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Today was a good egg laying day!!! I had 14 out of 14 eggs today!!
I tried to collect the eggs from under my cuckoo marans and she bit me lol
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Today was a good egg laying day!!! I had 14 out of 14 eggs today!!
I tried to collect the eggs from under my cuckoo marans and she bit me lol
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how in the world did you get those dragonflys to look so big?
how in the world did you get those dragonflys to look so big?
I use the Little Giant still air incubator for hatching. I find that the temps get a little wacky, but humidity stays higher with no fan. I think it's similar to the Farm Inovator.You guys have been great! A smaller group to connect with on here. I so want to go to that Md swap meet! Wish it was a bit closerI need to find the old hatcher question I had. And sure enough, due to generosity from egg shippers, my octagon 20 is FULL. I kept wishing those silkie eggs were tall and skinny, yesterday-Lol. So, I wanted to first say that my last shippers were amazing! I will write up a review on them later. But I don't think better shipping is even possible. A new chicken friend had been walking me through candling last week with all my detached air cells. These I received from GA had all intact air cells. They were perfect, so now I know what normal air cells look like! I could not fit one egg.
Wow! Is he the sweetest thing?? Congrats Rosie! Awwwww! Congrats! You`re in Horsham? That`s not so far from me, in Philly. We're practically neighbors! I'm in Chester County! Hey, does anyone ever go to the auction over in Tabernacle? Haven`t been there in a few years, wondering if they still have all the stuff they used to, plus will need to unload some roosters soon. I haven't heard of this one.Hello everyone!!! I have been away for a while. And finally this weekend I got back out to my barn and cleaned it all up! My remaining 3 chickens are super happy and 1 duck, last survivors from a racoon attack.[/URL]
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Welcome from the Poconos!
Today was a good egg laying day!!! I had 14 out of 14 eggs today!!I guess the helicopter yesterday didn't stress out my girls.
This is good news! Mope they got that fire under control. I didn't realize that you kept Marans. We've got Black Coppers and just got a new flock of White and Cuckoo. I hope to show them at Sussex... That is if this Avian Influenza doesn't find it's way here. The latest news that I've gotten is that the high Path H5/H7 hasn't gotten here yet....but there are confirmed cases of low Path AI in Pennsylvania now. This is an e-mail I received yesterday morning from Nan Hanshaw.
Good morning,
PADLS has reported several avian influenza PCR positive samples collected at one market as part of PDA/USDA routine LBM surveillance in our Philadelphia markets.
The PCR positive samples were collected from red fowl and guineas. A suspect PCR was reported from a pool of water duck swabs. Samples are being sent to NVSL and the market has been quarantined. Major distributors have been notified.
It appears that the birds which were test positive and suspect were purchased at a PA auction. An investigation is underway.
Thank you,
Nan Hanshaw, DVM, DACVPM/Chief, Animal Health Division
PA Department of Agriculture/Bureau of Animal Health and Diagnostic Services
2301 N. Cameron St./Harrisburg, PA. 17110
Phone: 717.783.6677/Fax: 717.787.1868
[email protected]
www.agriculture.state.pa.us
I think the little rain we had last night helped to wet things down. I think they got it under control by around 7:30 last night. The helicopters stopped running with water buckets when I locked everyone up for the night.
I have 2 cuckoo marans, I went last year to get barred rocks and 2 of them were cuckoo marans. They don't lay the darkest brown but I love the darker eggs, especially against the green of my easter eggers.
The flu is really scary. I hope it stays away from us. I keep seeing the wild geese flying overhead when I am outside. I don't want to think that the avian flu is in the state
I have 2 cuckoo marans, I went last year to get barred rocks and 2 of them were cuckoo marans. They don't lay the darkest brown but I love the darker eggs, especially against the green of my easter eggers.
The flu is really scary. I hope it stays away from us. I keep seeing the wild geese flying overhead when I am outside. I don't want to think that the avian flu is in the state
maceman88
In the Brooder
I'm getting 14 golden laced wyandotte hens and one GLW rooster
Nice! Love Gold laced anything, but Those large Wyandottes are especially pretty.
On the Avian Influenza, I should clarify that the cases found in PA thius far are NOT the High Pathonogen variety wiping out thousands of birds in other states, the variety recently found near Philadelphia is a Low Pathonogen and not even making the birds sick.
On the Avian Influenza, I should clarify that the cases found in PA thius far are NOT the High Pathonogen variety wiping out thousands of birds in other states, the variety recently found near Philadelphia is a Low Pathonogen and not even making the birds sick.
emorems0
Songster
Need some advice on a breed to get that goes broody often and can hatch and raise a decent sized clutch. I'm totally over having chicks in a brooder, but I'm not done with chicks... I just want a hen to do the work for me! I just have black austral ops and RIRS (and I'll have dark cornish and delaware but they are still just chicks now). I don't think any of my breeds are known for broodiness so I'm looking for recommendations (and sources! The chicks are about 4 weeks old so that's the ideal age... or a mature hen)
Get ahold of Dick Horstman (www.horstmanspoultry.com) and ask him if he has any Silver Pencil Rock hens or pullets available. I have a handful of them, they are beautiful birds, about 6 or 7 pounds, so average large fowl size and these hens are broody all the time. Out of 5 hens last year I had 3 of them broody 3x and the other 2 brooded 2x.
I just set 12 of their eggs under a broody White Rock hen (which I also got from his eggs, LOL) so I won't know what I have for chicks for a few weeks and they certainly won't be old enough to help you out this year or I would send a few of mine your way....
His eggs are $25/doz and I think chicks are $6-$8 each but they are high quality birds.
also look for sources for large fowl cochin, Langshan and some breeder's lines of Black Australorp and Jersey Giants, I believe they are broody prone.
...and be careful what you wish for!!! I wanted broody prone hens also, and I ended up with an entire coop of them, many of which are NOT SUPPOSED TO BE BROODY TYPES! Who ever thought that hatchery stock Jersey Giants, EEs and barnyard mixes from Black Sex link stock would ALL want to raise chicks!?
Edit to correct the egg price, I just checked out his website and see he increased this year.
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Once the weather warms like this, I've been known to use an "outside brooder", actually a starter coop. I built a 4x8 coop 4ft. high, similar to the Purina free plans. Added a window that can be closed or opened depending on daytime temps. Hung a heat lamp near one end wired to a line voltage thermostat so I could keep it from getting too hot as they grew.
After a week or two inside, they have done fine in it. I no longer use it for that purpose, but found after the first week or two, it worked fine.
Never minded the first week or two brooding inside, it's after that they become really messy.
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