls 11 & 9 like to feed them and get the eggs when they are off from school. I could hear the crying from in the house. It broke my heart. I have no idea what happened. She was...
I ordered a bunch of am chicks from showbirds on the buy/sell thread. Waiting for the weather to break to ship. I have lav, splash, and a few blacks coming. I ordered way to many if I get the pullet/roo ratio I got from Nava. I should have an idea by chickenstock. If you are interested.
Got home from work this morning and we have three pips!!! OH MY GOD! !! OH MY GOD! !! OH MY GOD! !!!!
Funny how I collected them when it was -20 out and they wait until it is -15deg to pip.