Chicken math prevailed!

[MissMarple]

Ghee can be made from cow's milk too, but buffalo milk is more suitable because of it's high fat content. Buffalo milk contains 7.2-12.5% butter fat which is much more than cow's milk.

Learn something new every day! Wonder if the ghee we use/eat is made from cow or buffalo milk.... hmm...

 

[MissMarple]

This is the one I use the most, I get large to extra large eggs from my girls, all it will hold is 6 at a time, which is fine, it's got the auto turner, I think they call it forced air, with it I average a 60 to a 100% hatch rate. From the Roo and Hens that I picked up from a friend, I also got eggs from her, they all hatched (6 of them) and have just set another 6. I haven't caught the Roo doing the wild thing, so I want to see if he has been..lol. I lost a couple of the original 6 I'd hatched from her, but I've got 4 little loud mouths that I am listening too.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/9-12Egg-Incubator-Digital-Automatic-Turning-Hatcher-Temperature-Control-JANOEL12/273643697301?_trkparms=aid=555017&algo=PL.CASSINI&ao=1&asc=20160406134228&meid=04d281d00bdc4b66ac8544a4b5c636d8&pid=100625&rk=1&rkt=7&itm=273643697301&pg=2367844&_trksid=p2367844.c100625.m3682

Bookmarking for later potential purchasing! Thanks for the info!! Going to go research now.....

 

[starri33]

Bookmarking for later potential purchasing! Thanks for the info!! Going to go research now.....

Your welcome, this is the first incubator that I bought, I refused to spend a bunch of money..lol.. it's served me well, I also have a 24 count incubator sitting in the top of my chicken room closet. (actually a guest room) that I used but the hatch only turned out at 25%, so it's set aside till I figure out what I did wrong. Not to mention right now I don't need to go hatching 24 eggs..lol.. but I do hatch for friends here where I live that have lost their flocks to predator's, it works out well, I get my hatching fix and they get flocks that their not having to put out money for, my main flock are a bunch of mutts, I think people actually refer to them as a barnyard mix. I've currently got Naked Necks in a separate coop/run and then the chicks and the eggs I have are all NN's.

 

[MissMarple]

Your welcome, this is the first incubator that I bought, I refused to spend a bunch of money..lol.. it's served me well, I also have a 24 count incubator sitting in the top of my chicken room closet. (actually a guest room) that I used but the hatch only turned out at 25%, so it's set aside till I figure out what I did wrong. Not to mention right now I don't need to go hatching 24 eggs..lol.. but I do hatch for friends here where I live that have lost their flocks to predator's, it works out well, I get my hatching fix and they get flocks that their not having to put out money for, my main flock are a bunch of mutts, I think people actually refer to them as a barnyard mix. I've currently got Naked Necks in a separate coop/run and then the chicks and the eggs I have are all NN's.

How does a Naked Neck come about? They're so cute and I've wondered but haven't dug enough into them as I'm trying to understand the mish-mash of breeds we have right now. That's so cool that you hatch for others!

 

[starri33]

How does a Naked Neck come about? They're so cute and I've wondered but haven't dug enough into them as I'm trying to understand the mish-mash of breeds we have right now. That's so cool that you hatch for others!

They were originally started in Europe, how I do not know, but a lot of the folks on here breed them, they select the ones with the smallest amount of feathers and breed from those, as it keeps going you end up with ones with no neck feathers. @igorsMistress could probably tell you more, as she raises them. She and another lady @BlueBaby were the ones that got me hooked..lol, BlueBaby is the lady that I got mine from. The area I live in is low income. Most can't afford to be paying 2+ dollars a chick.. So it works out well. The picture is the back of one of the chicks that I have now head.

 

[Chicken Heel]

I have 3 Turkens in my current flock of hens and I really like them. They are good layers and get along well with the other hens. I recommend them highly.

 

[starri33]

I have 3 Turkens in my current flock of hens and I really like them. They are good layers and get along well with the other hens. I recommend them highly.

How often do yours lay? I got spoiled with my sexlinks, everyday and large eggs, so far it seems to be medium to large eggs every other day with mine. Once this heat stops it might pick up.

 

[goldysgirl]

Consider yourself lucky. I have around 500 birds and that's an educated guess. That's when I keep eating old hens and extra roosters, keep selling the eggs, I also sell a lot of chicks, pullets, ducks, geese, turkey and guinea fowl. Still their numbers keep growing, perhaps because my girls keep getting broody and I give in to their demands. I suppose I have 150 or so barnyard mutts.

Would love to see a picture! If I won the lottery I would build a huge chicken barn and have chickens everywhere! Right now I have 19 and 3 japanese bantum babies in eggs under my broody.

 

[goldysgirl]

I got my first six over the spring, but then I had to get four more when I saw different ones at a different feed store... then I got two more when new ones came in at the first feed store... lost all of them due to predators... Shored up our weak spots and got 20 via mail order that were born on 7/31 and just got another 18 via mail order that were born on 8/14. Lost 3 the first night from the second shipment. I am a full on addict. I will be ordering some Buff Orphingtons in the spring. Somebody stop me!

I love the buffs! Super sweet but I am taking a break from them since they have been so succeptible to predators. I think they greet the racoons when they stop by!

 

[Chicken Heel]

My Turkens generally lay 4 - 5 eggs a week that are medium to large. One of the three goes broody on occasion and all have their own distinct personalities with one being extremely curious. I enjoy them as much as any chickens I have ever owned.