Recent content by onebigglo1

This I Riley. He is BO x Dom. and is an awesome rooster! This is Roger, the son of Riley but he has an Ameracuana mother. He also is a very awesome rooster. He was hatched in Feb. 2014.

I have a broody Americuana that separated from the flock because she wanted to take all the other eggs. At first she didn't want to set on the four I moved but then she finally did, I just hope she didn't wait to long and let them get cold. It was in the 80's that day so I hope they will be...

She kind of looks like a mix between a Buff Orpington and Black Austrolorp to me.

My mom has a garage apartment that no one was living in so I put about 4 layers of newspaper down in the bath tub and put my 12 chicks in there. I have a chair by the tub with my heat lamp clamped on it that I can raise or lower as needed. I just recently put the feeder on a pole going across...

I would suggest making them stay in the coop for a couple of weeks with their food and water so they get used to being in there. Then put them through the door making them go down the ramp into the run or where ever you are letting them forage. Chickens are not stupid creatures like some may...

If you can have a rooster where you live, why don't you just order some white orp. pullet chicks and a black australorp roo and raise your own instead of buying eggs? You could use your incubator to hatch the fertile eggs and get more chicks to have for eggs or sell the chicks. There's no...

I have the Little Giant (I think that's the name) from TSC. I do have the egg turner in mine and seriously suggest getting one unless you are home all the time and can remember to turn the eggs 2-3 times a day. I would also suggest setting more than 6 eggs so you have a better hatch rate. I had...

I crossed a BO rooster with black australorp hens and got hens that look very similar to the GLW. I'm hoping they will lay jumbo eggs like their mothers do.

Do the Jersey Giants have the green sheen on their feathers also? Someone dropped six chicks off at my mothers house in a tractor supply box. It said two of them were the "featured breed". I went to TSC to see what their featured breed was and it said Black Giants. The chicks looked to be about...

Nice job! I wish my teenage daughter liked chickens as much as you do. She prefers her ducks.

I have plans to build a 4x12 coop for two different flocks of chickens. I only have one small flock now and am using a wooden shipping container. I put a hinged piece of plywood with tin on top of the box and cut a door in the front. I filled it with hay and a box for them to lay their eggs in...

Somehow I miscounted my eggs and had 12 instead of 11. I have had 9 hatch so far out of the 12 but one didn't make it. I helped it out the shell because it was breached. I guess I should have waited a bit longer. I will wait until Monday to see what happens before I toss the remaining eggs. I...

I read somewhere to put a cloth in the water wells and put hot water in them to bring the humidity up. I did this and the level did go up but temp came down so I turned temp. up a little. Temp came back up but humidity came back down. I did see one egg move though. Fri. and Sat. is hatch day...

I have 11 that went in to lockdown yesterday. I'm hoping I was counting right and didn't go a day early. All my eggs are "mutts" except for one. It will be a BO if it makes it. I'm trying to get some green egg layers to go with the blue and brown ones. Wish them luck!

I'm using one of the foam incubators from TSC and have kept the humidity level between 40-50 for the first 18 days. They are now on lockdown but I can't get the humidity level above 55%. I have all the trays filled, a huge sponge and 3 small plastic cups filled with water. Any suggestions? This...