Articles by ChooksChick

ChooksChick's Henthusiasts' Still-Air Styrofoam Incubation Cheat-Sheet ***The first, most important rule is: get the temp right with an empty incubator, and make sure it's stable for 48 hours- without the plugs, without you touching it- BEFORE you add eggs.*** This is the hardest part, and if...

Hatching dark eggs can be very iffy, and a lot of people experience difficulty with them, particularly when the eggs were shipped. I sand my eggs when they are shipped, especially when they are VERY dark. I only sand until I'm just through the color, and then I mist the eggs with a...

Indeed, I am addicted. I began this foray into the world of chicken-keeping years ago because someone down the way was foolish enough to let her RIR run in the street. This is a very busy artery that is one of 8 major North-South streets in a city of 100K+. It's not a little street. I nearly...

Flapper Contest This is for Mahonri's Easter Hatchalong, and all participants are welcome to enter a pic of their own or a pic from a friend, but the entrants must have been granted explicit permission for use. I encourage all entrants to watermark their images. When we start confinement, I'll...

ChooksChick's Henthusiasts' Still-Air Styrofoam Incubation Cheat-Sheet ***The first, most important rule is: get the temp right with an empty incubator, and make sure it's stable for 48 hours- without the plugs, without you touching it- BEFORE you add eggs.*** This is the hardest part, and...

ChooksChick's BeakHouse Breeder Feed This is a variant of the recipe I use for feeding my breeding flocks. I augment it with fig nuggets, pumpkin seeds, dried cranberries, raisins, currants, and various seeds or nuts that are appropriate and affordable. I use cinnamon, turmeric, cayenne (or...

Entries will be posted here and a poll for voting will be posted after entries are completed. The Prize: A Vintage-Look Rooster Dinner Bell The Entries, in no particular order: thechickonthehill Marshmallow tbitt Leaper tbitt Swedish Blue...

Incubation Cheat Sheet Links Chicken Column Feed Recipe Twitter Facebook Hatching Dark Eggs EZ Affordable Heated H2O Keeping Flocks Cool Ordinance Info Hatching Eggs Sales Illness Cheat Sheet First Flock Zombie Hens...

Entries will be posted here and a poll for voting will be posted after entries are completed. BHep's Tiki the Toe Flapper tls_ranch's Rooster Stretch 9catsz's Launch Pad JazminesZoo's Tiny Flapper Farmerboy16's Rooster Seat-Shuffle...

Entries will be posted here and a poll for voting will be posted after entries are completed. The prize: French Black Copper Eggs from Arielle The Entries, in no particular order: Cynthia12: LadyGaGa debs_flock: Shannen Doherty BrettMO: Phyllis...

Easy Affordable Heated Waterer My favorite way to use the 1 gallon waterers we all have a zillion of, despite freezing temps is to use a heated dog bowl like this Then I fill it to about an inch from the top with sand and plug it in. This is where you work the waterer down into it a bit and...

Paint Ameraucana Project This is a project I've been working on for a bit. I'm getting Paints, though I haven't a clean male yet, so I still am not breeding true. I also have White and Blue Paints with red breasts leaking through the white...I'm trying to determine if I want to move forward...

Incubation Cheat Sheet Links Chicken Column Feed Recipe Twitter Facebook Hatching Dark Eggs EZ Affordable Heated H2O Keeping Flocks Cool Ordinance Info Hatching Eggs Sales Illness Cheat Sheet First Flock Zombie Hens Dealing...

ChooksChick's Henthusiasts' Still-Air Styrofoam Incubation Cheat-Sheet ***The first, most important rule is: get the temp right with an empty incubator, and make sure it's stable for 48 hours- without the plugs, without you touching it- BEFORE you add eggs.*** This is the hardest part, and...

Beak House Breeder Feed This is a variant of the recipe I use for feeding my breeding flocks. I augment it with fig nuggets, pumpkin seeds, dried cranberries, raisins, currants, and various seeds or nuts that are appropriate and affordable. I use cinnamon, turmeric, cayenne (or crushed red...

Here are a few hints that I've given in previous group hatches, some for those new to incubating, others just asides: I do increase humidity at the end of my hatch, as per my Incubation Cheat Sheet, the same for Marans as for other eggs. My feeling is that if you have evaporated the...

So, it's time to talk about heat and ways to keep the feathered kids cool again. We have so many newbies it's probably a good idea to go through a big long list. 1. Hillbilly Airconditioning- Get gallon jugs, 2 liter bottles, etc. and fill them 90% and freeze with the tops off (for expansion)...

Please email me or PM me regarding purchase of chicks or hatching eggs. BantamsLarge Fowld'Uccles-Mottled/Mille Fleur/Porcelain (Isabel Project) Easter EggersCochins-Blue/Black/Mottled/Blue Mottled/Frizzled/Silkied Ameraucana Projects-Silkied/Splash/Calico, Paint, Red Pyle...

I found this information helpful and thought it would be good for others as a diagnostic and treatment aid. I'm going to expand on it someday. Poultry Disease Reference Poultry Podiatry Farm Income Worksheet Poultry Symptoms of Nutritional Deficiency Turn a feed bag into a shopping bag Dilly...

I encourage everyone who has trouble with their laws or ordinances to try to find a way- our local chicken-kissers got together and formed a group- Coalition of Lawrence Urban Chicken Keepers-C.L.U.C.K. After petitioning and much public discussion, April '08 our City Commission passed an...