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Good luck with your chicks and eggs. Don't be too disappointed if your hatch isn't the greatest. Even though I put HANDLE WITH CARE on my boxes, I sometimes think they handle the boxes rougher. Some of the nicest Barred Rocks I have seen came from Good Shepherd...

TSC carries chick grit. The chicks only need it if you are feeding them other things besides their chick feed. It is stored in their gizzard to grind up the food.

There are some BYC members who work or have worked (retired) at Townline. I bought some chicks from them many years ago and they were great.

Often times in many breeds, the females tails feathers start to grow before the males do. If there are any poultry shows near you, you can usually find good quality birds at the shows and often times the breeders will bring nice birds to sell or you can look at the birds being shown and if you...

That is true with a lot of people who are breeding. They are not true breeders but what I call propagators. They breed birds and call them "Heritage". I called some people about some RIR's they were selling and asked what line the birds were from and they told me "Mohawk". I inquired about the...

Usually the extra chicks (peanuts) are males.

I have been hatching eggs out weekly lately. The first two batches hatched out and all of the viable eggs hatched but I did have quite a few that didn't even develop. I think it may have been because maybe I didn't have the male in with the females long enough. When I separated the birds into...

This is my brooder from last years hatches and the chick/grow-out coop.There is wire and poop pans slide under the wire so the chicks stay clean but their poop falls through the wire into the poop pans which has pine shaving for easier clean and the shaving and poop goes into the compost. Their...

I put more eggs in my incubator yesterday. My first hatch is due in 11 days. I moved birds around a month ago into breeding pens. Hopefully some of the eggs I put in the incubator yesterday are fertile. A few months ago, I put females I wanted to use as breeders into a clean-out coop and pen...

So sorry you lost some of your chicks. Most hatcheries are good about rectifying the order. Years ago I ordered chicks from Ideal and all survived. I have had DOA's from other hatcheries but I haven't had any hatchery chicks in many years, now I hatch my own. I have eggs in the incubator now, 1...

Try golf balls or fake eggs in the nest boxes.

I'm getting ready to put some eggs in my incubator for a test hatch.